Operations Manager

Dana is a global leader in the supply of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. Serving three primary markets - passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and off-highway equipment - Dana provides the world's original-equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket with local product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.

Job Purpose

Provide leadership and direction to the Team to ensure all operational goals are met to include Safety, Quality, Profitability, Production, and Customer Service. Provide business excellence through linkages throughout the organization by way of cooperation and support with all functions including Sales, Customer Service, Human Resources, Finance and Engineering. Provide and communicate a clear vision for profitable growth through implementation of World-Class techniques that will provide sustainable improvements.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading department initiatives through a collaborative team effort to fulfill customer requirements, team building and training.

• Directly supervise superintendents/supervisors

• Adjusts manpower based upon sales forecasting, past trending and/or machine capability rates

• Manage maintenance of line

• Identify, implement and evaluate lean manufacturing initiatives and continuous improvement activities for all manufacturing operations to increase productivity and efficiency rates

• Partner with internal operations suppliers (quality, safety, production control, etc) to ensure quality, deliver, safety, etc goals are achieved

• Required to facilitate monthly/weekly/daily departmental meetings

• Provides leadership and development to first line supervisors and dotted line reports in production departments including establishing objectives, setting goals, and managing accountability for attaining deliverables required of supervisory team

• Deliver to customers while accomplishing goals in business plan

• Encourages and implements team member involvement

• Responsible for managing build schedules

• Overall accountability and responsibility for business plans, and annual budget for the strategic unit.

• Provide input to pre- and post-launch product strategies.

• Lead and manage the implementation of activities approved in the business plan.

• Will be required to work across multiple shifts and/or weekends as determined by plant manager or designate

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in related field or 10 years of manufacturing experience in progressively responsible roles
• 8+ years hands-on management experience in manufacturing multi-shift operation.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Must have experience managing in a union environment

• Proficient in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Extensive knowledge and experience with lean Manufacturing and the Toyota Production System (or equivalent).

• Demonstrated accomplishment in 5S, Kanban, Standard Work, Built-In Quality, Single Piece Flow Concepts

• Familiarity in a technical manufacturing environment preferred

• Able to comprehend technical issues and solutions

• Strong verbal, written, analytical, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to organize and prioritize workload and ability to meet deadlines.

• Proven success in team building and motivating a team through to reaching established goals.

• Must be a Change Agent able to lead continuous improvement effort

• Must be able to interact with all levels of organization and may be required to facilitate workshops

• Results oriented and excellent analytical, strategic, business planning, communication, and decision-making skills.

• Ability to travel

• Excellent problem solving, organizational, and negotiating skills.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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Join our team of 40,000 problem solvers who are fostering a culture of innovation by leveraging the diverse perspectives of our global team. We believe in facing challenges head-on by finding opportunity and uncovering possibility, where roadblocks and barriers become targets instead of obstacles. We are One Dana with limitless opportunity.

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