Job Description
Job Description
Manufacturing Manager
Responsibilities
* Provide leadership in manufacturing excellence, ensuring customer satisfaction and continuous improvement across safety, quality, productivity, cycle time, delivery, and cash flow
* Partner closely with supervisors, team leaders, engineering, planning, and support teams to strengthen execution and elevate performance
* Build and sustain a culture of operational discipline and continuous improvement
* Lead hourly and manufacturing support teams while aligning people, processes, and resources to business objectives
Location: Muskegon County, Michigan
Benefits
* Salary: $115,000+
* Medical, dental, and vision insurance
* 401(k) savings plan with employer match
* Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave
* Life insurance and employee assistance programs
* Professional development and leadership training
* Collaborative environment focused on safety, continuous improvement, and performance excellence
Job Roles
* Empowering talent - Identifies and removes obstacles to productivity; equips employees to perform at their best; supports cross-training and capability growth
* Flexibility - Responds quickly to changing priorities; navigates varied responsibilities and fast-moving operational demands
* Organized and time conscious - Manages time effectively; understands process duration; balances availability with proactive leadership
* Business-minded - Aligns people and resources with operational demand; anticipates needs using data and insights; supports informed decision-making
* Interpretation and synthesis - Converts multiple inputs into clear actions; interprets data, trends, and qualitative information to justify decisions and direction
* Rigor - Participates in audits; leverages systems thoroughly; gathers input across shifts; drives continuous improvement in processes
* Team orientation - Participates at both tactical and strategic levels; supports technical and operational needs when appropriate
* Trust and relationship building - Communicates openly; stays visible on the floor; reinforces expectations while highlighting strengths and achievements
* Ingenuity - Seeks efficiencies; solicits and implements improvement ideas from all levels
* Professional posture - Handles escalations objectively; reframes challenges as opportunities; represents the brand and workplace professionalism
Key Responsibilities
* Lead efforts to enhance manufacturing excellence and operational performance
* Ensure adherence to all safety regulations and promote a clean and safe work environment
* Strengthen shop-floor discipline, manufacturing planning, and execution
* Provide leadership for lean manufacturing, ABS, and continuous improvement initiatives
* Identify and eliminate non-value-added waste across operations
* Improve product flow and implement method improvements to reduce labor content
* Develop and train team leaders, supervisors, cell facilitators, and manufacturing support personnel
* Promote Injury Free Event (IFE) reporting and address safety issues immediately
* Maintain accountability for department budgets and financial performance
* Maintain effective communication and relationships with customers
* Develop budgets, strategic plans, goals, and objectives aligned with business unit priorities
* Cascade goals and objectives throughout the organization and ensure executional alignment
* Participate in cross-functional, site-specific, and enterprise-level teams
* Ensure delivery performance and customer commitments are consistently met
* Conduct capacity analysis to support standard work accuracy and labor planning
* Drive cost reduction initiatives to improve profitability
* Reduce work-in-process (WIP) and cycle time using lean tools
* Communicate operational priorities and performance clearly to staff, customers, and leadership
* Apply constraint management and OEE principles to improve throughput and efficiency
* Collaborate with engineering on process improvements that enhance quality and production flow
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
* High school diploma or GED
* Minimum of 7 years of experience in manufacturing, including at least 5 years in leadership
OR
* Minimum of 3 years of leadership experience with at least 1 year overseeing leaders
* Legally authorized to work in the United States (no visa sponsorship available)
Preferred Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Engineering
* Experience in investment casting and/or manufacturing environments
* Strong leadership skills with the ability to engage and motivate teams
* Ability to drive improvement using lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and total quality methodologies
* Strong technical understanding of manufacturing processes
* Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, interpersonal, organizational, and negotiation skills
* Strong financial literacy and understanding of plant-level financials
* Experience with tooling, molds, and dies (investment casting, injection molding, or stamping preferred)
Job Description
Manufacturing Manager
Responsibilities
* Provide leadership in manufacturing excellence, ensuring customer satisfaction and continuous improvement across safety, quality, productivity, cycle time, delivery, and cash flow
* Partner closely with supervisors, team leaders, engineering, planning, and support teams to strengthen execution and elevate performance
* Build and sustain a culture of operational discipline and continuous improvement
* Lead hourly and manufacturing support teams while aligning people, processes, and resources to business objectives
Location: Muskegon County, Michigan
Benefits
* Salary: $115,000+
* Medical, dental, and vision insurance
* 401(k) savings plan with employer match
* Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave
* Life insurance and employee assistance programs
* Professional development and leadership training
* Collaborative environment focused on safety, continuous improvement, and performance excellence
Job Roles
* Empowering talent - Identifies and removes obstacles to productivity; equips employees to perform at their best; supports cross-training and capability growth
* Flexibility - Responds quickly to changing priorities; navigates varied responsibilities and fast-moving operational demands
* Organized and time conscious - Manages time effectively; understands process duration; balances availability with proactive leadership
* Business-minded - Aligns people and resources with operational demand; anticipates needs using data and insights; supports informed decision-making
* Interpretation and synthesis - Converts multiple inputs into clear actions; interprets data, trends, and qualitative information to justify decisions and direction
* Rigor - Participates in audits; leverages systems thoroughly; gathers input across shifts; drives continuous improvement in processes
* Team orientation - Participates at both tactical and strategic levels; supports technical and operational needs when appropriate
* Trust and relationship building - Communicates openly; stays visible on the floor; reinforces expectations while highlighting strengths and achievements
* Ingenuity - Seeks efficiencies; solicits and implements improvement ideas from all levels
* Professional posture - Handles escalations objectively; reframes challenges as opportunities; represents the brand and workplace professionalism
Key Responsibilities
* Lead efforts to enhance manufacturing excellence and operational performance
* Ensure adherence to all safety regulations and promote a clean and safe work environment
* Strengthen shop-floor discipline, manufacturing planning, and execution
* Provide leadership for lean manufacturing, ABS, and continuous improvement initiatives
* Identify and eliminate non-value-added waste across operations
* Improve product flow and implement method improvements to reduce labor content
* Develop and train team leaders, supervisors, cell facilitators, and manufacturing support personnel
* Promote Injury Free Event (IFE) reporting and address safety issues immediately
* Maintain accountability for department budgets and financial performance
* Maintain effective communication and relationships with customers
* Develop budgets, strategic plans, goals, and objectives aligned with business unit priorities
* Cascade goals and objectives throughout the organization and ensure executional alignment
* Participate in cross-functional, site-specific, and enterprise-level teams
* Ensure delivery performance and customer commitments are consistently met
* Conduct capacity analysis to support standard work accuracy and labor planning
* Drive cost reduction initiatives to improve profitability
* Reduce work-in-process (WIP) and cycle time using lean tools
* Communicate operational priorities and performance clearly to staff, customers, and leadership
* Apply constraint management and OEE principles to improve throughput and efficiency
* Collaborate with engineering on process improvements that enhance quality and production flow
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
* High school diploma or GED
* Minimum of 7 years of experience in manufacturing, including at least 5 years in leadership
OR
* Minimum of 3 years of leadership experience with at least 1 year overseeing leaders
* Legally authorized to work in the United States (no visa sponsorship available)
Preferred Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Engineering
* Experience in investment casting and/or manufacturing environments
* Strong leadership skills with the ability to engage and motivate teams
* Ability to drive improvement using lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and total quality methodologies
* Strong technical understanding of manufacturing processes
* Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, interpersonal, organizational, and negotiation skills
* Strong financial literacy and understanding of plant-level financials
* Experience with tooling, molds, and dies (investment casting, injection molding, or stamping preferred)
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