Manufacturing Manager at Clark Pacific

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals to perform the essential functions.
• Exercise a high level of professionalism and confidentiality when working with staff, projects and proprietary information.
• Engage in a broad spectrum of projects with impact throughout the manufacturing process to identify, address, improve, and sustain operational effectiveness and efficiency.
• Develop a culture of creativity and accountability in project teams, solve problems in new ways while keeping organizational commitments; establish appropriate cadence for reviews to maintain progress, resolve issues, all while maintaining an agile and adaptive working style promoting initiative, accountability, and quick iteration learning and revision.
• Analyze internal MFG data and trends to inform decision making and action plans.
• Secure buy-in from key internal stakeholders through effective and efficient communications and relationships.
• Utilize agile teams with cross-functional resources, form teams and project groups to address opportunity areas.
• Identify succession planning and developmental opportunities for emerging operational leadership; activate professional development and stretch assignments to foster a learning culture that readies talent for a growing business.
• Implement enhancements to capital equipment that further the Company’s position as a leader in prefabricated building products, present business cases, where appropriate, for automation and new equipment investments.
• Challenge and voice relevant concerns in a constructive manner; coach and teach others on the team to engage constructively in meetings and encourage vibrant discourse.
• Develop and mentor staff through on-boarding, open communication, learning, and development opportunities; build and maintain employee morale and motivation; ensure the team is appropriately staffed with required competencies; foster a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• Other duties as assigned.

Key Interfaces - Internal:

• Operations leadership
• Engineering
• Finance
• Human Resources
• Labor workforce

Key Metrics and Deliverables

• Financial: Operations Margin; Budget performance
• Behavioral: Safety performance
• Delivery: Delivery to schedule
• Quality: Minimizing rework

Skills and Abilities

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, as well as effective listening and engagement with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to build strong relationships and engage and motivate teams representing diverse backgrounds and viewpoints; exceptionally collaborative.
• Always lead with a spirit of collaboration.
• Excellent organization skills to drive topics with multiple stakeholders/interests.
• Problem solving skills that aim to remedy and prevent reoccurrence.
• Comfortable escalating issues while maintaining positive relationships with team members and other organizations.
• Passionate about Clark Pacific’s vision and mission; able to promote, demonstrate, and communicate the mission, values and core competencies of Clark Pacific to others.
• Ability to read plans and blueprints.
• Able to exercise appropriate discretion when handling confidential and/or sensitive information.
• Display willingness and interest in stepping up into greater leadership role if the situation requires or the opportunity presents itself.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Office Suite programs.

Work Environment

• General office environment will be experienced.
• There will be regular exposure to manufacturing environments which may present hazards such as noise, electricity, chemicals, heavy equipment, and other automated and manual machinery.
• There will be periodic exposure to outside weather conditions, including extreme cold and extreme heat, wet and/or humid environments.
• Physical Demands  Frequent: Sitting at desk, utilizing computers/phones, standing/walking
• Periodic: Repetitive foot, leg, hand, arm, shoulder, and torso movements
• Occasional: Business travel. Bending squatting, stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and lifting

Experience and Education

• Undergraduate degree (or equivalent), preferably with a specialization in business or engineering; MBA or other relevant master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years’ experience in a manufacturing industry with demonstrable escalating scope of responsibility