Manufacturing Operations Manager Jobs in Mississippi

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Production Manager

In this role, you will be responsible for managing an assigned product group within the factory operations accountable for Safety, Quality, Revenue Achievement, Productivity & Efficiency. This operations position provides direct guidance to Production Supervisors and 200+ hourly associates and is required to function as the area continuous improvement (lean) champion.

The work model for this role is: Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Safety and Integrity: Implement HSE initiatives and maintain business compliance standards and regulations. Create, operate and sustain a clean, safe working environment that meets world class standards to eliminate safety risk and potential hazards on factory floor.
• Quality: Ensure quality process execution of production lines including leading Customer Audits, Internal Audits, leading root cause analysis with cross-functional engineering teams, and establishing a governance of identified gaps to oversee implementation of improvement plan.
• Strategy Leadership: Create, implement, and review production and manufacturing strategy. Work with other functions to make optimization plan for the product group assigned to increase operational excellence and customer delivery requirements.
• Operational Performance Targets: Ensure achievement of established business targets, through definition and governance of improvement actions as needed. Focuses on achievement of Safety, Quality, Revenue, Productivity, Efficiency, and Cost Reduction.
• Standards and Governance: Implement and ensure compliance with global and local standards, rules, tools, policies, and processes related to operations/project execution and shares functional best practices and lessons learned across the organization.
• People Leadership and Development: Ensure that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed and directed for a flexible, skilled workforce. Manage (with HR Support) development and accountability of production organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply chain, Industrial/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 4 years of manufacturing or project management experience including 3 years of leadership experience.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies.
• ERP experience in Americas SAP (AMSAP) or SAP Torque. (Strong demonstrated experience in other ERP will be considered).
• Knowledge of Quality management tools and databases.
• Advanced understanding of Microsoft Excel with the ability to manipulate data.
• Must be analytical and well organized.

While base salary is determined by things such as the successful applicant’s qualifications and experience, this position is expected to pay between $100,500 and $160,800 annually and is eligible for a short-term incentive plan/annual bonus.

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What's in it for you

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ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

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Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus.
• Vision benefit.
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay).
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay).
• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums.
• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid.
• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance).
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption.
• Employee discount program.

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions.
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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