Area Manager; Production-3rd Shift

Hickman Service Center
6719 E AR-137
Blytheville, AR 72315, USA

The Area Manager provides direction and leadership for service center associates and activities to achieve safety, people, quality, service and cost goals. This role is a business partner for the Plant Manager that manages available resources and leads associates to perform all area tasks in the most cost effective manner while ensuring a quality product is processed according to schedule. The Area Manager is also a critical leader within the organization that drives continuous improvement and instills the Majestic values and operating principles within the organization.

• Safety:
  • Ensures the safety and wellbeing of area associates and visitors by communicating, promoting and enforcing all safety policies, procedures and protocols.
  • Promotes a clean and safe working environment for all associates, emphasizing prevention of potential problems and hazardous conditions, and support the safety programs.
  • Maintains 6S process and audits to improve and sustain safety and housekeeping.
• People:
  • Maintains staffing by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training associates.
  • Executes performance management process and other required documentation.
  • Professionally develops through additional training, continued education, and benchmarking opportunities.
  • Supports associate engagement, involvement and development efforts within the organization; delivers messages and communication that inspires staff.
• Manages quality plan adherence, layered process audits and adhering to standard work.
• Engages with associates and promotes hands‑on, high involvement approaches to problem solving.
• Drives Majestic Production System (MPS) to achieve operational excellence (cell boards, Vorne data, Kaizen, SMED) – win the hour, win the day, win the year.
• Service:
  • Utilizes ERP/MRP system for running production lines efficiently to meet customer requirements.
  • Optimizes shipping/receiving process to meet customer requirements.
  • Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs and working within maintenance/engineering teams to optimize equipment performance.
  • Contributes to Majestic Steel success by helping other areas accomplish job results.
• Cost:
  • Utilizes Vorne board, cell board and other continuous improvement tools to optimize operational cost.
  • Analyzes data and trends to increase business acumen and decrease cost.
  • Manages overtime, headcount and utilization of all resources.
  • Ensures the area/team achieves all goals and objectives.
• Other duties as assigned by the plant manager.

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Three (3) years’ leadership role in manufacturing environment or advanced degreed (Associate’s Bachelor’s or technical degree).
• Computer proficiency with MS office or equivalent.

• Ability to work independently and cooperatively as part of a team.
• Demonstrated leadership competencies with emphasis on associate engagement, associate development and performance management.
• Effective communication with coworkers, supervision and management.
• Work with minimal supervision: ability to plan and prioritize workload effectively.
• Willingness to own area of responsibility and drive improvement.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to follow processes and procedures.
• Basic understanding of continuous improvement: 6-Sigma, Lean, Theory of Constraints.
• Commitment to ensuring the safety of associates and visitors.

• Associate’s, Bachelor’s or technical degree.
• Five (5) years’ leadership role in manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement and other lean methodology.

• Oversees all associates assigned to the area. Responsible for hiring, retention, development and performance management for the area.

• Must be able to walk; sit; stand; climb; bend, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl up to 10 hours.
• Must be able to work in both hot and cold atmospheres depending on weather conditions.
• Must be able to work outside normal business hours/days, as needed, which includes weekdays and weekends.

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