Sr. Operations Manager

Overview

American Woodmark is one of the nation's largest cabinet manufacturers. By partnering with major home centers, builders, and dealers, we spark the imagination of homeowners and designers and bring their vision to life. Across our service and distribution centers, our corporate office and manufacturing facilities, you'll always find the same commitment to customer satisfaction, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

We are on a journey to encourage an inclusive Woodmark, and are taking meaningful actions to promote diverse representation across every part of the business. Together, every team member contributes to making American Woodmark a place where people can express who they are through what they do.

Position Purpose

Work with the Plant Manager to direct and lead American Woodmark's production initiatives with the goal of establishing a world class manufacturing operation. Overall development and coordination of plant operations and production processes to optimize the use of all resources and equipment in meeting and/or exceeding established plant goals.

Experience

• Must have a proven track record of cultivating and developing talent in an organizational setting.
• Minimum of 8 years of manufacturing experience; wood working related preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of supervision experience; multiple departments.
• Must have experience in wood drying, machining, cabinet component manufacturing, material flows and inventory management; continuous improvement practices; and process analysis.
• Must have Lean manufacturing experience.
• Six Sigma experience a plus.

Skills

• Excellent personal computer skills in a network environment;
  Microsoft products experience preferred - Outlook-Word-Excel.
• Track record of successful project management.
• Experience in working in a team environment.
• Management style must be consistent with CITE Principles.
• Strong planning/organization and time management skills.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills.

Education

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Business Management/Operations, or related discipline; MBA a plus; extensive work experience may be considered in lieu of education.

• Actively lead the organizational development efforts for the production area and support OD throughout the location/organization.
• Coordinate communication between assigned departments and shifts and foster healthy client/provider relationships.
• Improve equipment uptime, capability and reliability through the TPM initiatives and the AWC SEE (Strategic Equipment Excellence) program, as well as all five phases of Six-Sigma improvement or the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control of equipment-related problems.
• Continuously evaluate plant processes, driving continuous improvement and cost reduction.
• Plan and coordinate department activities to support SQDC targets, and meet or exceed client and/or customer expectations.
• Lead and/or facilitate Kaizen events and actively participate on assigned teams and projects.
• Develop documented standard operating procedures related to material, equipment and processes throughout the plant finishing operations.
• Participate in identifying hiring needs; employee selection and training processes.
• Provide communication on departmental expectations, motivate team members, and identify opportunities for improvements.
• Provide team leadership consistent with company vision, mission, and CITE principles.
• Ensure policies are followed and provide guidance and discipline.
• Effectively utilize all resources to maximum potential performance to achieve SQDC goals.
• Establish individual goals for team members in alignment with organizational goals and perform periodic performance reviews.
• Support and represent the company as a union-free environment.
• Provide a safe and productive work environment, including housekeeping.
• Role model CITE and Working in Teams principles.
• Perform other tasks as directed by the direct supervisor.
• Supervisory Responsibilities:
  
  Will supervise hourly and salaried employees in the assigned department/departments. Responsible for overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of direct reports in accordance with policies and…