Operations Manager

Job Description
The Operations Manager for our Cranbury, NJ plant is a key member of our management team who is responsible for all safe manufacturing activities, continuous improvement, and strategy for the facility. The role directly manages the cell leadership, facility manager, customer service, and project design manager. The Operations Manager will lead the manufacturing teams to ensure timely delivery of products meeting the customer’s requirements, in quantities that meet sales demand and ensure lowest cost, profitability and growth consistent with ITW objectives. They will both define and deliver plans to improve all aspects of plant performance in line with the ITW Business Model and Financial expectations, in addition to providing strong leadership to the business in-line with ITW’s culture and core values. This is a fantastic opportunity for professional and personal development to continue to grow in your career.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Safe manufacturing of quality products utilizing the ITW Business Model
Health and SafetyExecute the Safety Management System and drive a proactive safety culture to achieve / sustain zero incidents
Lead by example and inspire the team in establishing a safety-first culture.
Ensure that those persons under their control are competent and have sufficient information instruction, training and resources
Create a culture of reporting accidents, near misses, investigating incidents, identifying hazards and implementing control measures to prevent occurrences.
Gain an expertise on the ITW Business Model and drive business results through utilization of the tools through empowerment of others.Enables growth through market leading customer facing metrics
Leads from a local Divisional perspective and influences peers around the 80/20 business model
Drive continuous improvement through utilization of the ITW Business Model
Plans and executes against short / long term priorities concurrently
Optimizes plant performance to support the business’ core customer-centric value propositions of quality and lead time
Ensure inventory of stock is maintained in accordance with ITW policies, stock accuracy, MOH and grading concerns.
Is highly knowledgeable about the manufacturing process, local, state, regional and national regulatory climate (EHS) and division operational metrics
Assures organic growth is supported via owning local capacity planning/utilization for the “80” based on the ITW Business Model
Proactively supporting customer back innovation programs &
NPI
Oversees resource allocation for local sourcing &
supply chain, maintenance, shipping &
receiving etc. and strives to lessen complexity
Conducts external scan to identify new technology, trends and obsolescence threats and develops strategies to advance competitiveness
Designs the supply chain to support strategic customer-facing metrics
Consistently Delivers on commitments
Actively monitors plant performance, maintaining business metrics to drive focus and for improvement
Tracks differentiated customer focused metrics and delivers World Class – industry leading results
Instill a culture of continuous improvement using all available resources with attention to employee involvement
Successfully identify and develop talent for leadership pipeline