Supervisor Operations

Summary of Responsibilities:

The Supervisor of Operations will have some program and supervisory responsibilities for multiple, small-to-medium size programs or a subset of a larger program conducted under limited supervision of a Sr Manager or Director.

Hold financial accountability for the program and maintain customer satisfaction by ensuring the manufacture of quality products delivered within budget and on or ahead of schedule.

The Supervisor of Operations will assist in supervising production operations and personnel for the assembly or precision components, subassemblies, complex parts or finished goods based on established methods and prints involving a variety of specialized techniques, equipment and skills.

Help implement positive communication and employee relations and the consistent application of company policies.

Responsibilities and Tasks:


* Under limited supervision of a Director or Sr Manager, lead the functional team(s) supporting assigned program(s) to achieve production and customer schedules and the manufacture of quality products within cost and schedule requirements


* Ensure compliance with contract terms


* Assist Buyer/Planner with production scheduling and cost approval


* Prepare proposals including profit projections, risk analysis and risk avoidance recommendations


* Prepares transition and production plan schedules, manpower requirements and staffing plans


* Secondary interface with customer or customer representatives on program matters


* Effectively communicates program status, negotiate issues and maintain positive relations.


* Proactively identify problems, their root cause and recommend (or identify and lead team to recommend) suitable solution(s) to management


* Drive the implementation of improvements to remedy issue


* Expand or maintain knowledge of state-of-the-art manufacturing practices like Lean, DFT, etc.

through study, seminars and networking


* Recommend proven, world-class manufacturing practices to senior management


* Champion those initiatives approved by management internally throughout the organization and externally to the customer


* Drive cross-functional teams to implement continuous improvement projects in Continuous Improvement manufacturing and appropriate quality standards/certifications


* Regularly provide constructive, verbal and written, performance feedback


* Proactively correct performance deficiencies using the Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) process through all the required steps


* Supervise the timely and accurate reporting of labor and production data


* Monitor labor and expense budgets and institute necessary cost controls to meet company's profit goal on assigned programs


* Prepare and conduct presentations to senior management and external representatives


* Ensure adherence to federal and state laws and company policies and procedures including Human Resources, labor, safety, and...