Manager, Identity & Access Management Services
Abbott
SQL
Plant Manager
Knowles Precision Devices
full-time
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Location: South Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $160,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Oversee the manufacturing of film, electrolytic capacitors, and mica capacitors at our largest domestic facility located in Liberty, South Carolina.
- Ensure that the factory meets tactical performance targets to support business needs while also driving long-range plans that will enhance efficiency.
- Work on-site in Liberty, South Carolina and play a crucial role in transforming our largest U.S.-based facility to achieve the next level of operational excellence.
- Ensure Plant is meeting Safety, Quality, Delivery, Yield and Cost annual targets.
- Coordinate with R&D to enable smooth transition from design to production of new products.
- Facilitate the alignment of priorities between commercial and operational.
- Identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement within manufacturing processes and workflows for improved productivity, quality, and yield.
- Improve existing manufacturing systems or deploy enhanced manufacturing systems that will increase factory efficiency.
- Guide and implement lean methodologies to streamline operations, reduce waste, and enhance overall efficiency.
- Utilize data-driven approaches to analyze performance metrics, identify trends, and present actionable insights for improvement.
- Regularly track and report progress on improvement and responding to areas needing further attention.
- Collaborate with corporate teams to translate strategic roadmaps into executable actions that leads to the desired results.
- Develop and execute comprehensive plans that align to the factory's goals and objectives.
- Instill a culture of accountability focused on result-orientation.
- Foster a culture of innovation for continuous improvements.
- Adopt Knowles best practices to accelerate the improvements.
- Attract, motivate, and develop high caliber talent.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree preferably in a technical discipline with a minimum of 8- 10 years of demonstrated performance in Manufacturing / Operations.
- Demonstrated capability in execution excellence and ability to build effective operations culture is required.
- Proven track record of driving continuous improvement for plant-wide operations.
- Experienced in developing and able to implement operations strategies that delivers end results is a must.
- Must be able to effectively communicate and collaborate with Knowles leadership teams.
- Excellent management skills, including the ability to supervise and lead factory teams to drive positive changes.
- Familiarity with electrical/ electronic components manufacturing such as capacitors is an advantage.
- Candidate is expected to work full time on location at Liberty, South Carolina with occasional travel to other manufacturing locations.
- Applicants must be U.S. persons (citizens, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status) or have the necessary authorization to access controlled technical data.
