Operations Manager

Job Posting Title

Operations Manager

Job Description Summary

Dauch is seeking an Operations Manager to join our team in Minerva, OH.

The Operations Manager manages the day-to-day operations of manufacturing facilities. Defines, monitors, and is held responsible for overall operations performance. Implements production, cost, and quality-control mechanisms. Oversees operations, ensuring that schedules and performance requirements are met and system resources are used effectively. Manages staffing, development, and performance management programs for operations staff; manages, motivates, and develops management team. Manages relationships with business, sales, and engineering; defines, delivers, and manages required service levels. Coordinates strategies, communications, and joint initiatives for facility.

Job Description:

• Manage product and operations associate outcomes by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining associates; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.

• Achieve product and operations operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, customer-service, safety, security, and health standards; identifying and resolving problems; completing audits; identifying, developing, and implementing system improvements.

• Contribute to product and operations management and organization success by welcoming related, different, and new requests; helping others accomplish job results.

• Determine Plant priorities by reviewing customer orders and requirements; analyzing equipment, materials, and associate availability; coordinating schedules with sales and warehousing; issuing processing plans and schedules.

• Coordinate Plant processing priorities by reviewing processing output and new requirements.

• Resolve processing scheduling problems by analyzing reports; reviewing equipment, materials, and associate availability; conferring with processing management; developing solutions.

• Prepare processing planning information and reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.

• Contribute to plant and organization success by welcoming related, different, and new requests; helping others accomplish job results.

• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Education

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent relevant experience.

• 5+ years progressive leadership experience.

• 5+ years experience in a fast paced, manufacturing environment.

About Dauch:

Dauch Corporation is a premier Driveline and Metal Forming supplier serving the global automotive industry with a powertrain-agnostic product portfolio that supports electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI, with operations that span 24 countries and more than 175 locations. Formed through the acquisition of Dowlais Group plc and its subsidiaries - GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy, Dauch unites deep engineering roots with global manufacturing capabilities and an entrepreneurial spirit to move mobility forward. Visit www.dauch.com to learn more.

Dauch will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. Dauch will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals who are applicants for employment. To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail [email protected]. Dauch is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.