Key skills
ERPLeadershipCommunicationSales
About this role
Role Overview
- Lead and manage a team of production supervisors, providing guidance, coaching, and support to ensure efficient and effective operations and a positive working environment
- Actively participate as a member of the plant leadership team to help determine strategy and direction for plant operations
- Foster open communication and promote a culture of trust and engagement, embodying the SPX core values
- Partner in the recruitment of employees by actively participating in the hiring, selection, and on-boarding processes
- Actively support employee training and development by identifying training needs, developing training plans, providing coaching and guidance to enhance employee skills and knowledge
- Lead performance management of plant employees
- Develop and implement key process indicators to support the plant’s goals and optimize workflow between various departments
- Proactively address employee and labor relations issues and challenges in a positive and proactive manner
- Foster a culture of safety by promoting and enforcing adherence to safety measures, guidelines, regulations
- Assist in investigations of safety concerns
- Serve as champion of safety, encouraging employees to identify risks work together to resolve issues
- Collaborate with cross functional teams, including production planning, logistics, engineering, procurement, and sales to improve production processes and ensure on-time delivery of orders that meet customer expectations
- Manage department budgets and labor goals
- Ensure the highest level of product quality through the recommendation and implementation of robust quality control procedures and processes
- Implement and monitor inventory control measures to minimize stock discrepancies and optimize inventory levels
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with vendors and suppliers to ensure timely and cost effective delivery of materials
- Create and review reports outlining key operational metrics
- Provide leadership in lean manufacturing deployment to drive cultural transformation
- Develop and implement strategies to optimize productivity, reduce cost, and improve overall operational efficiency
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify areas for improvement and take proactive measures to address
- Identify and recommend opportunities for automation, process optimization, and technological advances to drive operational excellence
- Participate in other projects as assigned that relate to the overall goals of the department and organization
Requirements
- At least 5 years of supervisory/management/leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
- 6-10 years of supervisory/management/leadership experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
- Experience working in ERP related system
- Experience in a manufacturing environment that creates highly engineered, customized products
- Experience in unionized manufacturing environment
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate and collaborate across organizational levels (production employees, engineering, sales, leadership)
- Proven ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve goals
- Proven experience attracting, retaining, motivating, and developing high performing, diverse teams
- Demonstrated ability to lead continuous improvement, lean savings, and process improvements
- Sound knowledge of operational processes, including production planning, scheduling, inventory management, and quality control
- Familiarity with Lean Six Sigma or other process improvement methodologies
- Demonstrated commitment to workplace safety and the ability to drive a culture of safety
- Ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines
- Proficiency in utilizing manufacturing software for inventory management and production planning and systems for data analysis and reporting
- Skills in Microsoft Office software
- Knowledge of HVAC industry
Tech Stack
- ERP
Benefits
- Competitive and performance-based compensation packages and bonus plans
- Educational assistance, leadership development programs, and recognition programs