Location
Ogden, UT | United States
Job description
Operations Manager (AMC)
The AMC provides leadership to the AMG teams for the assigned location and is critical in ensuring the skills and competency of direct reports are developed and continually improved. The position is accountable supporting the improvements to safety product quality the manufacturing processes and customer service levels of the facility to support the growth of the facility.
What youll do:
- Supporting the Mission Vision and Values of Autoliv through daily actions of decisions to become an effective agent of change.
- Oversees the manufacturing process and teams. Works together with staff and top management to ensure products are manufactured to quality standards and adheres to other safety/industryrelated regulations.
- Driving the companywide continuous improvement effort to maximize safety quality reliability and cost reduction of manufacturing.
- Accomplishing budget commitments operating plans and plant deployment objectives.
- Ensuring environmental compliance and safety corporate goals are achieved.
- Leading promoting educating and instilling a culture of Zero Defects throughout the plant organization by following standard work and specifications and by utilizing Lean Manufacturing concepts including information boards visual indicators pitch bypitch tracking and other appropriate tools and techniques.
- Guiding the AMG teams to improve Safety and Environmental goals to improve customer service through good manufacturing practices with managing total cost quality and ontime delivery.
- Providing leadership consistency in implementing best demonstrated practices across all areas of the plant.
- Fostering an environment of teamwork across departments functions and roles.
- Accountability for the communication effectiveness and support of the team. This includes the acquisition filtering and distribution of relevant information.
- Support peers business units design engineers and related departments by building networks sharing successes tools and knowledge.
- Management Accountabilities: Manages and provides leadership coaching guidance training and staff development; interviews and selects employees; plans and evaluates employee performance; recommends merit increases transfers and promotions; counsels and disciplines employees as necessary; recommends termination when appropriate; and monitors time and attendance of subordinates. Develop and motivate team members to solve complex operational issues and reach short and longterm performance plan goals. Exhibit the ability to think quickly creatively and challenge the team to do the same.
- Other duties as assigned.
What is required:
- Bachelor of Science degree preferably in Manufacturing Engineering Operations Management or related field strongly desired or equivalent related experience required.
- Experience may be considered in lieu of a degree under unique circumstances.
- Supervisory experience in a manufacturing role is preferred.
- Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing concepts and their application in a production environment including experience in converting from traditional manufacturing to Lean principles (scheduling reduction of cycle time visual metrics flow and load balancing preferred) and methodology is strongly desired.
- Proven experience in managing safety and environment production efficiency visual management manufacturing systems equipment utilization delivery performance product quality budget and cost controls is strong desired.
- Adept in using PC tools including Microsoft Word Excel PowerPoint and Project.
- Proven problemsolving skills
Whats in it for you:
Attractive compensation package
Flexible Options (schedule etc)
Recognition awards company events family events university discount options and many more perks.
Gender Pay Equality
Autoliv is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Autoliv does not discriminate in any aspect of employment based on race color religion national origin ancestry gender sexual orientation gender identify and/or expression age disability or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local employment discrimination laws where Autoliv does business.
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