OPERATIONS MANAGER

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Location: West Kelowna, bC

Position Status: CLOSED

Our West Kelowna manufacturing client is looking for a professional Operations Manager to coordinate and oversee the organization’s operations.

The specific duties include formulating strategy, improving performance, procuring material and resources and securing compliance. This role will mentor a team, find ways to increase quality and implement best practices across all levels.

Ultimately, you will help the company remain compliant, efficient and profitable during the course of business.

Responsibilities:

· Manage production planning and scheduling for on time and on budget.

· Manage company heath & safety program.

· Manage facility, plant & equipment preventative maintenance programs.

· Plan for manpower and equipment needs.

· Ensure on-going process and manufacturing continuous improvement.

· Create and manage training and performance metrics.

· Develop annual budgets and targets.

· Manage compliance with Provincial/Territorial, Local and Federal regulations.

· Ensure compliance with company standards for cost control, waste reduction, quality, safety, and complete and on-time delivery.

· Provide leadership to facilitate faster improvements and improved working relationships.

· Provide leadership for employee relations through effective communications, coaching, training and development.

· Review analysis of activities, costs, operations, and forecast data to define & determine department progress toward stated goals and objectives.

· Review operating reports; improving operations and facilities to ensure cost effectiveness and on-time deliveries.

· Oversee key projects, processes and performance reports, data and analysis.

· Review and support Engineering and Sales to oversee product development and manufacturing concepts with fundamental or new technology/methods used for to provide cost reduction, safety, customer requirements and market growth.

· Ensure all personnel comply with training requirements, work standards, policies and procedures.

· Develop Team-Work and motivate members through setting of clear expectations and recognize and reward outstanding performance.

· Coordinate with other supervisors, leads, and managers to obtain maximum use of resources.

· Interface with customers and government personnel.

· Establish and monitor conformance with production specs, procedures, schedule and safety.

· Set the highest ethical standards for self and others.

· Interview, select, train and conduct performance evaluations of the staff.

· Ensure that outside services are properly supervised and completed in accordance with contracts or work orders.

· Responsible for fiscal management of unit.

Requirements:

· Minimum of (10) years management & leadership experience.

· Minimum of (10) years related experience managing operations in a production/manufacturing environment.

· Strong working knowledge of motivation, training, appraisal and general supervisory skills.

· Leadership ability and team building skills to effectively supervise professional and non-professional staff.

· Able to interface directly with cross-functional teams.

· Able to build and maintain lasting relationships interdepartmentally, key business partners, and customers.

· Well-developed problem-solving skills and ability to develop conceptual alternatives.

· Able to find new methods and principles and ability to incorporate them into existing practices as needed.

· ERP experience considered an asset.

· Must have the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement and interpret programs, goals, objectives, policies, procedures, etc.

· Strong negotiation and prioritization skills.

· Must possess excellent communication skills for liaising and communicating with vendors, customers and internal departments.

· Highly motivated and self-directed capable of multi-tasking and able to work with minimal supervision.

· Extremely detail-oriented and analytical thinker.

· Organizational and time management skills

· Strong problem identification and problem resolution skills.

· High level of sound and independent judgment and reasoning.

· Demonstrated ability to exercise necessary cost control measures.

· High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office productivity suite.

We thank all those who express interest in this opportunity however only those short-listed we be contacted.