Manager Operations

Manager Operations

The Manager of Operations for the Seabed Systems base in Hanover, MD. The leader will serve as the Operations Lead responsible for all strategic and daily execution of the operations team, managing shop floor supervisors and approximately 50 people both directly and indirectly. This manager will be responsible for ensuring that all shop floor operations are completed on time and on-budget with the support of a cross functional team of Manufacturing / Industrial Engineering, Production Planning, Quality Assurance, Continuous Improvement, EH&S, and Facilities. This business is focused on building seabed fiberoptic arrays; the core product of the operations is fiber terminations, high precision mechanical assembly, acoustic assemblies, and electronic assembly and test. This individual will report directly to the operations division leader and have dotted-line reporting to the Site General Manager.

Essential Functions :

• Lead multi-disciplinary operation in manufacturing
• Develop and implement strategies to meet cost, quality, delivery, customer satisfaction
• Develop a world-class operations team through staffing, training, and talent management initiatives while serving as a role model for integrity, inclusion, and diversity
• Drive employee engagement through :
• Leader of standard work
• Factory Gemba walk process
• Quality improvements and zero defect strategies
• Comprehensive, proactive safety initiatives
• Lean deployment
• Mistake Proofing / Poke Yoke
• 5S+1
• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
• Maintain responsibility for succession planning, organizational and talent development
• Facilitate Operations, Manufacturing and Quality participation in design development to identify and address manufacturability, testability and inspectability issues
• Collaborate with Program Management, Supply Chain, and other functional organizations across the Site
• Responsible for monitoring, assessing, establishing plans to achieve, and presenting status of functional Strategic Goals and operational Metrics as approved by leadership
• Lead the organization in the development and implementation of operating philosophies and business strategies
• Develop, implement and sustain success metrics, incorporating best practices, and effectively communicating improvements
• Effectively manage behavior, performance, and key deliverables across a matrix organization
• Travel : 25% to Norfolk VA, 10% to Goleta CA

Qualifications :

Preferred Additional Skills :