Manufacturing Director jobs in Des Moines, IA

• Meets and exceeds team metrics goals by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Trains employees to perform their job functions, and continuously monitors such activities to ensure quality, efficiency and understanding.
• Maintains work flow by: monitoring steps of the process, setting processing variables, observing control points and equipment; monitoring personnel and resources, studying methods, developing reporting procedures and systems, facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process control points, as well as initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within department.
• Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel, accomplishing work results, establishing priorities, monitoring progress, revising schedules, resolving problems, reporting results of the processing flow, and providing on- shift production summaries.
• Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Ability to provide information upon request to other members of the inter disciplinary management team and upper level leadership.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment, by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources.
• Ensures team compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Maintains working relationship with the union, by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
• Resolves personnel problems by analyzing data, investigating issues, identifying solutions, and recommending action.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending relevant educational workshops as needed.
• Creates a strong result driven team, and continuously monitors progress towards goals, and metrics.
• Inventory Control
• Well-rounded knowledge of manufacturing machinery, processes, hazards and challenges in the industry.
• Working knowledge of computer systems and software.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Regularly required to sit or stand and move about facility.
• Exposure to shop elements such as noise, dust, extreme temperatures, fumes and odors.
• Position involves lifting and carrying items weighing up to 70 pounds.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Able to read and interpret shop orders.
• Strong Problem-Solving ability
• Adaptability to an ever-changing and sometimes unpredictable work environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• High level proficiency in PC spreadsheets and ERP/MRP systems.

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION:

• Three to five (3 – 5) or more years related experience in a manufacturing environment
• Any similar combination of education and experience.

The Wittern Group is seeking to add am Assistant Supervisor to our Assembly and Shipping department’s supervisors. The Assistant Supervisor will be responsible for learning all aspects of the area. The ideal candidate will be effective at building, training and developing tier team. The Assistant Supervisor should have a strong commitment to producing quality high- end products in order to provide an excellent customer experience. You will be responsible for providing results driven leadership on the shipping or assembly side of operations and have a dedication to implement processes that result in continuous improvement. You will help implement more effective manufacturing strategies and determine the best practices to achieve goals. You will manage and coordinate activities to meet safety, production, sustainability, and quality standards while optimizing efficiency in the department.