Area Operations Manager
- Hillside, IL, United States
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Job details
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- You will lead a team of Plant Operation Managers and be directly responsible for Plant Operations, Distribution, Safety (Personal and Operational), Compliance, and Quality.
- Oversees all production and distribution activities for plants, including all distribution for internal shuttles throughout the markets.
- You will be responsible for safety and compliance (internal Linde standards, FDA, Federal, State, and local regulations for the division).
- Manages Productivity, Lean & Six Sigma initiatives; works directly with the region Productivity management team; and develops continuous process improvement projects with retail and plant operations teams.
- Creates and manages operational plans, develops documented operational planning and goals, and develops yearly plant management operational goals while managing performance against those goals.
- Continues to utilize current US Central Best Practices, including facilitating Weekly Plant Expense Management Review Calls, managing Regional Monthly Safety Trend Charts, managing and distributing Monthly Plant KPI Actuals Charts, and providing Monthly Regional Vice President Operational Reporting.
- You will coordinate and facilitate activities and commitments with the sales organization, ensure strategies are appropriately formulated and communication plans are provided, monitor trends, develop procedures, take actions that set precedents, and manage KPI reporting.
- Staffs, trains, coaches, administers performance reviews and corrective actions for subordinate employees, ensures direct staff does the same throughout the operations organization, ensures compliance with all applicable internal and external standards, works with strategic independence while conferring with Region and Senior Management on complex assignments, and coordinates operations and project work with logistics, engineering, human resources, and finance.
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Skills
- Lead a team
- Regulatory compliance
- Lean manufacturing
- Process improvement
- Sales
- Communication skills
- Keep up with trends
- Reporting
- Guide staff
- Logistics