Job Title: Associate Manager Operations

Job Code: 19314

Job Location: Tempe, Arizona

Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

Responsible for leading, developing, and coaching high performance work teams within an assigned manufacturing operation. This position will have responsibility for the safety, cost, quality, delivery, and productivity of an assigned team. This position will work closely with multiple functional areas to optimize materials flows, equipment, and workforce within the area to meet or exceed daily business objectives. The leader in this position must drive continuous improvement and remove waste from the information and material flows within the manufacturing process.

Essential Functions:

• Develop, coordinate, lead, and execute daily production plans in the achievement of company goals, including driving compliance to business requirements, such as reporting time and attendance, safety, audits, etc.
• Collaborate with various Project Managers, Planning, Engineering and Quality Assurance personnel to ensure timely on-time shipments of multiple product lines to our valued customers.
• Ability to adapt and succeed in a dynamic environment with ever-changing customer requirements.
• Report performance and analyze data to identify potential problems and issues: Assume ownership of the problem-solving process and develop sound plans and corrective actions to ensure adherence to quality standards, delivery schedules, cost performance, and safe working conditions.
• Develop and implement sound process controls; confirm routine quality and Team Leader checks and ensure all processes and procedures are executed using controlled methods and in accordance with work instructions.
• Ensure consistent and effective shift-to-shift coordination.
• Provide leadership and coaching that foster high team morale and effectiveness.
• Develop and cross-train team members to support operational plans; ensure training plans are effective and documented.
• Participate in tactical planning process.
• Lead and/or facilitate continuous improvement efforts and projects and incorporate continuous improvement into the daily operations.
• Create and maintain an environment where team members recommend and implement changes in procedures to improve value-added activities and eliminate non-value-added activities.
• Maintain neat and clean work areas and ensure compliance with safety and 5S standards; Ensure a safe work environment for all employees.
• Meet goals and metrics that include: Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Productivity
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance within 6 months of hire date.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum 6 years prior relevant experience in operations management. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience in Operations Management.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Ability to effectively flow down goals from Manager into measurable tasks to subordinate levels.
• Ability to provide effective coaching and mentoring to develop a high performing work team.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Systems.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Desire to learn and continually improve.
• Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma Green Belt certification
• Previous experience with vacuum technology and/or semiconductor processing.    
• Previous experience in a high volume/high quality test environment.
• Prior experience in an electro-optical testing environment under low-light conditions.
• Previous Aerospace/Defense industry experience.