Manufacturing Manager (Wire Mill)
$85,000–$145,000 year
On-sitePomfret, Connecticut, United States
Job Summary
Lead Wire Mill operations by planning, directing, and controlling work activities to manufacture products while ensuring safety, quality, cost, and delivery targets. Direct supervisors and production employees, allocate labor and equipment, and monitor daily performance metrics including throughput, scrap, yield, and budget. Enforce safety requirements, lead incident investigations, and implement corrective actions for nonconformances. Develop production plans aligned with customer requirements, partner with Maintenance and Engineering for reliability improvements, and manage departmental budgets. Drive Lean manufacturing initiatives and cross-functional collaboration to resolve constraints and sustain continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible manufacturing leadership experience
- Minimum of seven years of manufacturing experience, including at least three years of leadership experience directing supervisors and production personnel
- Demonstrated responsibility for safety, quality, delivery, productivity, labor utilization, cost control, and employee performance in a production environment
- Working knowledge of wire drawing, wire processing, metals manufacturing, or comparable process-oriented manufacturing operations
- Experience using production data and key performance indicators to identify performance gaps, establish priorities, and implement corrective actions
- Experience with ERP or MRP systems, e.g., Microsoft Dynamics 365, and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel
- Ability to exercise independent managerial judgment, manage competing priorities, communicate across organizational levels, and drive accountability and organizational change
- Ability to work regularly in an active manufacturing environment and to be available as operational needs require, with or without reasonable accommodation
- Must be able to work outside regular business hours to respond to operational needs
Desired Qualifications
- Demonstrated success improving throughput, schedule attainment, scrap, yield, labor efficiency, equipment utilization, employee retention, and customer quality performance
- Experience leading capital projects, equipment upgrades, automation, capacity expansion, new-product introduction, and cross-functional process improvement
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt, Certified Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE), or comparable operations credential
- Experience with daily management systems, value-stream mapping, standard work, root-cause analysis, statistical problem solving, and change management
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