Operations Manager
Syracuse, NY
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Direct Hire
$190,000 - $240,000 / yr
DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE PAPER MACHINE EXPERIENCE
Please read full job description before applying to ensure match:
- Candidate MUST HAVE Paper Machine experience with strong Operational background. Ideally a former Paper Machine Manager/Superintendent with operational roles during career track.
The Role:
The Operations Manager is responsible for managing the safety, reliability, cost, quality, productivity, and employee engagement in a goal-oriented environment. The position is responsible for the operations of the Mill and reports to the General Manager.
What you’ll be doing:
- Provide leadership to mill personnel to ensure overall safe operations by driving toward a 100% safe work environment by leading safety culture, systems, and processes.
- Facilitate an environment where safety is our priority.
- Effectively manage production performance.
- Effectively create an environment of teamwork.
- Planning and controlling production performance.
- Troubleshooting quality and operational issues and developing systems and structures to avoid reoccurrences.
- Establish high level of performance by setting key departmental goals and objectives.
- Operate in a manner that meets customer expectations.
- Support Continuous Improvement activities and champion the overall improvement of the mill’s cost position.
- Supports the development of operational forecasts and budgets to improve mill profitability.
- Drives systematic improvement in mill operations and other mill processes like communications, safety, quality, employee engagement.
You will need:
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline is highly preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in Sheet Paper manufacturing leadership roles preferred.
- Ability to direct continuous improvement in all areas, but with special emphasis on safety, environmental, quality, production, and cost.
- Must possess excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with employees at all levels of the organization.
- Must have excellent oral and written communications skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Excellent planning, organizational, time management and prioritization skills.
- Proficient computer skills (MS Office, MS Project, JD Edwards, Panther, etc.).
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