Senior Production Manager Adhesives
Dymax Corporation, United States
Job Description
Dymax is a world-renowned producer of adhesives, coatings, dispensing systems, and curing equipment. Where our competitors supply products, our company teams up with customers and commits to developing solutions that help customers lower costs, improve efficiencies, and increase their profitability. This focus on customer partnership has led us to become where we are today: a rapidly expanding force within our industry, with a comprehensive product portfolio, extraordinary employees, and a bright future based on creating quality offerings with a dedication to business growth.
The Senior Manager, Production, Adhesives role is a leadership role. Dymax leaders are superb people-managers, with great listening and communications skills. They ooze compassion, articulate vision, and motivate exceptional, committed work teams. They are steeped in sound business skills, understand customer needs and market dynamics, and energize the work culture. They lead by example, set clear standards and expectations, and are a major factor behind the company’s lasting success.
We seek a results-focused, innovative, customer-centric well-qualified individual to join our talented team. Based out of our Torrington Connecticut location, you will be expected to convert raw materials and WIP into the highest quality adhesivesby ensuring established procedures and batch formulations are followed under strict safety and ISO9001 quality management operations, and by developing production and shipping personnel into productive, efficient, quality-focused high-performing teams. Also, by overseeing and developing manufacturing, shipping personnel into productive, efficient, quality-focused high-performing teams.You will:
- Drive methodology improvements in operational delivery and production costs by ensuring products are produced safety first, high quality, under sound engineering and EHS standards at optimal cost while identifying and implementing new processes, tools, fixtures, and workstations
- Develop vibrant, responsive, innovative, high-performing production teams by exercising strong leadership and judgment skills to acquire, develop, train, coach, cultivate, and performance manage talented Chem Ops and Pamp;F.
- Coordinate daily operations requirements and drive production efficiencies by ensuring the implementation of detailed, documented on-job training of operators in Work Orders, Batch Sheets, and Work Instructions, and updating as necessary
- Effectively execute the daily production plan schedule by establishing and adhering to lines shipped on-time commitments, and by optimizing the usage of equipment, people, maintenance services, and resources
- Improve capabilities of Dymax production and quality assurance by working with Quality and Engineering in root cause analyses of cycle time, yield, and process variation to reduce waste and develop new processes, procedures, and equipment specifications
- Establish and manage extraordinary standards of customer service and reputation by leading a responsive, articulate production team that interfaces with external stakeholders comfortably, and by assuming the lead role for customer inquiries, concerns, and feedback
- Maintain an enthusiasm for continuous improvement efficiencies by engaging employees in Kaizen and Six-Sigma principles that isolate, recognize and develop processes, and lead to higher quality of products and better commercial outcomes
Requirements
You should have:
- BS in Chemical Engineering or equivalent background in chemistry; MBA preferred
- 5+ years of managing and leading teams in a manufacturing environment
- Excellent knowledge and experience working with ERPs; JD Edwards Enterprise-1 preferred
- Demonstrated knowledge and practice in Lean Manufacturing initiatives and Six Sigma
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills; strong analytical and financial acumen
If this sounds like an ideal match for your talents, we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits
!!!Benefits Start on Day One!!!
- Dymax offers its employees attractive salaries
- Personal growth opportunities
- Excellent benefits packages that include
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental amp; Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401K)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary amp; ADamp;D)
- Generous Paid Time Off and Public Holidays
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Free uniforms and footwear
- Training amp; Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Wellness Resources
Salary Range: $128,000-$156,000
Dymax takes the compensation of its employees very seriously and considers several factors when determining the total compensation package including but not limited to location, market range, skills, knowledge, experience, and abi