Manufacturing Manager
Job Description:
Job Description
The Manufacturing Manager oversees all daily production activities to ensure efficient, and high-quality manufacturing processes.
This role drives continuous improvement, manages process conditions, and aligns factory output with company business goals.
- Key Responsibilities
- Process Optimization: Implement Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies to eliminate waste and improve workflow efficiency.
- Budget & Cost Control: Manage operational budgets, control manufacturing variances, and optimize material costs.
- Quality Assurance: Partner with Quality Control to ensure all products meet industry standards and customer specifications.
- Supply Chain Coordination: Collaborate with procurement and logistics to ensure seamless raw material inflow and finished goods distribution.
- Team Leadership: Recruit, train, mentor, and evaluate engineers to build a high-performing manufacturing team.
- Education & Experience
- Degree: Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Chemical, etc)
- Experience: Minimum 10 years of manufacturing experience, with at least 5 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
- Fluent in English
- Technical Skills
- Methodologies ; Extensive experience in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma
- Data Analysis: Strong capability to analyze MFG KPIs and financial variances.
- Leadership: Proven track record of managing diverse teams and driving cross-functional collaboration.
- Problem-Solving: Strong root-cause analysis skills to quickly resolve shop-floor and supply chain bottlenecks.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to report to executive leadership and guide factory workers.
Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly.
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Operations pay context
Based on 4,252 disclosed Operations salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $110K/year, with most offers between $82K and $145K (10th–90th percentile: $66K–$184K).
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