DIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURING

• ◆Direct all manufacturing, assembly, quality assurance, warehouse, shipping, and material management operations to ensure customer orders are delivered accurately, on time, and in accordance with company objectives.
• ◆Provide strategic and hands-on leadership for production planning, scheduling, inventory management, workforce allocation, and operational performance.
• ◆Conduct regular shop floor walkthroughs to monitor productivity, identify issues, engage employees, and maintain operational efficiency.
• ◆Ensure personnel, equipment, materials, and other resources are available to meet production

and customer delivery commitments.

• ✓Establish and maintain manufacturing standards, best practices, standard operating procedures, work schedules, and operational controls.
• ✓Lead production activities to ensure products are assembled, tested, and shipped according to customer, contractual, and quality requirements.
• ✓Manage inventory investment by maintaining appropriate inventory levels, monitoring material availability, conducting slow-moving and obsolete inventory analyses, and providing recommendations for material utilization and valuation.
• ✓Support material planning activities, including end-of-life component strategies, last-time-buy decisions, and make-versus-buy analyses for new and existing products.
• ✓Partner with Engineering throughout product design and implementation to improve manufacturability, product traceability, bills of material, part numbering conventions, and production.
• ✓Participate in Material Review Board (MRB) activities and assess the manufacturing, scheduling, inventory, and cost impacts of product changes and new product introductions.
• ✓Maintain labor estimates, manufacturing costs, delivery capabilities, and product costing information to support pricing decisions, quotations, and profitability analysis.
• ✓Collaborate with Engineering, Purchasing, and Program Management to validate bills of material, evaluate manufacturing capabilities, and support quoting and audit requirements.
• ✓Lead investigations into product defects, manufacturing issues, defective material trends, returns, and RMAs, including root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• ✓Drive process improvement efforts focused on quality, efficiency, cost reduction, inventory optimization, defect prevention, and operational effectiveness.
• ✓Serve as the manufacturing subject matter expert for the Visual ERP system, including report development, data analysis, operational support, and process enhancements.
• ✓Develop and maintain SQL queries, reports, spreadsheets, and analytical tools to support manufacturing decisions, operational visibility, inventory management, and audit activities.
• ✓Prepare and deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual reports related to production performance, inventory levels, shipping metrics, cost analyses, inventory turns, service orders, RMAs, and other key operational indicators.
• ✓Attend and contribute to operational review meetings by providing manufacturing performance data, inventory analysis, cost information, and recommendations for improvement.
• ✓Support internal and external audits, including annual inventory audits, by coordinating inventory reviews, researching discrepancies, maintaining documentation, and providing required reports and data.
• ✓Ensure manufacturing activities comply with company quality standards while maintaining inventory accuracy, product traceability, and operational controls.
• ✓Monitor shipment performance, investigate shipping discrepancies and carrier charges, identify process improvement opportunities, and work directly with carrier representatives to improve service and reduce costs.
• ✓Coordinate with Customer Service and other departments to prioritize critical customer orders and ensure customer delivery commitments are met.
• ✓Provide leadership, coaching, performance management, training, and development for manufacturing and material handling personnel, including promoting cross-training and continuous learning.
• ✓Manage employee staffing, scheduling, timekeeping, paid time off requests, performance evaluations, goal setting, and workforce development activities.
• ✓Foster a positive, collaborative, and safety-conscious work environment by building strong employee relationships, resolving conflicts, recognizing achievements, and supporting employee engagement initiatives.
• ✓Provide manufacturing expertise and interdepartmental support related to order entry, requisitions, inventory management, shipping, quality processes, and operational problem-solving.
• ✓Collaborate with Engineering, Quality Assurance, Purchasing, Accounting, Marketing, Customer Service, and other stakeholders to support company objectives and strategic initiatives.
• ✓Establish accountability for safety, quality, productivity, customer service, inventory management, and overall operational performance.

• ✓Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field; equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
• ✓Minimum 7-10 years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience, including responsibility for production operations, inventor