Manufacturing Operations Manager
MillerKnoll · Atlanta, GA
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at MillerKnoll (industrial) in Atlanta, GA. 100% Value : Responsible for championing the continuous improvement processes of operations by eliminating the seven forms of waste and creating processes that add 100% value to the customer.
- They ask for
- degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Lean, Kaizen, Root cause, EHS / safety
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Georgia: typical posted base $120k–$147k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 16 production engineer openings in Georgia, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 15 other live production postings in Georgia.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 50%
- ✓ Root cause 31%
- New product launch 25%
- ✓ EHS / safety 25%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Kaizen, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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Essential functions
100% Value : Responsible for championing the continuous improvement processes of operations by eliminating the seven forms of waste and creating processes that add 100% value to the customer.
Continuous Improvement: Responsible for championing change by using kaizen as a tool to improve the organization's capability by utilizing people's skill to solve problems proactively and constantly move towards the ideal situation or 'true north'. Responsible for ensuring that teams are engaging in kaizen activities every day to proactively go after problems with a shop floor focus.
Develop and coach work team leaders to be capable of managing and leading in a problem-solving management structure utilizing Facilitators and disciplined continuous improvement thinking.
Development: Responsible for employee selection and training. Also responsible to help employees to develop new skills that will allow them to increase their contribution to the business and improve the processes of the operation.
People Are the Most Important Resource
Professional Challenge/Participation : Responsible for motivating and involving production teams and work team leaders in improving processes through creativity, problem solving and learning. This is accomplished through setting expectations, teaching, encouraging, coaching and holding employees accountable to utilize standardized work. Solicit employees' ideas for improvement
and create a work environment where employees are encouraged to take risks and share their ideas for improvement. Coach work team leaders on effectively using leadership skills to drive improvements.
Pull System : Responsible to create an operation that produces product only to customer demand (takt time) using one-piece-flow. Provide leadership through coaching, providing strategies, and removing barriers for successful implementation.
Responsibilities
include identifying and solving broad problems that impact quality. Ensure performance and accountability to zero defects. Must partner with customer service and corporate quality teams to ensure the identification of quality issues and their root causes, as well as design and implement solutions. Must also manage and monitor compliance to HMI quality plan and
ISO 9000 certification.
Recognition/Feedback: Responsible to show appreciation of those individuals and teams that demonstrate outstanding performance, which is directly aligned with the company's "Things That Matter". Also responsible for providing timely feedback including formal performance reviews, performance coaching, and discipline.
Reliability: Ensure 100% on-time delivery of quality products to the customer by providing strategies and removing obstacles.
Safety: Ensure a safe working environment for all employees and visitors. Responsible for the team's safety program, implementation and commitment to 5-S principles, ensuring all safety training and development is completed for all employees, administration of safety policies and procedures, and compliance with all state and federal legislation. Manage and monitor the achievement of corporate and plant environmental goals.
Shop Floor Focus: Responsible for ensuring that work team leaders spend 80% of their time directly on the shop floor where the key value-added activities take place.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements
listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience
- ✓Bachelor's degree in manufacturing/operations management or equivalent professional experience required.
- ✓Minimum of six years successful supervisory experience required (including leading teams, salaried level employees, multiple departments) in a technical or complex operations environment.
- ✓Demonstrated coaching and change management skills.
- ✓Previous experience in implementing and coaching lean manufacturing principles and tools in a multi-shift/team environment.
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General purpose
Responsible for leading, managing, and setting strategy for multiple Operations Work Team Leaders and their teams to achieve operational objectives (in such areas as safety, quality, reliability, cost, continuous improvement and employee morale), which align with and promote the achievement of Operations' and the corporation's business strategy. Results are achieved through coaching, leading, and developing Work Team Leaders and their teams. Additional results are achieved through effective planning, organizing, implementation and execution.
Skills and Abilities
- •Ability to express ideas effectively (verbally and nonverbal)
- •Well developed interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrates professionalism
- •Adept at resolving conflict in a team environment
- •Demonstrated ability to identify and understand issues and make appropriate decisions
- •Proficient in ISO quality systems fundamentals and Lean Manufacturing principles
- •Must be PC and systems literate (Excel, Word, Lotus Notes)
- •Critical c