Game On Department Manager - T6

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Position Overview:

The Department Manager will provide strategic and tactical leadership for Plant T6. The goal will be to achieve excellence in performance while ensuring compliance with company and departmental policy. Plant T6 is located inside T1 and has the rapidly growing Game on Turf manufacturing process. The highly technical process consists of both tufting and coating and produces a differentiated patterned Turf product. Of particular focus in the near future is optimization of line 2 and startup of line 3.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with all company, plant, departmental, and HR policies. Ensure associate issues are addressed in a timely manner.

• Provide leadership in the areas of Safety, Quality, Productivity, and Cost.

• Establish goals for the department and implement/champion projects as necessary to ensure performance aligns with goals.

• Drive employee engagement within the department. Create an environment that fosters teamwork, innovation, and the relentless pursuit of improvement.

• Lead and develop the team on all shifts utilizing the PX (Performance Experience) process.

• Work closely with Technical Development on product development, equipment optimization, and trial work.

• Ensure customer relationships are positively maintained through open communication, and customer satisfaction needs are met with on-time and quality products.

• The Game On process is highly technical and specialized. Provide troubleshooting support for off-quality and downtime situations.

• Understand and support the graphics to panel file conversion process. This requires a high level of attention to detail and some computer skills.

• Work with the Turf Operations and other groups to schedule and prioritize production runs.

• Use Six Sigma. LEAN, and other statistical tools to monitor and improve the process.

• Develop and maintain all aspects of SMS and Standard Work for the department.

• Work on AO docs documentation as required (Ex: RCA’s, Procedures, Spec approvals, etc.)

• Expected to work off shifts and weekends as needed.

• Minimal travel to other plants

Leadership Competencies:

• Influence Others
• Demonstrate Good Judgement
• Drive Results
• Facilitate Change
• Build A Successful Team
• Coach and Support

Requirements:

• A four-year college degree

• Previous manufacturing management experience (This includes Process/Project Engineer experience)

• Must be able to work on all three shifts as required.

• Must be able to communicate both written and orally with individuals and large groups of people.

Preferred:

• Degree in an engineering field.

• Turf/carpet manufacturing experience

Salary Grade 07+

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