Operations Manager

ABOUT Niteo PRODUCTS, LLC

NiTEOTM is a portfolio of premier trusted brands dedicating to solving everyday problems—in the home and on the road. Our portfolio spans odor elimination, stain removal, household cleaning, fabric care, and automotive appearance and maintenance, with products sold through leading national retailers throughout North America and trusted by millions of consumers. We are committed to delivering products with unsurpassed performance.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Operations Manager is responsible for leading the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of a chemical manufacturing facility. This position provides strategic and day-to-day leadership for production, manufacturing personnel, process performance, equipment reliability, quality, environmental compliance, and continuous improvement.

The Operations Manager ensures that manufacturing activities meet production schedules, quality requirements, customer expectations, and company objectives while maintaining a strong commitment to employee safety, process safety, environmental stewardship, and regulatory compliance.

ESSENTIAL POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Direct daily manufacturing operations to achieve production, quality, cost, and delivery objectives.
• Develop and execute production plans based on customer demand, raw-material availability, equipment capacity, and staffing.
• Monitor plant performance and take corrective action when production targets or operating standards are not met.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) for process upsets, spills, off-spec batches, and operator errors. Ensure that recommendations from these RCA's are implemented and enforced to avoid problems in the future.
• Optimize manufacturing processes, production rates, yields, throughput, and operating costs.
• Coordinate production activities with Maintenance, Quality, Supply Chain, EHS, and other site functions.
• Ensure appropriate staffing, scheduling, training, and resource allocation to support reliable operations.
• Establish and maintain effective operating procedures, work instructions, and production standards.
• Maintain a strong safety culture with the expectation that all employees work safely and follow established procedures.
• Ensure compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, state, local, and company requirements.
• Lead efforts related to process safety management, risk assessments, management of change, operating procedures, incident investigations, and emergency preparedness, as applicable to the facility.
• Promote safe handling, storage, transfer, and processing of hazardous chemicals and materials.
• Monitor safety performance and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Participate in and support audits, inspections, regulatory activities, and safety initiatives.
• Ensure employees receive required safety and operational training.
• Assist with production planning and bulk chemical ordering as needed.
• Other tasks, duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Plant Manager.