Manufacturing Operations Manager

• Innovative Culture: We foster creativity and value fresh ideas.
• Empowered Team: Enjoy a flat structure where every voice matters.
• Work-Life Balance: Flexibility is key to maintaining your passions.
• Collaborative Environment: Regular interaction with leadership and teamwork is at our core.

• Paid Time off
• Paid Holidays
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance

The Operations manager is a key part of the management team. They analyze and improve organizational processes, and work to improve quality, productivity, and efficiency. This position is 100% on site at our Hawthorne, California manufacturing site.

Responsibilities:

• Enforce and follow all company policies while continuously encouraging a culture of ownership, accountability, and sense of urgency with all employees throughout all departments.
• Continually run analyses of labor and process cost vs margin for all product offerings
• Work directly with Order Management to ensure all orders ship on time.
• Continuously improve workflow process with OM to ensure SLA does not exceed 2-3 days with 0 late orders due to manufacturing process.
• Work with HR to review and enforce the Attendance policy.
• Ensure all departments productivity metrics are documented and reviewed with department supervisors to ensure follow-up with employees.
• Approve additional staffing to align with current budget and daily production goals
• Collaborate with senior leadership to approve any outsourced manufacturing work
• Schedule at least 1 one on one meeting with your direct reports monthly to discuss performance and give leadership guidance where necessary.
• Ensure the production floor is clean and always organized with an emphasis on work safety.

Skills:

• “Big picture” thinking to address top-level concerns.
• Experience in art manufacturing, on-demand manufacturing.
• Interpersonal skills to communicate with executives and staff employees.
• Understanding of financial and budgeting processes and principles
• Strong personal and professional judgment
• Adaptability to respond quickly to adjust initiatives and priorities.
• Organizational skills and the flexibility to jump from priority to priority.
• Comfortable with legal and regulatory processes to ensure company compliance.
• Problem-solving skills

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, business or equivalent experience.
• Bilingual Spanish and English
• 3 years of management in a manufacturing setting
• Strong leadership skills and ability to manage cross-functional team members.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other industry software