Operations Manager

The Operations Manager will oversee day-to-day activities and implement long-term strategies ensuring the Maine manufacturing location is performing efficiently, effectively, and meeting all quantity, quality, and safety requirements.

• Establishes and assures quantitative and qualitative operating metrics, guidelines, and efficiency standards are met.
• Oversee production schedules and requirements, ensuring production, inventory and shipment policies and procedures are adhered to and targets are achieved.
• Communicates and explains new directives, policies, or procedures to employees; when implementing changes strives to detail changes, answer questions, and maintain morale.
• Collaborates with planning and purchasing department to verify, review, maintain, and report on material and production inventories and plans.
• Coordinates integration of efforts among operations, product development, quality, and customer service to ensure smooth workflow and cost-effective processes.
• Facilitates and authorizes repairs or maintenance for production machinery, equipment and vehicles.
• Identifies and recommends continuous improvement initiatives, preventative maintenance, cost controls and other improvements to the day-to-day and long-term inventory, production and shipping processes.
• Reviews, analyzes, evaluates and updates (as needed) operation procedures (PM, BMPs and SOPs).
• Facilitates a welcoming environment and ensures work conditions and procedures are suitable and safe.
• Maintains a positive approach and image of the organization to employees, customers, industry, and community.
• Participates in the hiring and training of onsite employees.
• Organizes and oversees work, production and shipping schedules.
• Conducts performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
• Works with HR to manage employee support, morale and relationship situations.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• 10 years of production experience in a related field including 5 years in a leadership role, bachelor’s degree with additional technical training preferred.
• Attention to detail, results oriented focus and excellent decision making and organizational skills with the ability to manage teams, production objectives and multiple tasks simultaneously.
• A can-do attitude with an entrepreneurial approach to planning, problem solving, prioritization and operations oversight.
• Effective interpersonal skills with a broader company-oriented focus and the ability to successfully communicate with production team, cross functional partners and outside vendors.
• Team and goal-oriented approach that optimizes output and employee growth while respecting the inherent worth of production teams, partners and other coworkers.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet production and shipping goals and deadlines.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills with team orientation and proactive communication.
• Respect for environmental standards, understanding of organic requirements and value of sustainability
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software with an ability to analyze data via Excel.