Operations Manager

Company Description

Custom Processing Services provides contract manufacturing/toll processing services to a wide variety of industries. Specialized processes center on particle size reduction using a number of methods including jaw crushing, pulverizing, micronizing and media milling. Additional services such as flash drying, surface treatments, blending, dispersing and packaging are also available. The Processing Pros provide new product development assistance from R&D concepts through their commercialization. In addition to CPS's technical grade facilities, a state-of-the art, dedicated building is available for cGMP processing.

Job Description

Available Shift:

Weekend Nights: Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 6:45pm to 7:15am

Responsibilities

• Personal and team associate alignment to culture – Respect for Self, Peer, CPS, and Client
• Maintain a highly focused work environment on safety
  • Incident avoidance and investigation
  • Housekeeping and cleanliness
• Participate in and/or lead cross-functional team performance, focused on agreed upon metrics
• Assure alignment of decisions and activities with the Strategic Plan
• Tactical duties that include:
  • Cost Accounting Reporting
  • Process Optimization
  • Shift Planning, Shift Start, and Shift Wrap Up activities
  • Shift Attainment (achievement), including uptime and efficiency (product viability)
  • Material usage, including Live Inventory Entry tasks
  • Production Scheduling, including labor planning
  • Assure associate interactions are professional and aligned with the Core Values
  • Assure the operation is run to optimize output without sacrifice of Employee Health& Safety, and Product Quality.
  • Perform product review and preliminary approval for release
  • End of run review and approval
• Build People
• Involvement, Interest, Ownership of activities in a 24/7 operation
• Plant specific tasks as needed to support company certifications, systems, and programs
• Other functions as needed to support the overall business

Qualifications

• Safety mindset
• Excellent communicator – verbal, written, and non-verbal
• Excellent team facilitation skills
• Structured thinker
• Problem solver
• Highly adept in understanding manufacturing processes
• ISO & cGMP experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PPT
• Highly detail oriented
• Ability to multi-task effectively
• Confident in setting and achieving performance standards
  • Able and willing to inspect, oversee, and hold accountability to team performance
• Ability to understand and apply the role of individual, area, and team in organizational goals: Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost
• Practical Lean Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing Experience
• Familiar with metric based performance cultures
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent career experience
• Prefers to work in a High Performance Team setting, with self-driven accountability
• Prefers to work in a culture of Respect, for Self, Peers, CPS, and Clients.
• Prefers to work in a culture driven by Core Values that guide all decisions which include Accountability, Innovation, Integrity, Quality, Safety, and Teamwork

Additional Information

Why Choose CPS?

At Custom Processing Services, we offer a variety of career opportunities which allows for learning new skills, contributing to innovative solutions, and growing throughout the organization.

We are proud of our core values that help us strive for excellence on our team and for our customers; accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, safety, and teamwork.

What we offer:

• Competitive pay on a weekly pay schedule
• High performance bonus incentives for most opportunities
• Unique work schedules that allow for work/life balance
• Career advancement program
• Exceptional Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance available after 30 days of employment (with employer contribution)
• Employer-paid Health Reimbursement Account covering at least half of your Medical Insurance deductible depending on the deductible option you choose
• Access to a pre-tax, Flexible Spending Account for Healthcare and Dependent Care available after 30 days of employment
• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance available after 30 days of employment
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Paid time off
• 401(k) with employer match available after 6 months of employment
• Employee Assistance Program offering free services such as confidential counseling, legal, and financial services, will preparation, and wellness programs
• Continuing education and tuition reimbursement opportunities (20% off tuition at a local university!)
• Thanksgiving Turkey for you and your family to enjoy
• Fun events such as our Summer Picnic, Christmas Party, Manufacturing Day celebration, and more!

Equal Opportunity Employment:
CPS will not unlawfully discriminate based upon race, color, sex, national origin or ancestry, religion, age disability, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, or any prohibited basis.  This commitment applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring, promotion, compensation, discipline, discharge, and any term or condition of employment.  All employment decisions will be made and all personnel policies construed in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws.  All unlawful discrimination is prohibited.

Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition of employment for Custom Processing Services.

Custom Processing Services and its affiliates do not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. Unsolicited resumes will be reviewed as a referral, free of any charges or fees.