Director - Manufacturing Production Unit

Job Title: Director – Manufacturing Production Unit

Division: L’Oreal Operations

Location: North Little Rock, AR

Reports To: VP - Manufacturing

Who We Are:

For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.

At L'Oréal Operations, we create innovative, inclusive, and sustainable beauty together with our business partners by designing, developing, sourcing, manufacturing, and distributing over 6 billion products globally every year. We support over 36 brands across four L’Oréal divisions. We are consumer-oriented, and we act responsibly all along the value chain.

What You Will Do:

Manage and direct the staff of a manufacturing operation to achieve 100% attainment of the monthly production schedule while adhering to prescribed quality control standards, efficiency targets and ensuring that inventory objectives and new product launch date schedules are met.

What We Are Looking For:

• Must have the verbal, quantitative, and analytical skills normally acquired through the completion of a Bachelor’s Degree with at least four to five years of related experience in a similar industry.
• Must have knowledge of manufacturing equipment, processes, and procedures and an extensive knowledge of scheduling concepts and procedures.
• Must have the ability to determine load factors and manufacturing requirements.
• Must work well in a fast-paced environment and be able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Must demonstrate excellent people management skills including the ability to develop a team of individuals capable of producing extraordinary results.
• Must demonstrate the L'Oreal competencies including but not limited to creative problem solving, decision making, achievement orientation, cultivation of talent, and strong communication skills.

General Job Duties:

• Manage production operations to achieve attainment of the production plan by executing the short-term fixed schedule based on the master production plan requirements.
• Supervise and train the production work force in methods and procedures that
• maximize the efficient operation and application of the means of productions.
• Review and evaluate employee performance.
• Develop and implement improved work procedures that enhance
• manufacturing efficiency.
• Recommend capital equipment improvements to enhance the capacity,
• efficiency, and productivity of the means of production.
• Ensure all products, procedures, equipment and policies are in compliance with
• FDA and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) regulations.
• Implement L'Oreal quality assurance procedures.
• Facilitate and effective employee/labor relations environment within the
• production unit.
• Maintain appropriate records and complete necessary reports in a timely
• manner.
• Maintain a safe, clean work area and implement L'Oreal's environmental
• programs.
• Where applicable, manage supporting warehouse activities
• Manage and implement all L'Oreal policies and practices including, but not
• limited to, the Corporations Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, Etc.

Judgment and Decision Making:

• Decisions made by the Director – Production Unit can directly impact Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Environment and Morale. They must make these decisions with only intermittent involvement from Supervision based on the knowledge gained from their trainings.
• Safety: Fully supports an independent safety culture and works proactively to accomplish the safety mission in the plant of Zero Accidents.
• Quality: Supports and embraces the quality mission of the plant.
• Delivery: The ability of the cell manager to meet the production demands ensures that our customers receive our products on time.
• Cost: The Director – Production Unit coordinates activities according to the standards to ensure that cost to produce is aligned with the financial.
• Environment: Supports and embraces the environmental mission of the plant.
• Morale: Must be an actively engaged employee exhibiting a positive attitude and a focus on teamwork to achieve best in class results.

Tools and Equipment Used In Job

• Basic computer practices using word processing and spreadsheets and other office equipment as required.

Environmental Factors

• Machinery may produce noise levels that exceed OSHA’s action level: Employees are provided with and required to wear personal hearing protection devises in these areas;
• All employees are provided with and required to wear safety glasses, steel-toed shoes, and 100% cotton uniforms;

Essential Functions

• Manipulation requirements: (Hands or Feet): This position requires an individual to constantly perform one and/or all of the following movements/functions: Handle, reach, feel perform fine motor manipulations with their hands, and perform gross motor manipulations involved in moving materials.

Requirements

• Must selflessly develop others.
• Must thrive within a changing organization.
• Efficiently produce quality cosmetics in the right quality at the right time for L’Oreal USA customers.
• Must create and provide an environment in which employees can work safely and thrive.
• Must act as a responsible citizen in our company and community.
• Must manage the plant’s assets to maximize our stockholders return.
• Must demonstrate a 100% responsibility and not make excuses or cast blame.
• Must implement and utilize the NLR L’Oreal USA communication model.
• Resolve conflicts directly.
• Must listen for understanding.
• Must have a positive attitude.
• Must be committed to team decisions.

What’s In It For You:

• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
• Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)
• Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)
• Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
• Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs

To learn more about L’Oréal’s commitment to sustainability, please click HERE

Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We would love to find out more about you as a candidate and do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

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Our Safe Together Plan: Your safety is our highest priority. We will proceed with caution and adhere to enhanced protection standards to ensure our sites are safe for all employees. We must all operate with the shared responsibility for each other.