Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field • Minimum of seven years of previous, relevant engineering, operations management experience preferred • Minimum of five years of previous supervisory experience • Customer Focus - Maintaining awareness of and seeking to meet of the needs and wants of the customer • Excellent communication skills both oral and written • Leadership Orientation - Actively seeks ways in which to act as a role model, guide, develop and mentor others • Adaptability - Responds effectively to changes in situation or information • Strong financial analytical skills including cost control • Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and 5S experience preferred • ERP Power user and Supply Chain experience prefered • Excellent Microsoft Outlook, Project, Excel, Word and Power Point skills • Strong team leadership, team building and facilitation skills • Must be able to work in the US • Spanish bi-lingual a plus Accountabilities: • Plans production operations, establishing priorities to overserve top customers and sequences for manufacturing products. • Prepares operational schedules and coordinates manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meets specifications. • Reviews production and operating reports and resolves operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays. • Injects quality into the manufacturing process with focus on continuous improvement and well documented processes and procedures. • Reinforces good safety practices, investigates near misses and incidents and works to identify root cause with recommended solutions. • Develops or revises standard operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards. • Compiles, stores, and retrieves production data and manages Daily Management meetings. • Prepares and maintains written correspondence. • Resolves problems and triages issues with guidance from HR, General Manager, Safety, Quality and other Ammega Departments • Coordinates schedules for production staff and expedites any shortages. • Establishes manufacturing goals by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures. • Develops staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees to facilitate personal growth opportunities. • Initiates and leads cross-training methodology to increase opportunities and add flexibility. • Constantly assesses work flow by monitoring steps of the process; setting processing variables; observing control points and equipment; monitoring personnel and resources; studying methods; implementing cost reductions; developing reporting procedures and systems; facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process control points; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments. • Ensures operation of equipment and coordinating with Maintenance for repairs; evaluating new equipment and techniques. • Manages and coaches Team Leads and Production Supervisors and works to positively influence team performance. • Administers and enforces Company policies and procedures including timekeeping, safety and performance management, holding employees accountable. • Liason with inter-company departments to ensure appropriate schedule attainment, availability of raw materials and quality standards are being met.