AOSP Factory Manager

Job Purpose : Oversee and direct total plant operations, with full accountability for operational performance ensuring production and cost efficiency, quality performance, inventory and logistics effectiveness, safety compliance across all shifts and long-term capability building, ensuring alignment with business strategy and customer requirements.

• Accountable for overall plant performance, including cost, service, quality, and operational efficiency - Oversee end-to-end plant operations including production, quality, inventory, logistics, and maintenance - Lead and develop a multi-functional leadership team, ensuring strong succession planning and capability building - Make complex, cross-functional trade-off decisions balancing cost, service, quality, and operational constraints - Align production plans with material availability, inventory levels, and customer demand - Ensure equipment reliability and oversee maintenance strategy and execution - Act as the primary interface between operations, commercial and supply chain and corporate areas - Lead capital investment planning and execution, including prioritization and ROI considerations - Define and execute long-term operational strategies to improve plant capacity and efficiency - Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, and regulatory standards - Drive continuous improvement initiatives across all plant functions - Oversee KPIs such as productivity, downtime, quality, inventory accuracy, and service levels- Maintain a safe and clean work environment by enforcing 5S principles and all established Health & Safety policies. - Optimize throughput and plant performance by monitoring production processes, personnel, and resource utilization. - Lead root cause analysis activities for operational failures and implement corrective and preventive measures. - Communicate job expectations, monitor performance, and manage personnel coaching, counseling, and discipline. - Review production schedules and make staffing and operational decisions to meet customer requirements while aligning production plans with material availability, inventory levels, and shipping commitments. - Oversee maintenance activities and ensure equipment reliability, upgrades, and replacements as needed to support safe operations, consistent quality, and delivery performance. - Collaborate with Business Relationship Managers (BRMs) to ensure customer expectations and needs are met. - Collaborate with Human Resources on workforce planning, training development, and employee relations matters. - Manage plant budgets, cost analysis, and production goal setting, including labor, inventory, logistics, and quality-related cost drivers. - Support and lead company continuous improvement initiatives. - Oversee end-to-end plant operations including production, quality, logistics, and maintenance. - Develop long-term operational strategies to increase plant efficiency and capacity. - Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety regulations. - Lead capital improvement projects such as facility expansions and equipment modernization. - Ensure focus on established KPIs for downtime reduction, productivity improvement, quality enhancement, inventory accuracy, and on-time delivery. - Oversee the Quality function, ensuring compliance with quality standards, maintaining effective quality systems, driving corrective actions, and partnering with operations to improve product quality and customer satisfaction. - Partner with supply chain and customer service teams to align production, inventory, warehousing, and logistics activities with customer demand and service expectations. - Oversee the Inventory and Logistics function, including inventory accuracy, warehouse operations, material handling, shipping/receiving, and on-time movement of materials to support production and customer delivery requirements. - Build productive relationships with vendors, contractors, and regulatory agencies. - Develop, implement, and enforce factory cleanliness and housekeeping standards across all production and non-production areas. - Train and coach employees on cleanliness expectations, proper sanitation practices, and ownership of work areas. - Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on 5S, waste reduction, and workplace organization. - Collaborate with production, maintenance, and safety teams to reduce contamination risks and improve overall plant conditions.

Job Competencies: - Strong leadership capabilities with proven experience leading leaders - Strategic thinking and decision-making skills - Strong business acumen with ability to link operations to financial and customer outcomes - Experience in continuous improvement methodologies - Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management Strong written and verbal communication skills. - Leadership capabilities with a focus on staff development. - Demonstrated experience with continuous improvement. - Working knowledge of quality systems, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement methodologies. - Strong operational planning skills with the ability to lead inventory, logistics, and cross-functional plant support functions. Education and Experience Required: - Bachelor’s degree (Engineering, Operations, Business or related field preferred) - 10+ years of experience in manufacturing or operations - Proven experience managing plant-level or large-scale operations - Demonstrated leadership of multi-functional teams (production, quality, supply chain, etc.) - Experience with cost management, operational planning, and performance accountability - Strong understanding of manufacturing systems, inventory, and logistics operations - 2+ years college degree or equivalent knowledge/experience. - 5+ years supervisory or managerial experience in a production or manufacturing environment, including leadership responsibility for quality, inventory, logistics, or other plant support functions. - Demonstrated experience managing quality systems, inventory control, material flow, and logistics coordination in a manufacturing setting is preferred. - Strong Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and general computer skills.