Operations Manager

Eaton's ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Operations Manager.

This role is located in Waukesha, WI. Relocation Assistance will be provided.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $120,000 - $150,000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you'll do:

The Operations Manager has broad responsibility and leadership for overall management of the assembly of 3PH Transformers. The incumbent will lead the implementation and execution of lean work cells to ensure a safe work environment, maximize profitable growth, drive quality improvements, provide premier customer service, develop a technically qualified work force, and reduce operating costs, inventories and lead times through continuous improvements. This role will oversee day-to-day activities to meet daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly expectations, including maintaining the production plan to achieve financial forecast.

• EHS: Ensure that all EHS risk assessments (JSA, Safety FMEA, Ergonomics, Machine Guarding, etc) are completed within the assembly operation appropriate standard work is developed and followed to address risks. Understand & lead the incident investigation process with supervisor(s) for any EHS incidents using root cause problem solving tools.
• Quality Mgmt / Returns / Warranty: Ensures that quality procedures are adhered to and the quality objectives are maintained in order to meet the established standards of the finished product and customer expectations.
• Delivery: Responsible to use and promote a disciplined root cause problem solving methodology to drive daily and strategic Key Performance Indicators (KPI) countermeasures and ensure long term sustainable results. Ensure that daily work center targets are met and drive long term planning to execute growth strategy.
• Lean: Knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma techniques, including 5S, VSM and standard work. Supports and promotes the Eaton Lean Six Sigma (ELSS), and drives Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF). Promotes and applies best practices found across other Eaton sites. Support the development and implementation of the site Lean and Six Sigma strategy, actions, and cross-functional activities to drive short-term and long-term business improvements and factory cost-out activities.
• Problem Solving Skills: Possess analytical skills and understanding of Problem-Solving techniques/ tools including: Six Sigma, 5 WHYS, 8D QOS, and A3. Tactical KPI Counter Measure (CM) skills/Project Mgmt. - disciplined application of the standard CM tools and demonstrated results. Customer Complaint Mgmt. - linking Customer Complaints back to drive root cause & corrective actions.
• Productivity Cost Management: Develop, monitor, and manage the Variable Flexible Budget (Cost / Std.Hr) linked to planned Volume levels. Manage Project priorities and resource requests to drive Continuous Improvement.
• Capacity/People Planning: Plan and coordinate capacity, manufacturing activities, and personnel into an integrated organization to meet actual and forecasted product delivery schedules and productivity targets.

• Leadership Courage: Demonstrates the ability to objectively assess a situation and provide direct and actionable feedback in a respectful manner that achieves organizational objectives. Capability to make tough or unpopular decisions when warranted and faces up to problems quickly and directly without being intimidating.
• Delivery on Commitments: Effectively translates business objectives into action plans and focuses workforce on achieving results. Instills a sense of urgency into workforce and takes aggressive action to ensure expectations are met.
• Strategic Abilities: Understands how the assembly process contributes to the overall success of the business by participating in business and strategy reviews. Builds a vision to drive improvement by benchmarking other organizations to identify and implement best practices.
• Change Management: Leader in creating a culture of continuous improvement via positive change while at the same time ensuring that any risks from the change are identified and managed. Able to assess the organization's readiness for change and create a compelling future state vision that motivates others to action. Actively manages the change process and participates in the change activities via Kaizen events.
• Motivating Others: Ability to cultivates employee engagement and employee development through teamwork, collaboration, recognition, empowerment, and ownership.
• Self-Awareness and Development: Demonstrates a commitment to continuously improve personal, interpersonal, and leadership behaviors evidenced by proactively seeking feedback and responding appropriately. Demonstrates an understanding of the impact of leadership style and behavior on desired business outcomes. Utilizes various development tools in the process of self-development (e.g., Emotional Intelligence, 360 assessments, Meyers-Briggs or DISC assessments, being the recipient of coaching) in efforts to achieve sustained business results.
• Global Mindset & Approach: Responsible for building and managing a diverse and cross-cultural team. Actively leverages local and global resources and understand other cultures to better manage labor and material. Develops relationships with other operational leaders both internal and external to the business and share best practices.
• Continuous Improvement: Promotes, develops and supports a bottom up environment that will stimulate creative ideas, risk-taking, and experimentation. Cross-functional team leadership and facilitation skills

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or business from an accredited institution
• Five (5) years of experience working in an operations / manufacturing setting
• Three (3) years of experience managing people (in either a supervisory or managerial role)
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.
• Relocation assistance will be provided for candidates that reside outside a 50-mile radius of Waukesha, WI.

• Master's Degree in engineering or business administration.
• Two (2) years of experience developing front-line leaders
• Green belt or higher Six Sigma certification
• Understanding and experience driving environmental and health policies and procedures

• Demonstrated ability to use data to analyze trends, adjust performance of self and others, and facilitate corrective actions
• Demonstrated capability to resolve issues using fact-based problem solving
• Strong teamwork and leadership abilities
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to lead cross-functional teams
• Strong verbal and written skills
• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure and deadlines
• Strong lean enterprise background, experience, and knowledge