Manufacturing Operations Manager
FUCHS LUBRICANTS
Chemical Industry and Mineral Oil Processing
Harvey, IL - USA
Director
Experteer Overview
As Operations Manager at the Harvey facility, you lead a safe, efficient, high-performing manufacturing operation within the South Plant leadership team. You drive operational excellence through leadership development, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration, shaping a culture of ownership and continuous improvement. You partner with multiple functions to meet customer demand safely and efficiently while strengthening leadership capability. This role offers impact through people development, process standardization, and strategic execution.
Responsibilities
- Lead safe, efficient, and high-performing manufacturing operations and oversee supervisors and production staff
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement with daily management systems and KPI reviews
- Develop and coach supervisors and frontline leaders; support succession planning and performance development
- Drive root-cause problem-solving and project-based improvements focusing on safety, quality, productivity, and waste reduction
- Collaborate with Planning, Scheduling, Warehouse, Procurement, Maintenance, Quality, Laboratory and other teams to align priorities and meet demand
- Establish SOPs and standard work; manage process documentation for consistency
- Support safety, environmental, regulatory, quality compliance and cost control objectives
- Lead manufacturing improvement projects and optimize process flow and equipment reliability
- Act as technical liaison between Laboratory and Operations to implement new methods and product specs
Key requirements
- Five (5)+ years of manufacturing leadership experience, preferably in a batch environment
- Experience leading supervisors and developing frontline leaders
- Proven ability to drive accountability and organizational change
- Strong communication, coaching, and influencing skills
- Experience using KPIs to improve performance
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of EPA, OSHA, ISO, TS, IATF or similar standards
- Experience in a highly regulated manufacturing environment
Description
As Operations Manager at the Harvey facility, you lead a safe, efficient, high-performing manufacturing operation within the South Plant lea…
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