Operations Manager

Your Opportunity: Taylor Corporation is adding an Operations Manager at The Occasions Group in Sunman, IN to be responsible for the oversight of production scheduling, job planning, and all production areas of the operation. In all areas, the incumbent is expected to analyze changes and/or new issues to find ways to increase efficiency, improve quality, and reduce costs.

Your Shift:

• 1st Shift but flexibility in hours is key

Your Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with departments and leaders to maximize production capacity and ensure level workload within the business unit; create work schedules to proactively facilitate customer delivery expectations

• Ensure proper notification and escalation procedures on missed due dates or other internal processes are followed by the production control team

• Review and analyze daily reports for accuracy to ensure customer commitments are met; adjust production schedule based on reports and commitment dates

• Monitor rework reports; investigate rework coded to Production Control and initiate corrective action plans, as needed

• Develop and maintain metrics that drive the growth of work, mix, and margin of business, along with win ratios that align with company objectives

• Ensure best practices and policies/procedures are followed by team and vendors; act as the first line strategic resource to address vendor performance issues and escalate accordingly

• Build and maintain relationships with corporate sourcing department and/or vendors to gain knowledge of potential resources for outsourced products and production capacities

• Establish and maintain processes and controls to route work to preferred external and internal vendors

• Identify specific sourcing projects/initiatives for the year; include expected savings, resource requirements, and associated timeline for completion

• Establish and maintain a continuous improvement environment to promote learning; incorporate the principles of Lean, 5S, and project management into daily routine

You Must Have:

• College Degree in Business Administration or related field or comparable job experience

• Strong leadership skills and approachability that leads to team building for the production areas

• Familiar with a variety of production and production processes as well as mechanical understanding of equipment

• Strong knowledge of materials, layouts, printing techniques and methodology, and product construction

• Ability to use experience and independent judgement to plan and accomplish goals while handling unique, complex, and sometimes ambiguous situations

• Effective organizational skills; ability to continually changing priorities and coordinate multiple projects

• Excellent decision-making skills; ability to act with integrity and objectivity utilizing data to make sound decisions

• Creative problem-solving and negotiation skills; ability to provide thorough and timely follow-up to involved parties

• Strong technical writing skills; ability to read, interpret, and create reports, correspondence, memos, and other communications

• Experience and an ability / willingness to learn our production software's

• Strong computer skills (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

About Taylor Corporation

One of the largest graphics communications firms in North America, Taylor's family of companies provide a diverse set of products, services and technologies addressing the toughest communication challenges. For nearly 50 years, Taylor has been a premier provider of powerful and innovative products, services and expertise for individuals, businesses and distributors large and small. Our 10,000+ employees spanning 26 states and seven countries work diligently to create the interactive, printing and marketing solutions that have helped build some of the world's more recognizable brands. Everything we do begins with identifying the unique priorities and needs of our customers and creating one-of-a-kind solutions. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including several health plans to choose from, dental, vision, wellness programs, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, 401(k) plan with company match, paid time off (PTO) and 64 hours of annual holiday pay.

Taylor Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.