Manufacturing Manager Job Details

Honeywell Manufacturing Manager

Pottsville, PA

Job # 186340

Honeywell Performance Materials and Technology is a global leader in providing customers with high-performance specialty materials, including fluorine products; specialty films and additives; advanced fibers and composites; intermediates; specialty chemicals; electronic materials and chemicals; and technologies and materials for petroleum refining.

Our Pottsville, PA plant has over 200 employees and is responsible for the production of plastic films that are widely used in pharmaceutical, industrial and food packaging applications, assuring protection from contamination and moisture. The plant produces Aclar moisture-barrier film, used in packaging many modern medicines, nylon films and most recently started producing PowerShield film, which helps protect solar panels.

We have an immediate opening for a Manufacturing Manager at our Pottsville, Pennsylvania facility. The Pottsville facility is located in the scenic Pocono Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania, 90 minutes from New York City and Philadelphia. The Pottsville community embraces this Honeywell facility as the “Employer of Choice” for the region.

This role is a unique opportunity to provide strategic vision and development opportunities for manufacturing operations with a world class team to lead.

Primary Responsibilities:

· Lead proactive customer initiatives that prevent and/or resolve delivery and quality issues

· Promote organizational behaviors that interface and engage growth and customer focus concepts

· Embrace and drive Honeywell Operating Systems, Six Sigma, Lean and standard work methodologies

· Establish and maintain effective two-way communications with salaried and hourly workforce

· Serve as a contributing member of the Pottsville Plant Leadership Team that effectively interacts with all plant and business functions

· Manage production to ensure all orders are manufactured to customer specifications and meet critical on-time delivery

· Set and achieve attainment in aggressive cost, production and yield objectives

· Direct reports include Front Line Supervisors, Operation Coordinators, and Traffic/Distribution Supervisor

· Executes the manufacturing schedules based on information and requirements from management and customer

· Oversees and assists in the ordering of all raw materials and consumables used in production and ancillary processes associated with general production requirements

· Leadership to include conceptualizing an issue, developing an action plan to address/solve the issue and executing the plan

· Ability to create or embrace a vision and inspire others to meet organizational goals

· Experience in “Change Management” preferred

· Monitors, controls and protects the operational process through regular training and Standard Operating Procedure review for thoroughness with an emphasis on process improvement

· Evaluates current production requirements designed to attain strategic site goals that ensures resource alignment for attainment in key areas: technology, machinery, manpower, delivery, and timing

· Drives HOS (Six Sigma methodologies) initiatives within the facility; utilizes Six-Sigma tools to evaluate existing and alternative production methods and integrates them into standard operations on a cost-effective basis

· Drives continuous improvement process for area of responsibility and actively supporting other areas; ensuring all employees are engaged in daily improvement activities

· Possess intelligent risk taking with the ability to make sound business judgment using limited data

· Proficient in accurately diagnose of technical problems and form sound solutions and guidance to conclusion

· Open and accepting of opportunities to expand knowledge, skills and broaden professional experiences

· Ability to consistently meet commitments to the business and other functions

· Rapid transition of production to business requirements into actions to ensure goals are attained

· Assist Plant Manager in setting challenging but attainable goals for the operations

· Provide recognition for successful performance or behaviors

· Provides cost accounting information on inventory and labor

· Lead and drive Structured Safety Process activities

· Supports and collaborates with the HS&E Department to maintain facilities, processes, and personnel in compliance with corporate health, environmental, and safety policies

· Conducts performance evaluations with performance development for all direct reports.

· Teaching, mentoring and coaching of employees

Basic Qualifications:

· For Security compliance, must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident

· Bachelors degree in engineering or a technical field

· Minimum 7 years experience in production management or engineering management

· 5 years of Leadership/Management/Supervisory experience

Additional Qualifications:

· Ability to define and solve technical problems

· Experience with Barrier/Flexible Packaging production preferred

· SAP software experience preferred

· Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills

· Ability to effectively supervise, motivate and direct production personnel

· Green Belt or Black Belt certification is a plus

· Experience with OSHA & EPA regulatory compliance preferred

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Honeywell is committed to a diverse workforce.