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Ingersoll Rand Senior Operations Manager in Chennai, India
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY:
Define and drive strategic initiatives that result in improvements in company’s service offering and customer support
Manage day-to-day overall operation al execution to enhance cost control, profitability, quality, productivity and efficiency throughout the company's operations departments.
Must have Machine shop Knowledge
Full accountability for identification of operation al issues resulting from quality audits and/or - Voice of the Customer- as well as accountability for systemic issue resolution
Present suggestions to executive team for consideration that would improve operation al performance and deliver ROI.
Liaise with the management of Quality Center of Excellence that has QA functions under a single independently run team. Lead Kaizen efforts that will help to define what quality aspects need to be measured and improve sigma quality levels for all company processes as well as overall order fulfillment sigma level.
Work with Client Relations leadership to ensure we deliver to our commitments, responsive to the changing needs of our customers and proactively improving productivity and sigma quality levels.
Develop and coach a strong and cohesive operations leadership team. Assure all hourly employees receive the proper training, feedback and support to achieve their objectives and deliver on customer requirements.
Build, develop and manage operations leadership team capable of carrying out needed operations strategies while improving employee relations and retention.
Assure master production schedule is coordinated with all support departments and integrated with the overall company's transaction/volume expectations.
Construct detailed business cases and financial models and accompanying executive presentations for proposed operations improvement initiatives. Facilitate the development and implementation of metrics/reports to measure the success of business improvement initiatives.
Oversee operations budget & work with Finance Controllers to ensure compliance with organizational expenditure requirements.
Possess strong management, organizational, planning and interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
Interact regularly with executive team and individual department heads to ensure that company's operation al priorities are aligned with total company mission, vision, values and direction.
Participate in vendor negotiations to ensure product relevance and cost-efficiency.
Schedules, conducts and physically participates in meetings related to safety, quality, delivery, cost and product problems
Establishes project priorities and assists department/area employees in problem solving.
Acknowledges accomplishments of assigned responsibilities while working with employees to address safety, quality, delivery and cost issues
Addresses engineering designs related to current and future manufacturing processes and production needsSupervises and/or personally conducts value analysis studies relative to department/area facilities and equipment needs; both present and future
Makes appropriate recommendations to management, supervises and/or prepares requests for capital equipment
Directs and manages department/area employees in time study and the establishment of productivity goals, standardization and simplification of production practices, fabrication methods and processes
Supervises department/area employees relative to inventory, inventory turns, cost of raw materials and cost of work in process, production capacity and material availability to assist in planning workload
Interprets and administers company policies and/or union contract as they apply to department/area activities
Proactively implements established safety program that creates a safe work environment for all employees and visitors; to include participation in the Safety Committee and/or audit of safety procedures in assigned area.
Proactively implements established pollution prevention program in assigned area
Conduct daily communication meetings with members of the department/area SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE: - Extensive executive-level operations leadership and management experience.- Very strong interpersonal relationship, team building, collaboration and facilitation skills. Experience developing effective communication mechanisms between India and Global a strong plus.- Candidate should possess superior problem solving capabilities and must be able to demonstrate the ability to produce results given challenging situations.- Proven experience in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures, formulating policy and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures- Track record of improvements in productivity and quality- Candidate should be able to work across multiple departments to identify and implement optimal solutions for the organization, often brokering conflicts.- Individual has proven team management and team building skills, as well as excellent leadership ability.- Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to lead projects across multiple functional areas are essential- Possess a balance of strategic visioning skills and the ability to deliver on tactical requirements.- Highly organized, with proven delivery of projects on schedule and on budget.- Conflict resolution and/or mediation skills are required- Work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse organization- Excellent analytic, reporting and computer skills are a must- Strong Business Case Development and Financial Modeling Skills- Experience identifying and managing the business functionality and process dependencies/requirements across and between multi-tiered systems architectures (order receipt, order fulfillment, workflow management, and interfaces to external data repositories and systems). EXPERIENCE: - At least 15+ years of Operation al experience with at least 7 years in the manufacturing environment