# Manufacturing Operations Manager

**Company**: FUCHS
**Location**: Harvey, IL
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $125,000 - $140,000 per year
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

We are seeking a Manufacturing Operations Manager to lead safe, efficient, and high-performing manufacturing operations at our Harvey facility.

The successful candidate will report to the Plant Manager and be a key member of the South Plant leadership team. You will oversee three supervisors and approximately 35 production employees, driving operational excellence through leadership development, accountability, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.

Key responsibilities include:

- Performing as a transformational leader and agent of change that fosters a culture of continuous improvement

- Strengthening leadership accountability by creating a culture of ownership, respectful performance management, disciplined execution, and consistent follow-through

- Driving a culture where commitments are owned, issues are escalated appropriately, and actions are completed with urgency and discipline

- Establishing and sustaining daily management systems, including KPI reviews, action tracking, communication routines, and performance follow-up

- Developing supervisors and frontline leaders through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and performance development

- Partnering with Planning, Scheduling, Warehouse, Procurement, Maintenance, Quality, Laboratory, and other functional teams to align priorities and improve communication

- Leading root cause problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives that optimize safety, quality, productivity, process flow, scrap reduction, and manufacturing efficiency

- Championing a safety-first culture by leading employee engagement, change management, EHS initiatives, housekeeping standards, and continuous improvement

- Collaborating with plant leadership to establish safety, quality, production, and financial objectives

- Analyzing production performance, operational KPIs, and quality metrics to identify root causes and implement corrective actions

- Leading manufacturing improvement projects focused on process optimization, quality improvement, equipment reliability, production efficiency, and waste reduction

- Developing, documenting, implementing, and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and process documentation

- Partnering with vendors to evaluate equipment, materials, and product specifications

- Serving as the technical liaison between Laboratory and Operations

- Building strong relationships across all levels of the organization through effective communication, collaboration, coaching, and emotional intelligence

- Ensuring compliance with all applicable safety, environmental, regulatory, quality, and company standards

The ideal candidate will have:

- A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Chemistry, Manufacturing, or another STEM-related discipline

- Five (5) + years of manufacturing leadership experience, preferably within a batch manufacturing environment

- Experience leading supervisors and developing frontline leaders

- Proven ability to drive accountability, operational execution, and organizational change

- Strong communication, coaching, and influencing skills

- Experience utilizing KPIs to improve operational performance

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Preferred qualifications include:

- Chemical manufacturing experience

- SAP experience

- Lean Manufacturing or Continuous Improvement experience

- Experience with process control systems

- Experience working in a highly regulated manufacturing environment

- Knowledge of EPA, OSHA, ISO, TS, IATF, or similar industry standards

- Experience working in a visual factory environment with strong housekeeping standards

In return, we offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience, ranging from $125,000 to $140,000 per year, and a comprehensive suite of benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- Manufacturing Leadership
- Continuous Improvement
- Operational Excellence
- Leadership Development
- Communication
- Coaching
- Influencing
- Analytical Skills
- Problem-Solving

### Nice to have
- Chemical Manufacturing
- SAP
- Lean Manufacturing
- Process Control Systems
- Regulatory Compliance
- Visual Factory Environment

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