Director of Production Operations

Manufacturing Operations Manager

Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. It's the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of MillerKnoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows MillerKnoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.

Leads overall manufacturing operations for assigned facility. Responsible for machining, fabricating, assembling, processing operations and other ancillary functions required for production. Forecasts, develops, implements and administers plans for efficient facilities, staffing and material utilization.

Essential Functions

• Leads manufacturing operations for assigned facility. Ensures compliance with HMI policies / practices and standards.
• Participates in the development of corporate manufacturing strategies and develops a plant specific strategy to align.
• Achieves exceptional levels of customer service and delivery reliability with highly variable demand patterns and product variation.
• Maintains high standards of quality, follows agreed standards, and introduces improvement initiatives to address problems and ensure high standards are maintained.
• Achieves a safety culture which ensures high levels of employee engagement, addresses risk and strives towards an accident free environment.
• Achieves exceptional levels of employee engagement through regular and open communication, two way feedback at all levels and an environment where issues can be openly raised and positively received at all levels of leadership.
• Ensures a consistent and high level employee experience is achieved across the facility.
• Coaches and mentors team member's; designs and delegates appropriate workloads; builds development plans to ensure career success; participates in succession planning activities.
• Delegates authority to key supervision in production, production control, methods, cost accounting, maintenance and related operations.
• Ensures that objectives are achieved on a timely basis at the lowest cost (within financial resources), while maintaining quality requirements.
• Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education / Experience

Skills and Abilities

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.

Who We Hire?

Simply put, we hire qualified applicants representing a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. MillerKnoll is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We're committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.

This organization participates in E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification. MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact MillerKnoll Talent Acquisition at careers_help@millerknoll.com.