Manufacturing & Production - Fairfield, NJ 07004     (Created on Nov 12, 2009)

Tags: Fabrication, Medical, Medical Device, Director of Operations, Quality, Implants,

Director of Operations - Fairfield, NJ

SUMMARY OF POSITION:
Manage, schedule and monitor production performance to optimize quality and on-time delivery within budgeted cost structure, while supporting all areas of operations through the use of production resources. Oversee development and maintenance of procedures and policies that ensure compliance with industry regulatory and ISO requirements. Ensure daily practice complies with same. Develop and monitor budgets for capital, Cost of Goods Sold and expenses. Coordinate budgeted expenditures with business plan to ensure quotes reflect current plan.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Planning and Scheduling: Will contribute to and oversee planning and scheduling of production activities to meet contractual delivery commitments. Will work in conjunction with the Master Scheduler to develop and sustain an accurate means of forecasting and statusing production activities using tools such as Visual Manufacturing or other appropriate manufacturing software.
• Coordination of Non-recurring Tasks: Works in conjunction with all support resources including Manufacturing Engineering and Quality to define and plan activities required to support new products or processes such that they can be released to production in a timely fashion to achieve desired delivery.
• Communication and Status: Responsible for establishing objectives and communicating them to the entire organization in a manner, which efficiently and effectively defines responsibilities. May serve as the customer interface with responsibility for relationship development and project support.
• Constraint Management: Identifies and manages critical resources and eliminate capacity constraints by developing alternate means or additional capacity to achieve desired throughput. Works through Purchasing, Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to develop and certify approved sources for subcontracting peak capacity requirements. Develops and justifies capacity-driven capital expenditures. Utilizes scheduled backlog and associated labor hours to determine manning requirements. Coordinates this information with Human Resources.
• Delivery Commitments: Integrates non-recurring activities, process requirements, process constraint information and existing backlog to determine lead times supporting bidding and estimating as well as the establishment of delivery commitments for new orders within 24 hours of receipt.
• Job Cost Analysis: Utilizes manufacturing software to accurately track material and labor costs and compares actual cost to pricing estimates on a job-by-job basis. Recommends changes to process or pricing to maximize gross margins as reported by finance in monthly statements. Works through Business Unit Managers to validate the accuracy of data recorded by production personnel.
• Bidding and Estimating: Coordinate open RFQ’s to maintain a response time of five working days or less

Compensation: $130K to $150K

Tags: Fabrication, Medical, Medical Device, Director of Operations, Quality, Implants,


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