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Piovan S.p.A.

Operations Director - Production

Piovan S.p.A., Fredericksburg

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Reporting to the company President and being a member of the leadership team. Responsible for the lead and of the day-to-day operations and production of the manufacturing operations team. Offering solutions of continuous improvement efforts to improve overall efficiency of the team. Developing long term strategic plans for operations.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for safety, quality and efficacy of production ensuring compliance with all applicable specifications, Standard Operating Procedures, and federal/ state OSHA regulations of manufacturing environment.
  • Manage, monitor, and report on staffing levels to support production demand.
  • Assure product quality by monitoring the performance data and initiating appropriate improvement projects.
  • Create indicator metrics to evaluate and steer the team's improvement activities.
  • Lead the supervisors to utilize Lean Manufacturing tools to solve problems and improve performance.
  • Understanding of quality documentation and participate in customer and regulatory audits.
  • Work closely with the manufacturing engineering groups to ensure optimization of process productivity.
  • Participate in operation and project review meetings.
  • Develop strong training requirements and ensure effective cross training for the operations is completed to ensure high flexibility by the team.
  • Maintain data for on-time delivery, Yield, and shop floor performance metrics and work with functional team
  • Provide training, mentoring, and on-going support to manufacturing Supervisors and team members.
  • Daily review of production schedules.
  • Provide reports and updates on performance measurements.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in appropriate field.
  • 8+ years of related experience
  • Strong knowledge of manufacturing systems and inventory practices
  • Knowledge of qualify systems and problem solving preferred but not required.
  • Lean 6σ black belt certification, not required

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