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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading manufacturing operations, driving continuous improvement, and optimizing production systems to enhance efficiency and quality. Proven ability to develop strategies that align operational resources with customer demand while ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Manufacturing Operations LeadershipContinuous Improvement MethodologiesProduction System DesignOperational TransformationDemand Planning and Capacity Planning
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Hard Skills
Manufacturing Strategy DevelopmentProcess ImprovementPerformance Metrics DevelopmentOperational ReadinessLean ManufacturingSix SigmaIndustrial EngineeringCost-Improvement InitiativesQuality Systems OptimizationStandard Work Implementation
Soft Skills
LeadershipAccountabilityCollaborationBusiness AcumenSafety Culture Development
Industry Keywords
Operational ExcellenceS&OPHigh-Growth ManufacturingAutomationTechnology-Enabled Production
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead all aspects of production execution, manufacturing planning, quality, maintenance, process improvement, and operational readiness
- Deliver efficient and reliable manufacturing performance while driving continuous improvement across productivity, quality, throughput, and cost
- Design and improve scalable production systems, material flow processes, labor models, standard work, and operating practices
- Develop manufacturing strategies aligning capacity, labor, equipment, and operational resources with increasing customer demand
- Build and institutionalize performance metrics, accountability systems, operating rhythms, and management processes
- Lead and develop managers and functional leaders while creating a culture of safety, accountability, quality, and continuous improvement
- Identify operational constraints and implement solutions improving scalability, efficiency, product quality, and customer outcomes
- Evaluate production capabilities, equipment, facilities, and organizational structures and recommend future-state solutions
- Partner with engineering, supply chain, finance, procurement, HR, and executive leadership
- Establish more mature demand planning, capacity planning, and S&OP-style processes
- Ensure compliance with manufacturing, product safety, quality, regulatory, and code requirements
- Partner with Environmental Health & Safety leaders to maintain safety and operational compliance
- Help define Grainger Frictionless’s future manufacturing model, operating models, production capabilities, organizational design, and capacity strategies
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field
- 5+ years of senior manufacturing or operations leadership experience
- Experience leading managers and other people leaders within a production environment
- Demonstrated success leading manufacturing operations while improving productivity, quality, operational performance, and business results
- Experience designing, improving, or scaling production systems, operating models, or manufacturing processes
- Proven ownership of operating budgets, productivity initiatives, and cost-improvement efforts
- Proven experience with operational transformation and scale in a complex environment
- Strong business acumen and ability to connect operational decisions to business outcomes
- Preferred: Experience applying Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Operational Excellence, or related disciplines
- Preferred: Ability to optimize material flow, labor productivity, quality systems, throughput, and manufacturing efficiency
- Preferred: Experience implementing standard work, performance management systems, and scalable operational processes
- Preferred: Experience with demand planning, capacity planning, S&OP, or demand-to-supply execution processes
- Preferred: Experience in high-growth manufacturing, automation, technology-enabled production, industrial products, or similarly evolving environments
Benefits
Comp & perks- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment
- 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist
- 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees
- 6 company holidays per year
- 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required
- Employee discounts
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan refinancing
- Free access to financial counseling, education, and tools
- Maternity support programs
- Nursing benefits
- Up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents
- Up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents