The ideal candidate will own the entire production process. They will strategize with other internal teams to ensure operational excellence. The will also run quality assessment to ensure customer satisfaction.
Working Time: 2:30pm - 12:00am cst
Responsibilities
- Coordinate cylinder requirements with region branches
- Trains and develops assigned personnel. Responsible for conducting timely and quality performance appraisals of assigned personnel with the Plant Manager. Recommends disciplinary action up to and including termination of plant personnel.
- Delegates or directly directs and coordinates plant activities to obtain optimum efficiency and economy of operations and maximize production.
- Develops plant goals and works with and through subordinate associates to achieve results. Works with the Plant Manager to achieve goals.
- Follows and maintains all FDA, OSHA, EPA, DOT requirements and regulations.
- Maintain all required computer and hand-generated paperwork
- Reports any equipment or facility defects to management.
- Reviews technical publications, articles, and abstracts to stay abreast of technological developments in the industry.
- Responsible for the safety and safety practices of assigned personnel.
Qualifications
- Knowledge of manufacturing industrial and medical gasses, including maintenance of production equipment, and shipping hazardous materials within DOT and FDA Requirements.
- Working knowledge of SAP and Google Applications
- Self-starter, self-motivated, independent, well-organized with attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to deal effectively with others in favorable and unfavorable situations regardless of status or position. Accepts cultural diversity and establishes effective working relationships.
- Strong analytical skills with competency for understanding metrics and ability to present and communicate to all levels of the organization and external customers.
- Must have leadership skills to use available resources for goal accomplishment; establish appropriate courses of action for self and/or others to accomplish specific goals; develop evaluation criteria and tracking systems for monitoring goal progress and accomplishment; and specify objectives, schedules, and priorities.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- Associates or Technical degree in production, supply chain management, logistics management, or related field.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in n sales and/or distribution of gasses and welding supplies or similar industrial products.
- Minimum of two (2) years of demonstrated leadership experience in a distribution environment.
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.
- The USES category for this position is heavy.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds, and/or move more than 300 pounds with the aid of material handling equipment.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk or hear.
- The employee frequently is required to stand and walk.
- The employee is occasionally required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- Employee must have the ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as clothing with fire protection, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hard Hat, and Metatarsals.