Body Operations Shift Manager

This is what you’ll do:

• Make a critical impact as you work with plant operations and manufacturing leaders and team members, drive continuous improvements and meet and exceed quality, cost and other goals.
• Leverage your strong training and mentorship skills to manage and develop teams while also driving process improvements and serving as a change manager where needed.
• Enjoy a welcoming atmosphere, ongoing challenges, and opportunities to learn and expand your skills.
• Have the autonomy to make key contributions combined with the support of other managers.
• Have opportunities to take on additional responsibilities and/or pursue advancement in our global organization.
• Ensuring the assembly of quality products at or below budgeted production costs to meet marketplace demand.
• Developing departmental plans and priorities.
• Leveraging your Lean Six Sigma and analytical skills to identify gaps and implement process improvements.
• Supporting managers and supervisors.
• Helping to manage and develop teams.
• Team/department performance results.
• Lead a team that designs industry leading body repair methods, technical bulletins, tooling specifications, design service parts, engineering analysis requests,
• Assess vehicle crash tests for design of economical repair methods and service parts
• Partner across the Service and Engineering teams to ensure smooth implementation of repair information for global markets
• Manages multiple projects simultaneously to support successful vehicle launches, managing plan, tasks, risks, resolution, communications and implementation.
• Coordinates resources, provides clear direction and timelines for deliverables, and delegates tasks across team.
• Manage human and material resources to meet production targets and KPI’s.
• Meeting daily quality goals set by KPI’s.
• Ensures shop floor organization, production, safety, and department 5’s.
• Proactively and regularly develops and manages team member’s performance and capabilities, based upon company KPI’s.
• Provides leadership and training to accomplish plant/company goals and objectives.

This is what you’ll need:

• 7+ years working experience in Manufacturing environment (preferably Automotive).
• 3-5+ years Manufacturing Supervisory Experience (preferably automotive).
• Must have good understanding of manufacturing procedures and practices.
• Experience with lean manufacturing
• Process and detail oriented
• Understanding of labor budgets, KPI's, and efficiency reporting
• Excellent communication skills with ability to coach and mentor
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, or related field of study
• 5+ Years of experience in Body Shop Operation, repair, body service part design,
• 5+ Years of leading direct and indirect teams, and marshalling resources in a lean complex global environment.
• Proven ability to work independently, managing large, complex projects or teams across a distributed organization.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills with a high degree of professionalism.
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with internal and external partners.
• Able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and navigate through an ambiguous environment; enjoy challenges.
• Ability to deliver results through influence without authority.
• Highly organized, with good time management skills and acute attention to detail.
• Six Sigma experience preferred

This is where you’ll work:

Department: Manufacturing Body Shop

Location: Normal, IL