Qureos Mentor

Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd.

<div>Purpose of the Position / Overview
<ul>
<li>This role shifts from managing activity to owning outcomes &mdash; driving throughput, developing people, and building a high-performance production system.</li>
<li>Success means consistently hitting production targets while simultaneously also achieving safety, quality, delivery, and cost goals.</li>
<li>Leads frontline teams and supervisors to execute production plans and continuously improve performance.</li>
<li>Translates business objectives into disciplined execution on the shop floor.</li>
<li>Builds leadership capability at the supervisor level and creates a pipeline of future leaders.</li>
<li>Acts as a key member of the campus leadership team, operating with an enterprise mindset, prioritizing what is best for the campus and company over individual areas.</li></ul> 
 
12-Month Wins (What Must Be True by Month 12)

Operational Impact
<ul>
<li>Consistently achieve or exceed weekly production targets for throughput, hours per unit, and schedule adherence delivering 95% OTD.</li>
<li>Established stable, predictable production flow across all shifts.</li>
</ul>
Safety &amp; Quality
<ul>
<li>Maintain safety performance 2.0 TRIR, and engagement 90% SWA participation.</li>
<li>Maintain Nonconformances identified 5% of fans shipped.</li>
<li>Achieve RCCM and 8D closure within 30 days of issuance.</li>
<li>Ensure an average of two per week standard work procedures are completed by year end.</li>
<li>Create and maintain a training competency matrix for site&rsquo;s production areas and team members</li>
</ul>
Leadership
<ul>
<li>Elevated supervisor capability and accountability by ensuring DMT is upkept for all supervisors.</li>
<li>Developed next-level leaders through normally occurring structured one on one coaching.</li>
<li>Shifted team mindset to ownership of outcomes.</li>
</ul>
Cross-Functional Impact
<ul>
<li>Strengthened collaboration with cross-functional teams &ndash; i.e. warehouse, engineering, planning.</li>
<li>Remove operational barriers.</li>
<li>Made decisions aligned to overall company success.</li></ul> 
 
Technical Requirements (Must Be Able To Do Day One)
<ul>
<li>Lead daily production execution.</li>
<li>Develop supervisors and teams.</li>
<li>Drive accountability to safety, quality, delivery, and cost metrics.</li>
<li>Implement and sustain standard work.</li>
<li>Identify and eliminate bottlenecks.</li>
<li>Lead root cause problem solving.</li>
<li>Partner cross-functionally.</li>
<li>Utilize ERP/MRP systems for decision-making.</li>
<li>Utilize Microsoft Office Suite including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel</li></ul> 
 
Biggest Challenges &amp; What They Must Do to Overcome Them 

Challenge:

Stabilizing and optimizing production following a recent transition from another site, where location, layout, and ways of working have significantly changed.

Must Do:
<ul>
<li>Deploy DMS structure to quickly assess and stabilize production performance in new environment.</li>
<li>Identify and close gaps created by changes in layout, flow, and processes.</li>
<li>Reinforce standard work and establish consistency across teams and shifts.</li>
<li>Support employees through the adjustment period and rebuild engagement.</li>
<li>Address inefficiencies or confusion resulting from the transition.</li>
<li>Partner with engineering, planning, and other functions to refine and improve the current state.</li>
<li>Balance short-term stabilization with longer-term optimization of flow and performance.</li></ul> 


Challenge:

Inconsistent leadership capability at the supervisor level

Must Do:
<ul>
<li>Coach and develop supervisors into leaders.</li>
<li>Set expectations and enforce accountability.</li>
<li>Address performance gaps directly.</li>
<li>Build leadership bench strength.</li></ul> 
 
Challenge:

&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve always done it this way&rdquo; mindset

Must Do:
<ul>
<li>Challenge the status quo.</li>
<li>Drive continuous improvement.</li>
<li>Use data to support change.</li>
<li>Prevent regression.</li></ul> 
 
Challenge:

Multiple leaders on same campus

Must Do:
<ul>
<li>Partner with peer Production Manager.</li>
<li>Align priorities and messaging.</li>
<li>Act in best interest of company.</li>
<li>Model collaboration and eliminate blame.</li></ul> 
 
Challenge:

Accountability gaps across teams

Must Do:
<ul>
<li>Promote accountability without blame and reinforce shared ownership</li>
<li>Focus on root cause problem solving.</li>
<li>Model constructive behavior.</li>
</ul>
Essential Experience
<ul>
<li>Bachelor&rsquo;s degree preferred.</li>
<li>5&ndash;10+ years manufacturing experience.</li>
<li>5+ years leading 50+ team members indirectly in a production environment</li>
<li>Knowledge of ERP systems and manufacturing processes.</li>
<li>Lean or continuous improvement experience preferred.</li></ul> 
 
Culture Fit
<ul>
<li>Hands on, lead from the front approach.</li>
<li>Ownership mindset.</li>
<li>Sense of urgency</li>
<li>Develops people.</li>
<li>Collaborative and enterprise-minded.</li>
<li>Communicates expectations clearly and effectively.</li>
<li>Promotes accountability without blame.</li>
<li>Committed to raising team capability.</li>
<li>Growth mindset.</li></ul> 
 
WIIFM (Why This Is a Career Move, Not Just a Job)
<ul>
<li>Opportunity to lead and develop a newly formed production team.</li>
<li>Direct impact on business results.</li>
<li>Path to Plant Manager.</li>
<li>High visibility role.</li></ul> 
 
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS:
<ul>
<li>30% standard office environment/70% production floor environment.</li>
<li>Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.</li>
<li>Ability to occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, reach.</li>
<li>Ability to work extended hours sitting at a computer.</li></ul> 
 
WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and extreme heat. The employee is occasionally exposed to high places, fumes or airborne particles and/or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the plant environment is usually loud. 

SAFETY

Twin City Fan is dedicated to providing a safe and healthy work environment. Each and every employee must understand and continually work within the safety and health rules and policies. The use of good judgment and common sense is critical to workplace safety, and employees are expected to work in a safe and conscientious manner.</div>

Production Manager

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Production Manager