Operations Manager Jobs in Winfield, KS (NOW HIRING)

Work in a place where your team values YOU.Champion Home Builders, Inc. wants YOU! We are seeking to hire a OpEx Coordinator  to join our team in the Arkansas City, Kansas, facility. WHAT DO WE OFFER?401k plan with company match paid vacation paid holidays medical Rx dental, vision, and life insurance. WHO IS CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS, INC.?For decades, Champion has served as a leader in the manufactured housing industry and one of the largest mobile and modular home builders in North America. Champion offers many factory-built solutions, from single-family and multi-family homes to commercial and government buildings. Our manufactured homes, modular homes, mobile homes, park models, and commercial modular buildings can be found throughout the United States and western Canada.Throughout the organization, we act with integrity and respect. We take pride in our craftsmanship and build strong relationships with our customers, suppliers, and our employees. We know that we would not be successful without our team. In return for hard work and dedication, our goal is to provide a safe, productive, and enjoyable workplace for every employee. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOMES - JOIN OURS BY APPLYING NOW! Job Title: Plant Level OpEx Coordinator FLSA Status: Non Exempt Summary: The Champion Homes Operational Excellence (OpEx) Team is a culture developed in-house with proven lean six sigma tools and process improvement techniques to achieve excellence nationwide. Under the direct supervision of the General Manager, the OpEx Coordinator will lead the plant's continuous improvement initiatives designed to eliminate waste and non-value-added activities and improve performance in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Inventory. This position communicates directly with the OpEx Leadership Team and the General Manager to achieve the sustainability of all implementations and reporting efforts. A local OpEx Coordinator will enable plants to reach and aspire to more ambitious operational cost reduction targets. It is essential, therefore, that the tasks assigned to this plant-level position are aligned with reducing costs and lead times, overall maintaining a healthy pipeline of continuous improvement projects. General Position Expectations: All employees are expected to work within the company policies and procedures to accomplish their assigned duties while observing the following:Safety - Perform all duties in a safe manner. Recognize, correct and/or report unsafe conditions.Attendance - Maintain punctuality and meet or exceed the attendance standards set by the company.Productivity - By applying utilization and efficiency, meet or exceed the standards of each assigned duty.Team Member - Accomplish all assignments in cooperation with fellow employees and management in a problem-solving, team environment.Quality - Attain a high level of quality in all tasks, services, data input, filing, reports, paperwork, and other job functions.Job Improvement - Recognize that each task can be amended and refined for the betterment of the employee and/or company and work toward that improvement.Training - Achieve a level of knowledge to assure obtaining the highest level of productivity and quality. In addition, assist in the training of fellow employees.Facilities - Responsible to use care and respect when utilizing equipment and facilities. Additionally, all employees should pick up and clean in any public space, restroom, break room, or passageway where they might be located or traveling throughout the plant, office, and grounds. Housekeeping is everyone's responsibility.Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (other duties may be assigned)This position will lead the plant OpEx efforts in implementing, training, and following up with the plant's overall OpEx strategy and communicate with the OpEx team on findings, training materials, and gaps.Develop and execute a training plan for associates, supervisors, and managers to ensure the integration of Best Practices into the plant's culture and daily processes.Data collection and validation, performance tracking, and reporting. Must be able to create, analyze and summarize data using spreadsheet tools. Assist the plant's onboarding process and lead it on specific OpEx subjects.Take ownership of any OpEx Value Stream Map findings in your plant and periodically report progress on the Kaizen Journal.Follow through with PVA audits and keep the PVA team updated on the progress.Ensure the proper set up of equipment based on material that the OpEx team generates.Ensures that the mentioned training, tools, best practices, and resources are available to employees at all levels and that are being utilized appropriately and effectively.Lead all reporting and root-cause analysis. Lead or coach focused improvement activities and teams to improve results like safety, quality, delivery, cost, and inventory. Conduct root-cause analysis and coaching to resolve production issues.Share and coordinate all initiatives with other OpEx team members to ensure consistency.Attend regular OpEx calls and follow through with action items.Any other duties assigned Qualifications:Minimum of two (2) years manufacturing, building industry and/or production experience required.Basic computer skills to use Microsoft Office tools.Able to work with others to communicate and train plant employees OPEX training tools in MS Teams. Engaged and willing to learn new concepts and remain open to different opinions.Hands-on experience using modern Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement methods.Demonstrated ability to apply critical thought processes to develop, recommend and implement strategies and programs that address plant and corporate objectives.Demonstrated leadership skills and influence on those with whom there is not a direct reporting relationship.Demonstrated ability to resolve conflict effectively and problem-solve.Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.Demonstrated ability to work efficiently under conditions of multiple deadlines and changing priorities.Ability to travel on occasion for training purposes and/or to corporate offices.Six Sigma certification (Yellow Belt or higher) is a plus. EEO StatementChampion Home Builders is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Champion Home Builders participates in the E-Verify Program.
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