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Engineering, Facilities Engineering, maintenance, and Supply Chain to drive resolution of issues.\nPreferred Skills\nExperience leading in an automated manufacturing environment, including multi-team coordination and shift leadership.\nExperience leading large-scale operational transformation, automation, or process improvement initiatives.\nDemonstrated success leading Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, Six Sigma, or Operational Excellence initiatives\nRequired Skills\nEducation: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience desired.\nProblem Solving: Ability to identify engineering and operational challenges, evaluate alternatives, analyze risks, and implement effective solutions.\nData Gathering & Analysis: Experience collecting, analyzing, and utilizing operational data to drive informed business decisions and performance improvements.\nPerformance Management: Demonstrated ability to coach employees, provide actionable feedback, and support workforce development initiatives.\nAnalytical Thinking: Capability to evaluate complex situations, determine root causes, and implement new processes and controls.\nDecision Making & Critical Thinking: Proven ability to organize information, prioritize competing demands, and make sound operational decisions for newly developed manufacturing processes and equipment.\nPlanning & Organizing: Experience integrating new technologies, developing action plans, managing priorities, and executing against production objectives.\nEffective Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage all levels of the organization.\nAccuracy & Attention to Detail: Commitment to operational discipline, quality standards, and execution excellence.\nSummary Pay Range:\n$97,530.00 - $146,290.00Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-relatedknowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. 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