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EPL America is looking for a leader to oversee the injection molding department at our Danville, VA location.

Responsibilities

The Injection Molding Manager will be responsible for managing and directing the daily operations of the injection molding department, ensuring that both production and quality targets are met. The ideal candidate must have technical knowledge and experience in injection molding processes and have excellent communication and leadership skills.

Qualifications

Area of specialization: Injection Molding

Skill sets: Analytical / Focused / Self-starter / Communication / Co-ordination / Planning & Organizing / Team Building / Decision-making / Logical thinking / Training or Public Speaking / Developing Presentations

Experience: BS in applicable technical field - Engineering preferred, 15 years’ experience in a manufacturing with knowledge of injection molding and people management

Job Content

- Oversee and manage all aspects of the injection molding process to ensure smooth and efficient operation

- Develop and implement production schedules, making sure that all production deadlines are met

- Maintain equipment and ensure that all machines are in good working condition

- Analyze production data to identify opportunities for improving efficiency, yield, and quality

- Develop and maintain a safe working environment, enforcing safety policies and procedures

- Manage relationships with suppliers and vendors, ensuring that they meet the desired quality and service standards

- Lead and motivate the injection molding team to meet the company’s production goals

- Manage the training and development of all injection molding staff, ensuring that each employee has the necessary skills to do their job effectively

- Collaborate with other departments to ensure that all production and quality standards are met

-Perform capacity analysis of resources including equipment, suppliers and labor; level loading production on the shop floor.

-Maintain the measurement of machine utilization and efficiency for improved product throughput.

-Releases production orders to manufacturing

-Monitors lead times, lot sizes, BOM’s and labor constraints to support master production scheduling

-Schedule work orders to utilize material, capacity and labor resources in order to meet on-time delivery while controlling costs to optimize profitability

-Labor load leveling

-Maintains work center scheduled to ensure proper jobs are scheduled and capacity limitations are understood and communicated

-Utilize MRP system to plan raw material requirements and schedule manufacturing production

-Generates production schedules and raw material requirements

-Review inventory reports, verification of material and sub assembly counts, evaluate inventory levels, review material shortages BOM updates and verification of BOM accuracy

-Inventory reduction, leveling. Maintains inventory to achieved assigned levels

-Selects, develops and evaluates personnel to ensure functional objectives are met

-Works diligently with Quality and Engineering departments to develop mechanisms that will improve quality, provide realistic schedules, standardize processes and reduce costs

-Participates on new product teams to help build plan that will ensure a smooth transition from concept to production and full product launch

-Reduce direct labor costs - Implement automated scheduling techniques (CRP) to effectively schedule jobs and reduce labor inefficiency

-Maintain excellent on-time delivery record

-Optimize machine utilization and manufacturing productivity by utilizing Lean Principals

-Materials/warehouse management – evaluate current processes within the warehouse to determine if bottlenecks and inefficiency exist. Implement process improvement to reduce redundancy and cost

-Inventory management- Implement automated planning techniques (MRP_ to effectively manage inventory. Set-up and maintain min/max lead times and safety stock levels to improve planning and reduce overall material costs

-Other projects and tasks as assigned

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