Manufacturing Team Manager

Eaton South Molton

Join Our Team at Eaton: Empowering Tomorrow, Today!

We are more than just a power management company, we are committed to inclusion, diversity, and sustainability. You will be part of a global team committed to delivering on our brand promise: "Make what matters work" We pride ourselves on building a culture that reflects our shared goals, beliefs, and attitudes.
We are ethical - We are passionate - We are responsible - We are efficient - We are transparent - We are learning. We are EATON!

About Eaton

Eaton is a power management company where we provide energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton is dedicated to improving the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technology and services. Eaton has approximately 96,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.

What you'll do:

The position is responsible for overseeing and leading all activities associated with manufacturing and production of deliverable product to meet customer expectations within a defined production area. The leader monitors and manages hourly and salaried resources in the assignment of work responsibilities, development, and alignment of resources to load. The position drives continuous improvement in production, quality, and safety while utilizing the framework of the Eaton Business System (EBS) and the Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF).

Essential Functions:
• Champion a culture change through the framework of High Performance Work Teams (HPWTs).
• Drive continuous improvement and application through the use of EBS, BOS, CIF, and HPWTs.
• Champion implementation of Lean activities to eliminate waste opportunities of key processes.
• Achieve key BOS metrics including TRCR, Productive Utilization, On-Time Delivery, First Pass Yield and DPPM.
• Effective management of plant assets through leadership of maintenance and facilities resources.
• Champion implementation of MESH to achieve improvement in year over year safety performance measures.
• Train and develop team members as well as providing oversight and coaching to other team members.
• Provide the vision and strategy
• Lead by example - be a positive role model
• Actively engage and recognize employees
• Enable success of employees (providing resources and removing barriers)
• Empower employees - drive decision making down through organization
• Responsible for High-5 metrics for assigned value stream.
• Employee Engagement

Hours of work:
• Monday to Thursday 08:00am to 16:45, Friday 08:00am to 12:00pm.
• 37 hours per week.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in Manufacturing/Operations
• Minimum 1-3 years of experience leading others

Skills:

• Technical Knowledge and Skills Required: Computer Skills: Excel, MS Outlook, PowerPoint
• Additional Knowledge and Skills Required: Strong communication and interpersonal skills; strong leadership, coaching and influence management skills; ability to balance multiple priorities
• Lean manufacturing / Operational Excellence skills in 6S, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, Visual Management, process focused
• Internal candidates: Eaton Leadership Competency ratings of at least a "3", with a preference of "4" ratings in BOC and Leadership Style
• Problem solving skills (e.g. 8-D or A3)
• Intrinsically motivated, champion of change, visionary
• Life-long learner; promotes a learning culture
• Proficient in reading and writing English

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
• We make your aspirations matter - Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term - not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people's lives and the environment through power management technologies.
• We make your wellbeing matter - We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it's about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.