Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2020, Continental generated sales of €37.7 billion and currently employs more than 192,000 people in 58 countries and markets. On October 8, 2021, the company celebrated its 150th anniversary. The ContiTech business area focuses on smart and sustainable solutions beyond rubber and develops digital and intelligent solutions in future-oriented sectors. In doing so, ContiTech draws on its long-standing knowledge of the industry and materials to open up new business opportunities by combining various materials with electronic components and individual services. The products, systems and solutions developed by ContiTech are used both in the automotive industry as well as in railway engineering, machine and plant construction, mining, agriculture and other important sectors of the future.

The Operations Manager provides leadership, direction and support to both Area Managers and the hourly workforce to ensure overall business objectives are obtained. These objectives include but are not limited to safety, production, quality, cost and delivery. Additionally, the Operations Manager will act as a change agent to help implement process improvements and management initiatives at the floor. Included in the endeavor is active participation in the Continental Business System (Lean) activities to reduce product and process variation and eliminate waste.

• Safety:  Improve safety performance through ensuring floor level accountability with respect to safety rules and process. Ensure that root case analysis and corrective action are implemented to prevent safety incidents.   
• Production: Provide leadership and resources necessary to drive plant productivity and efficiency, while staying within the right of the union contract.  Interact with scheduling to promote plant throughput and drive delivery. 
• Human Development: Support training processes for hourly associates. Ensure that operator cross training requirements are supported and met.
• Quality:  Improve key process indicators and ensure compliance with quality process and standards.
• Collaborates with Quality Manager to facilitate corrective actions to customer problems, as well as support and participate in customer calls with the Quality Manager
• Customer Satisfaction: Understands and leads production team to achieve the needs of the customers both external and internal.
• Cost: Ownership of department costs, labor, inventories, waste, and efficiencies associated with meeting customer demand
• Drive lean thinking and best practices on the shop floor through daily activities including but not limited to standard work, visual management, daily production (Gemba) walks, 6s and TPM.
• Develop associate inclusion with the plants continuous improvement activities.
• Maintains effective communication and cooperation with the POC, all process areas and support groups.
• All additional duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in business management, engineering or equivalent experience required.
• 3-5 years manufacturing management experience preferably in a union environment.
• Ability to communicate to all levels of the organization
• Strong leadership, people and organizational skill
• Strong problem-solving skills (A3 problem solving preferred)
• Demonstrated lean knowledge, leadership, and results
• Experience with Microsoft Office, SAP and Minitab preferred
• Experience leading hourly and salary associates
• Flexible to work any shift

EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to unlawful consideration to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Continental complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. To be considered, you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings, we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further, Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to [email protected] or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application, if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a call back.

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EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to unlawful consideration to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Continental complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. To be considered, you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings, we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further, Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to [email protected] or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application, if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a call back.

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