Senior Operations Manager - throughput and quality (Milwaukee, WI)

Summit River Manufacturing manufactures parts and assemblies at its Milwaukee plant. We are hiring a Senior Operations Manager to take on throughput and quality. You would join a small organisation of about 67 people based in Milwaukee. What you will do • Find and fix the small process problems that cost hours every week. • Manage a team of supervisors and coordinators. • Plan daily and weekly work and keep it moving when things change. • Track performance measures for production lines and act on them. • Manage vendors, contracts and budgets. What we are looking for • Comfort with numbers, schedules and reports. • Good judgement under pressure. • Four or more years in operations, with some people-management. Nice to have • Experience with work orders. • Lean or continuous-improvement training. Working arrangement • Contract for twelve months, with a review at the end and a chance of extension. • On site in Milwaukee. • We will tell you what to expect at each step of the hiring process.