Director of Cable Manufacturing

div align="center" style="text-align: center;"bspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;"img width="207" height="67" //span/bbr /br /b/b/divdiv align="center" style="text-align: center;"bJOB DESCRIPTION/b/divdiv /divdivbspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Job Title:/span/bspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"span  /spanDirector of Cable Manufacturing/spanspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;" /span/divdiv /divdivbspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Summary/Objective: /span/bspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"The Director of Cable Manufacturing is responsible for directing and coordinating the operations of the manufacturing facility which includes developing efficiency strategies and ensuring the plant meets production goals at minimal manufacturing costs. The Director of Cable Manufacturing will work directly with managers and supervisors to coordinate all operations and ensure a safe work environment./span/divdiv /divdivbspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Essential Functions/Responsibilities: /span/b/divul style="margin-top: 0.0px;"lispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Develop and implement plant policies and procedures./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Establish and/or implement departmental goals, objectives, or procedures./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Coordinate and execute production schedules in accordance with sales and capacity./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Responsible for the constant monitoring of the equipment capacities and utilizations in order to implement proactive actions to support the Samtec Sudden Service core value./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Apply Manufacturing best practices including standard operations, plant layout, waste reduction or elimination, continuous improvements, engineering change control./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Assist with global operational strategies and metrics in relation to cable manufacturing. /span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Demonstrate Lean Manufacturing experience in low and high-volume environments./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Proactively lead continuous improvement efforts to improve quality and reduce scrap./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Set and sustain a clean and organized working environment utilizing basic 5S principles./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Collaborate with engineering, purchasing, production and maintenance to plan, coordinate, execute, and troubleshoot issues./span/li/uldivispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"The responsibilities as defined are intended to serve as a general guideline for this position.span  /spanAssociates may be asked to perform additional tasks depending on strengths and capabilities./span/i/divdivbspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"/span/b/divdivbspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Required Experience:/span/bbspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;" /span/b/divul style="margin-top: 0.0px;"lispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"10 years Management Experience in a Manufacturing Environment/span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Prior experience in extrusion manufacturing processes preferred./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to lead and inspire teams./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills./span/li/uldivbspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"/span/b/divdivbspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Preferred Education:/span/b/divul style="margin-top: 0.0px;"lispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field; advanced degree preferredspan./span/span/li/uldivbspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"/span/b/divdivbspan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"Training Required:/span/b/divul style="margin-top: 0.0px;"lispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;"On the job training as appropriate./span/li/ul