What's the role?
The Production Manager directs and oversees VASC (Value Added Services Center) personnel. This role is responsible for coordinating operational activities to include prefabrication (cutting, kitting, painting, and pre-assembly of projects), shipping, receiving, returns, carrier scheduling, and replenishments. Supervisory responsibilities include performance monitoring, evaluation, coaching, direction of work assignments, and cross-training of personnel. Additional support activities include data analysis, reporting, forecasting, inventory investigation, slotting, data pulls (BI/SAP queries), and project work. This position leads and/or facilitates all efforts to strive towards operational excellence with a focus on improving performance in the key areas of safety, efficiency, and quality.
Who is Hilti?
Hilti is where innovation is improving productivity, safety and sustainability in the global construction industry, and beyond. Where strong customer relationships are creating solutions that build a better future. Where there is pride and a sense of belonging across our 120 locations, carrying right into our lives and homes. Where people are exploring possibilities, leveraging their potential, owning their personal development and growing lasting careers.
What does the role involve?
- Lead recruiting and hiring process through contract agencies and onsite interviews.
- Oversee operational activities including prefabrication, shipping, receiving, returns, carrier scheduling, and replenishments, including training, coaching, and development assigned team members.
- Audit operations to ensure internal controls and service level standards are being met.
- Execute and maintain specified reports involving forecasting, inventory management, slotting, and project work.
- Develop and maintain a productive work team by creating programs for hiring, training, and professional development and match the skills and background of personnel to the work required.
- Maintain an appropriate performance management process for recommending promotions, wage increases, and terminations.
- Drive performance by ensuring team is executing key initiatives.
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external customers to ensure quality and timely feedback to warehouse personnel and processes.
- Drive continuous improvement through Lean and CIP processes.
- Define and implement operational goals within regional targets.
- Responsible for site warehouse safety and site security.
- Additional duties as assigned.
Last year, 89.2% of all first-year hires stayed with the organization
What do we offer?
In addition to a competitive base salary and bonus potential, we offer a robust benefits package including a generous paid time off policy that includes vacation, personal days, health & wellness, and 2 days per year to give back in your local community, paid family leave, educational reimbursement and student loan assistance, 401(k) matching, medical/dental/vision coverage, and a variety of other benefits to fit the needs of our employees.
We will give you the tools you need to succeed through hands-on integration training and will support your continued professional development through ongoing training and mentoring, targeted leadership programs, and opportunities for international assignments in any of the 120+ countries in which we operate.
What you need is:
- High School diploma/GED required; bachelor’s degree, preferred.
- Five (5) years of operational experience required; three (3) years of supervisory experience, preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate a team-oriented workforce.
- Proven experience managing personnel and expenses to meet operational objectives.
- Ability to recommend, introduce, and/or implement new technologies to improve the efficiencies and economics of the pick/pack function.
- Knowledge and ability to use SAP.
- Excellent computer skills and strong working knowledge of Microsoft office programs.
- Creativity and energy; ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, customer-focused environment.
- Unsurpassed focus to satisfy every customer order daily.
Why should you apply?
We're a big company with a family-owned feel. You will be given the opportunity to make big changes that will ripple throughout the industry while feeling right at home with the Hilti family.
Hilti, Inc is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.
