Senior Manufacturing Shop Operations Team Manager

We’re seeking a talented Senior Manufacturing Shop Operations Team Manager to join the Manufacturing team for our location in Plainfield, IN. 

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:         

• Build High-Performing Teams: Foster a strong team culture by leveraging diverse skills, experiences, and perspectives to achieve shared goals and deliver business results.

• Drive Collaboration and Partnership: Establish productive relationships across functions, sites, and stakeholder groups to align priorities, solve challenges, and achieve common objectives.

• Communicate with Clarity and Influence: Deliver clear, effective, and audience-appropriate communications that drive understanding, alignment, and informed decision-making.

• Lead Talent Development: Coach, mentor, and develop employees to strengthen capabilities, support career growth, and build a sustainable pipeline of future talent.

• Provide Direction and Empower Execution: Set clear expectations, delegate effectively, remove barriers, and create accountability to enable teams to perform at their best.

• Foster Engagement and Inclusion: Create an environment where employees feel valued, respected, and motivated to contribute, while embracing diverse perspectives and experiences.

• Drive Results and Continuous Improvement: Deliver consistent business outcomes by making sound decisions, solving problems proactively, and identifying opportunities to improve processes, quality, and efficiency.

• Champion Safety, Conflict Resolution, and Operational Excellence: Promote a culture of safety, lead effective resolution of workplace challenges, support thorough root cause analysis of incidents, and implement corrective actions that strengthen organizational performance.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:        

• Leadership & Team Development: Proven ability to lead, coach, and mentor production teams while fostering accountability, engagement, and a high-performance culture.

• Production & Operational Excellence: Experience managing daily manufacturing operations, balancing resources, and consistently achieving safety, quality, delivery, and productivity targets.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Problem Solving: Ability to work effectively with partners across operations, quality, engineering, maintenance, and safety functions to identify issues and implement sustainable improvements.

• Training, Communication & Employee Development: Strong capability to set clear expectations, provide constructive feedback, identify skill gaps, and develop effective training plans that support employee growth and operational success.

Education, Licenses, Certifications: 
College, university, or equivalent degree required.
This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations. 

Experience: 
Intermediate level of supervisory experience required. 

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