The Opportunity

Michelin is looking for an Operations Manager who will lead their collection of business units (up to 600+ people) to achieve meaningful performance goals in safety, machine availability, quality and cost. Michelin’s purpose is to support everyone’s right to move freely to find their better way forward. This role empowers people to provide the best products in the world while helping them grow and achieve their career aspirations. If respect for people, teamwork and trust are some values you live by you should consider joining us, the Worldwide Leader in Tires.

Furthermore, the position will be part of an accelerated development program with a goal of positioning the new leader to rapidly gain experience and grow quickly within the organization. We are expecting this new passionate leader to gain experience and rapidly promote into higher level operations roles within the company to include Plant Manager, multi site Industrial Director and beyond.  Therefore, we need this person to be relocatable to most of our North American locations as well as international broadening assignments.

This opportunity will begin in Woodburn, Indiana in our BF Goodrich tire plant. Woodburn is a small town located about 30 mins east of Fort Wayne, IN. Fort Wayne is the cultural and economic center of northeastern Indiana and the second largest city in Indiana. Established in 1961, our plant makes passenger and light truck tires.

What will you do

• Lead the collective performance of your Team in support of the manufacturing site’s overall performance objectives.
• Develop your Team, Peers, and other Leaders in the organization to answer business needs.
• Effectively lead multi-functional and complementary teams in maintenance, reliability, quality, and progress to meet annual performance goals.
• Monitor the short and long-term personnel needs of the facility to ensure succession needs are met and employees are afforded opportunities for development and career growth.
• Drive performance and progress in your area of responsibility.
• Serve as a truly cross functional leader with the capacity to bring Team’s together to meet ambitious goals.
• Be a constant and effective communicator to the plant leadership, your Team and the outside community.

What you will bring

• BS degree in a technical field preferred. Master's degree in business preferred.
• 8+ years of overall experience, preferred in a process centered manufacturing environment as well as 5+ years of growing management/leadership responsibility or applicable military experiences.
• Strong history of successfully managing large teams or units.
• Outstanding Leadership skills with the ability to motivate and influence others.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to communicate throughout all levels of the company.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve goals using organization change principles.
• Geographically mobile to most Michelin US sites and open to future international assignments

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