Company Overview
OZ Optics Limited is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic products, test equipment and sensors. It is located in Canada's capital city of Ottawa and established in 1985.
Company Perks:
- Every employee receives full benefits including medical, dental, optical and life insurance with the premiums paid for by OZ Optics.
- Opportunity to work along side with subject matter experts in fiber optics
- Opportunity to work on world-class products with cutting-edge technologies
- Best recreational facilities company can offer. Squash and basketball courts, weight-training rooms, indoor pool, sauna, and hot tub for use by employees
- Staff events - adult and children's holiday parties, Easter egg hunt, family summer barbecue, and soccer games.
- Free on-site parking
Position Summary:
This position is responsible for all aspects of production management. To ensure the manufactured products are delivered on time to satisfy the customers with first in class quality but still fulfilling the company’s revenue expectation, this involves all capacity planning activities. Manage/Supervise the efforts of all Production activities to meet the main business objectives such as reduced cycle-time, in a cost effective manner and expeditious delivery. Evaluate and develop processes, and procedures with Engineering. Act in a supervisory role for training and career planning for production staffs including schedulers.
Typical Duties:
- The Production manager will review master production schedule on a daily basis with the appropriate personnel to ensure material, equipment, tooling and personnel are in place to meet capacity. Analyze and approve changes to the Master Production schedule through ERP, Purchasing, Production, and Designers.
- Review the master production schedule with production (Production Control, Purchasing and Focus Factory Managers) to ensure the schedule is on track. Perform Capacity planning reviews and analysis. Assist in providing solutions to capacity imbalances or bottlenecks.
- Manage and monitor the MPS based on changing product requirements from interface with customer order management.
- Investigate and implement alternatives to current business practices in order to improve the production planning processes (looking forward to maximize the scheduling efficiencies, policies and strategies). Provide input to various groups to improve on existing processes outside Production Planning (participate in various groups formed to resolves issues).
- Provide problem solving support to various groups, i.e. Production Control-priorities, Purchasing – material problem.
- Work with designers and department managers to ensure the new product builds are on track to meet significant milestones. Attend meetings to discuss all related issues to introduce this product to the market in a timely fashion.
- Work with Designers to ensure all possible material substitution is reviewed to address material shortages, and to have input on Engineering Change orders (ECO).
- Maintain constant communication between production and Customer Order Management to ensure that priorities are achieved.
Education:
University degree or College Diploma, equivalent combination of education and experience. Engineering, material management and business course of study preferred.
Experience:
At least seven years of progressively increasing experience as a manager in a high volume manufacturing environment, preferably in high tech.
Skills:
A solid knowledge of MRP/business concepts or relevant experience to make decisions which impact various departments and production deliverables. Any materials, Inventory or CAPIC certificates would be a definite asset. Strong aggressive analytical and organization skills. Strong communication skills, verbal and written in order to communicate internally, externally with customers and suppliers. Requires good interpersonal skills to work closely with all departments.
Candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From $100,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Vision care
- Wellness program
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)
Experience:
- managing in a high volume manufacturing environment: 7 years (preferred)
