3M Hutchinson Operations Director 

United States, Minnesota 

902936168

Operations Director

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As an Operations Director, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Creating a world class safety culture that delivers outstanding EHS performance and ensuring the health and safety of all workers is consistently demonstrated as the first priority.
• Leading operational excellence through conscientious management and decisive actions in environmental, health, safety, quality, productivity, and employee relations.
• Providing agile and visible leadership to cultivate continuous improvement, compliance, accountability, and employee engagement
• Practicing principle-based coaching to develop operator & supervisor skills and create a climate of inclusion and recognition across the site to optimize employee engagement, performance, and alignment.
• Catalyzing continuous improvement with a heavy focus on safety, productivity, and employee relations.
• Driving consistency and accountability regarding all policies, procedures and expectations throughout the production organization using principle-based leadership.
• Developing strong, harmonized working relationships with site functions to ensure consistency, operational excellence, and business alignment.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• Seven (7) years of manufacturing experience in a private, public, government, or military environment
• Five (5) years of direct supervision experience

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical discipline from an accredited institution (completed & verified prior to start)
• Results oriented and strong execution skills with demonstrated ability to lead attainment of aggressive objectives in EHS, Quality, Service, and Cost
• Strong team skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively in a cross-functional matrix organization
• Experience leading and implementing Lean Manufacturing principles and Six Sigma methodology for sustained continuous improvement
• Experience in operational excellence and financial accounting.

Work location:

• On-Site Hutchinson, MN

Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly.

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