Job Title

Tufting Department Manager

Position Overview

Lead the Tufting Assistant manager, Supervisors, and Tufting associates in optimizing the Tufting process, to include continual improvement in Safety, Quality, Productivity, and Schedule Performance

Safety Responsibilities:   It is the Plant 4 leadership team’s responsibility to follow the outlined safety responsibilities and support the plant to ensure these responsibilities can be met.

Take personal responsibility for your own safety and care for the safety of others

Maintain a clean and organized work area

Do not operate unsafe or broken equipment. Do not accept work arounds or short cuts.

Report all hazards and incidents no matter how small.

Follow job procedures and JHAs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES: (CONSIDERING  JOB  KNOWLEDGE,  JOB  ENVIRONMENT, EFFORT, MANIPULATIVE  SKILL, JUDGEMENT,SAFETY KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSIBILITY):

 Act as liaison between Plant Management and Tufting Department employees by providing an effective line of communication with regard to company policies.

Provide direct supervision of Department Supervisors, monitor all departmental production, production quality, processes and procedures and ensure that departmental SMS procedures and instructions are continually followed by all employees.

Give direction and support to department employees with regard to achieving departmental goals and objectives as well as coordinate and maintain the Tufting department's workforce in order to ensure that the goals and objectives are feasible.

Development and promotion of systems to monitor and analyze machinery and manpower resources to produce needed greige goods.

Assure machine maintenance efforts are focused on priorities and effectively scheduled. Improve machine reliability and availability.

Evaluate and lead capital and expense project initiatives that will aid the Tufting department in continually improving and maintaining expected performance levels.

Attend and/or lead audits of Plant 4 production to determine quality and production opportunities.

Assist in developing a departmental budget for expenses and materials, and control costs to optimize product cost and POVA performance.

Coordinate and evaluate needed raw material and supplier trials.

Effectively lead Departmental, Plant, and Corporate improvement teams, and develop effective communication channels with other Manufacturing facilities

Follow the Tufting Manager Leader Standard Work

Lead the Tier 1/2 process.

Serve on each of the 4 key leadership steering teams of Safety – SLO, Quality – QIT, Reliability – TPM, and People – 4Rocks, to help se the strategy and drive improvement in each area.

Partner with plant leadership to set plant strategy.

Perform other duties as directed by Plant Manager, Production Manager & Division Leaders.

 Required  Competencies:  

Plan and Organize

Deliver Compelling Communication

Influence Other

Drive Results

Facilitate Change

Coach and Support

Demonstrate Inclusive Leadership

Requirements:

BA/BS degree (engineering, management, or similar field preferred)

Previous Tufting experience preferred

Previous Process Engineer experience required

Carpet manufacturing experience preferred

Previous leadership experience preferred

Preferred: Carpet manufacturing experience at department manager level.

Work Shift

8 Hr non-rotating shift, Hrs fall to in punch day, Observed Calendar, shift starts AM

Shaw Industries is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.