Operations Manager
We are looking for a Operations Manager for our Wixom, MI facility. The Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily execution of production, logistics, and operational support functions within the Center. This role ensures that all operational activities are aligned with corporate standards, customer expectations, and regulatory requirements. The Operations Manager plays a critical role in driving efficiency, maintaining quality, and supporting a culture of continuous improvement and safety. This position requires a hands-on leader with strong organizational and analytical skills, capable of managing cross-functional teams, optimizing workflows, and supporting strategic initiatives in collaboration with the Plant Manager and other key stakeholders.
Your Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate daily operations across production, logistics, and maintenance to ensure timely and efficient delivery of services.
- Support the Plant Manager are Area Operations & Customer Retention Manager in executing strategic initiatives, managing KPIs, and driving operational excellence.
- Monitor and improve production workflows, resource utilization, and shift planning to meet customer demands and optimize throughput.
- Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, and quality standards, including ISO, OSHA, and EPA regulations.
- Collaborate with customer service and sales teams to ensure accurate order fulfillment and high levels of customer satisfaction.
- Supervise and develop frontline supervisors and team leads, fostering a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
- Analyze operational data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for cost reduction and process enhancement.
- Support the implementation of corporate directives, Lean initiatives, and best practices across the Center.
- Assist in managing vendor relationships, inventory control, and procurement processes to support uninterrupted operations.
- Lead or support internal and external audits, ensuring timely resolution of findings and implementation of corrective actions.
Your Profile:
- Bachelor’s degree in operations management, Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
- Minimum of 3 years managing teams in a manufacturing or production environment.
- Demonstrated experience in managing production cycles and ensuring on-time product delivery in a manufacturing setting.
- Proficient in developing, tracking, and acting on key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Strong engineering foundation with excellent interpersonal and customer service abilities.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear and compelling presentations.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Energetic, goal-driven, and results-oriented, with a high level of initiative and a strong sense of accountability.
We offer:
Aside from a dynamic global culture and leading market position, we are proud to offer our employees development opportunities, competitive salary and a robust benefit program ALL available on first day of employment!
The perks and benefits of working at Oerlikon include the following:
- Comprehensive medical and prescription drug plan with low premiums, company sponsored HSA contributions and without cumbersome waiting periods to keep you going strong.
- Excellent Dental and Vision coverage.
- Employee Assistance, Financial and Wellness programs to help improve all aspects of your life journey.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with significant company match and financial planning and education options to help you achieve your retirement goals
- Tuition reimbursement and internal education resources to satisfy your love of learning so you can continue to grow with us!
- Generous paid time off to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
- 10 observed company holidays and 2 floaters, to occasionally extend your weekends or time off.
- 100% company paid life insurance and disability insurance
- Employee Referral Bonus program because why not to bring your friends to work everyday!
Why Oerlikon:
Curiosity thrives at Oerlikon, and creates a dynamic, energetic and exciting environment that incubates innovation and passion to consistently improve what we do every day. This drives value for our customers and other stakeholders and helps us to enhance the performance of our products and services.
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About Oerlikon
Oerlikon is a global leader in material science engineering. Through the right combination of surface technologies, advanced materials, coating equipment, engineered components and advanced manufacturing, we help customers improve the performance, efficiency, durability and sustainability of their products and processes. Our technologies are often invisible to the end user, but mission-critical to the industries that power modern life: aerospace, energy, semiconductors, medical, luxury, tooling, automotive and general industries. Headquartered in Pfaeffikon, Switzerland, Oerlikon operates in 38 countries with a global workforce of around 10,000 people. In 2025, Oerlikon achieved sales of CHF 1.6 billion.
We offer a wide variety of job profiles in a dynamic, supportive environment where people are empowered to grow and reach their full potential — guided by our core values of integrity, team spirit, excellence and innovation.
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