Location: Grand Rapids
Flexco, a leading global manufacturer, is seeking a manufacturing manager who is passionate about process improvement and people leadership. The chosen candidate will work out of our Grand Rapids facility and be responsible for managing areas within the value stream. The ideal candidate will have a technical background, in addition to advanced managerial skills and experience.
This is your opportunity to work in an environment where employees truly believe in the products they produce and the culture is focused on putting people first, working better together, being customer centered, being forward thinking and always committed to excellence.
Flexco has consistently been named to the list of "101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For" by the National Association of Business Resources and is consistently recognized as a top charitable contributor in the area.
A Manufacturing Manager at Flexco can expect starting compensation of between $90,000 and $115,000 per year, or more, depending on skills, experience and education.
Purpose: Perform functions to guide and nurture the skills and knowledge of team members to support and achieve company goals and objectives.
What you will need:
- Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Technical knowledge or expert-level experience with manufacturing processes
- Minimum of 4 years’ experience in manufacturing
- Exposure to a manufacturing environment is required
- Ability to support employees in their growth and success through feedback, instruction, and encouragement.
What you will be doing:
- Managing a team of production professionals within a manufacturing setting
- Being a member of the safety team leading safety programs and sub-teams.
- Assuring audits are completed on time, implementing departmental safety suggestions, identifying unsafe conditions and managing all aspects of a safety incident
- Learning and understanding quality procedures and inspections and assure compliance.
- Working directly with Quality personal to resolve issues and answer questions.
- Leading and actively implementing a continuous improvement environment.
- Leading team members to achieve company goals by actively managing team performance using data and performance measures.
- Using formal and informal feedback to provide teams with leadership and support
- Taking ownership of executing the production schedule; anticipate and respond to changes in workflow and deploy overtime as necessary. This includes managing time off requests to ensure appropriate staffing.
- Managing the departmental expense and capital budgets.
- Accountable for meeting and exceeding the safety, quality, delivery, productivity, morale, and inventory goals established by Flexco.
- Meeting annual objectives agreed upon with Operations Manager.
- Identifying capital needs/projects and execution of capital budget.
- Accountable for meeting and exceeding the goals established by Flexco
Flexco offers generous packages including:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance begin on day one (1) for full time employees
- 10 vacation days
- 10 personal days
- 3 floating holidays in 2026
- 12 paid holidays per year
- Up to 8% 401k matching
- Competitive compensation
- Tuition reimbursement/educational assistance
