Idemitsu Lubricants America Corporation

Replacement, addition, renovation, upgrade, or major maintenance of packaging machinery.. Facilities upgrades or replacements at JFV, DTR, and R&D including office renovations.. Work closely under the direction of the Manufacturing Director and the Engineering and Maintenance Manager to implement the company’s visions and plans for projects.. Leadership DNA, inspirational attitude, strong marketing knowledge, problem analysis and solution capability, planning and organizing skills, and ability to respectfully express opinions to management.. Leadership mindset, analytical capability, planning and organizing, collaborative decision making, process driven, high level of emotional intelligence with a global perspective, and positive attitude.

manager manufacturing

Position Summary
This position is responsible for being the project lead for a variety of capital and other projects at ILA. Act under the direction of plant and other management to provide project management and use organizational skills to ensure the effective implementation of project plans with a focus on safety, quality, processes, budget, deadlines, and achievement of desired results.
Essential Job Functions
Lead the planning and implementation of all phases of capital and other projects for all ILA facilities as directed. Some examples of projects include:
Plant expansions such as the addition of tanks, piping, and equipment.
Replacement, addition, renovation, upgrade, or major maintenance of packaging machinery.
Upgrade and or replacement of existing hardware and or software.
Project assistance to the IT team for hardware installations.
Facilities upgrades or replacements at JFV, DTR, and R&D including office renovations.
Office physical reorganizations, renovations, or upgrades.
A project may be small in scope lasting only a few days or weeks or as large as working with a planning team on the building of a second plant or new facilities.
Work closely under the direction of the Manufacturing Director and the Engineering and Maintenance Manager to implement the company’s visions and plans for projects.
Will take direction from other department managers depending upon the project.
Must be process driven in order to understand and comprehend plant operations from start to finish.
Coordinate and communicate with ILA executive committee as well as Idemitsu Kosan head office staff regarding key projects.
Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables and required processes.
Define project tasks and resource requirements.
Develop full scale project plans.
Develop bid and specification packages, issue requests for quotes to contractors, and overall manage the contractor selection process.
Ensure proper contracts and or terms and conditions are signed and exist with contractors.
Assemble and coordinate project staff.
Manage contractors.
Manage project budgets and prepare capital budget annually for IKC (Parent Corporation).
Record keeping and ongoing management/updates of Manufacturing capital budget.
Manage project resource allocation.
Plan and schedule project timelines.
Track project deliverables using appropriate tools.
Provide direction and support to project team.
Responsible for quality assurance including ensuring quality planning processes are adhered to and documentation is produced and kept up to date.
Ensure safe operations meeting all regulatory requirements.
Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders.
Present reports defining project progress, problems, and solutions.
Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs.
Conduct project evaluations and assessment of results.
Organization of project documentation including collecting manuals, ensuring drawings are obtained and are accurate, and that quality planning documentation is complete.
Maintain and organize all facility drawings.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in business/engineering or equivalent work experience.
Experience
10+ years extensive project management experience. Manufacturing process experience required.
Job Knowledge/Special Skills/Abilities
Able to use computers at a high level with capability in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Access), data entry and manipulation, and email (Outlook). Expert level AutoCAD skills. Overall strong PC skills.
Very strong written & verbal communication skills. Able to communicate professionally to internal and external shareholders. Talented public speaker and listener. Great presentation skills.
Able to process information logically and understand and follow ethical business practices.
Leadership DNA, inspirational attitude, strong marketing knowledge, problem analysis and solution capability, planning and organizing skills, and ability to respectfully express opinions to management.
Establish work standards and expectations for self and others. Appropriately assigns/delegates work and authority to others in the accomplishment of goals. Communicates vision and goals clearly and effectively so that the team can work to achieve them.
Leadership mindset, analytical capability, planning and organizing, collaborative decision making, process driven, high level of emotional intelligence with a global perspective, and positive attitude.
Leadership skills will include but not limited to confidence, ethics, integrity, positive, communicative, decisive, accountable, supportive, loyal, helpful, reinforces others’ strengths, share information and control, trust others’ capabilities, motivation, etc.
Outstanding customer service attitude. Excellent internal and external customer service.
High service drive. Outstanding/expert level negotiation skills.
High degree of self-motivation with excellent time management skills.
Able to work well with team members, customers, and vendors.
Able to work in a group setting or independently while meeting deadlines.
High level business, organizational, planning, negotiation, and project management skills.
Able to effectively work in a multi-cultural, consensus-based decision-making work environment.
Set a good example of how to do the job; demonstrates personal integrity, responsibility, and accountability.
Able to meet firm deadlines and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
Planning and organizing skills, collaborative decision making, and leadership mindset.
Able to effectively identify problems and solve independently.
Proven ability to lead project teams, coach, influence others, and inspire teams. Strong personnel management skills.
Establish work standards and expectations for self and others. Appropriately assigns/delegates work and authority to others in the accomplishment of goals. Communicates vision and goals clearly and effectively.
Must have well developed administrative, team oriented, and management skills.
Must have extremely high principles and be able to effectively operate in a consensus-based decision-making environment.
May be required to work with/around chemicals.
Exceptional financial and cost analysis skills.
Extremely high attention to detail with a high level of accuracy.
Excellent organization and time management skills.
Must be able to work effectively with a wide range of individuals including plant personnel, assistants, managers, customers, vendors, and executives.
Able to lead initiatives of varying scopes and impacts.
Proven analytical and organizational ability.

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