Senior Operations Manager - Hutchinson, MN

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

As an Operations Senior Manager, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative 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.

• Utilizing business acumen to set priorities, minimize downtime and optimize machine and team efficiency.

• Demonstrate a one Hutchinson mindset and approach.

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.

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

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