Hiring: Operation Manager Company: Ducommun Incorporated Location: Huntsville, AR Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 01:01:50 Target Skills & Keywords : Lean Manufacturing, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Project Management, Regulatory Compliance About the job Experience: •7-10 years experience showing progression in production management, with supervisory experience. •10 years experience showing progression in production management, with supervisory experience. Required Skills: •Provide leadership, coordination, and direction for all production operations, engineering, planning, and facility maintenance to meet budget. •Facilitate the establishment and implementation of continuous improvement, lean manufacturing cycle-time reduction concepts, and plans. •Create shipment forecast and oversee scheduling. •Oversee the management of inventory levels, manufacturing costs, and on-time delivery to customers. •Promote the concept of individual responsibility for product quality. •Provide leadership and management for facility maintenance for safety, and EHS performance and regulatory compliance •Prepare annual departmental budget, including sales bookings, shipments, and responsible for performance to plan. •Manage performance to key performance indicator goals, including capacity utilization, labor productivity and efficiency, manufacturing cost performance (for example, on-time delivery, quality, safety, cycle time, overhead efficiency, and productivity per employee). Qualifications: •A working knowledge of manufacturing operations, scheduling, staffing, safety, and maintenance. •Solid functional working knowledge of SPC, TQM. Lean Manufacturing, and ISO standards; Mil Specs required at CAS facilities. •Demonstrated project management experience—planning, budget, allocation of resources. •Demonstrated ability to communicate with customers. •Negotiation and conflict management skills together with demonstrated experience troubleshooting and problem-solving. •Intermediate level of computer skills in email, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access. •Demonstrated capacity to write and speak effectively with employees at all levels within the organization. •Detail oriented with attention to accuracy. •Excellent written and verbal skills to interact with people at all levels and functions inside and outside Ducommun LaBarge Technologeis, Inc. •Demonstrated capacity to quickly and accurately assess and address complex problems using creative approaches. Compensation: •Competitive benefits and rewards package •Great benefits including paid vacation and sick time, 401K match, Employee Stock Purchase Program, annual bonus plan, and tuition reimbursement Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!