Job Description
About the Job
JTEKT North America is a global leader in engineering and manufacturing automotive systems, bearing solutions, and high performance machine tools. Our Vonore, Tennessee location is seeking a driven Manufacturing Manager ready to lead teams, elevate performance, and make a measurable impact every day. In this role, you’ll guide supervisors, technicians, and operators while shaping strategies that ensure exceptional quality, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. You’ll champion continuous improvement, support new program launches, strengthen communication across shifts, and foster a positive, growth focused work environment. If you’re energized by solving complex challenges, developing strong teams, and driving operational excellence, this is your opportunity to lead at a facility where your leadership truly makes a difference.
/Purpose
Provide leadership to your department consisting of a supervisor(s), technicians and operators.
Essential Duties and Accountabilities:
• Develop unit budgets and performance targets
• Execute production to achieve customer order / shipment requirements
• Directly interface with customers on all business-related issues, with specific attention to quality and delivery.
• Support new program launches in the transition of process development to actual manufacturing capability
• Supervise and provide direction to reporting team leaders
• Build and support continuity and communications between shifts
• Support inventory reduction and cost improvement strategies
• Maintain positive employee relations and development
• Manage achievement of quality, quantity, and cost objectives
• Support ongoing safety initiatives and adherence to safety policies and procedures
• Ensure compliance with all quality, health, safety, and environmental procedures
• Work daily overtime and Saturdays and/or Sundays when directed by immediate supervisor or, as necessary, to complete essential job duties.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
• This position is responsible for supervising a department consisting of process engineer(s), supervisor(s), technicians, and operators.
Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills
• Ability to establish leadership roles and promote team system
• Experience in continuous flow and lean production in the automotive industry
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Strong understanding and commitment to HS&E initiatives
• Basic knowledge of applicable quality, health, safety, and environmental management systems
The above may be waived by the department Manager and the Human Resources Manager if the candidate is otherwise qualified.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field; 5 – 7 years’ experience in precision metal removal and assembly operations
Work Environment/Physical Demands:
• Sit with intermittent walking
• Manual dexterity for such duties as stapling, collating, sorting, filing, typing, and writing
• Communicate (hearing and speech) with individuals in person and by phone
• Visually, I read reports, computer screen, etc.
• Maintain a minimum of 8 hours worked/day, 5 days/week
Employee may perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.
It is the policy at JTEKT to provide equal employment opportunities and affirmative action to all qualified individuals. All personnel actions, including, but not limited to, compensation, benefits, recruitment, hiring, training, and promotion of persons in all job titles, are administered without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, protected veteran or disability status, or any other status protected by law.
