Manufacturing Management Trainee
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Hilliard
Posted on: October 6, 2024
Job Description:
OverviewAt ADS, no idea is off limits, and we celebrate
creativity and bold moves. For more than 50 years ADS has been
manufacturing a variety of innovative and environmentally friendly
alternatives to traditional materials. Headquartered in Hilliard,
Ohio, we are a multi-billion dollar stormwater management company,
manufacturing pipe and ancillary products. What does that mean?
When it storms, we capture rain with our drain basins, convey it
with pipe, store it using chambers and finally treat it with our
water quality products, before safely returning water back to the
environment. We handle, what we call, the entire lifecycle of a
raindrop. Our products help prevent flooding, which increases
quality of life for people living in large cities, suburbs, and
rural towns. We also believe in creating a circular economy and are
the largest plastic recycling company in North America. We use
plastic shampoo and detergent bottles to create pipe, diverting
over 500 million pounds of plastic from landfills every year. ADS
operates a global network of over 60 manufacturing plants and 30
distribution centers. We have amazing stories to tell, and we need
your help getting our story out there. To learn more about ADS,
please visit our website at Leadership CompetenciesThe successful
candidate must bring high level of ethical, intellectual,
professional, and personal values that complement the team.
- Strategic Mindset - anticipates future trends and implications
accurately
- Decision Quality - relies on a mixture of analysis, wisdom,
experience, and judgment when making decisions
- Customer Focus - identifies opportunities that benefit the
business
- Business Insight - keeps up with current and possible future
policies, practices, and trends in the organization, function, and
in the marketplace
- Plans and Aligns - breaks down objectives into appropriate
initiatives and actions
- Optimizes Work Processes - seeks ways to improve processes,
from small tweaks to complete reengineering
- Ensures Accountability - establishes clear responsibilities and
processes for monitoring work and measuring results
- Collaborates - works cooperatively with others across the
organization to achieve shared objectives
- Develops Talent - develops others through coaching, feedback,
exposure, and stretch assignments
- Builds Effective Teams - forms teams with appropriate and
diverse mix of styles, perspectives, and experience
- Drives Vision and Purpose - talks about future possibilities in
a positive way
- Courage - faces difficult issues and supports others who do the
same ResponsibilitiesThe ADS Manufacturing Management Trainee will
participate in an 18-month structured training program which
includes overall plant operations, safety, quality, service,
productivity, administrative and financial performance, employee
development, staffing, project management and annual operating
budget preparation. Trainees will be required to relocate at
9-month rotation intervals during the program and must be willing
to relocate to one of the locations in our network upon completion
of the program.This opportunity gives Management Trainees the
skills needed grow a career as future senior leaders in
manufacturing. The program is designed to develop leadership and
functional skills in our actual manufacturing plants. This training
experience is designed to promote rapid growth through hands-on
experience in key plant operations. The diverse rotations include
Material & Quality Management, Production, Safety, Inventory &
Logistics, Project Management, Financial & Human Resources
Management. This program allows trainees to grow and learn in an
accelerated development program designed to lead to into a
full-time Management position within 18 months. Skilled
instructors, mentors and senior leaders engage with Management
Trainees throughout the program which sets them up for long-term
leadership success.Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Proactively manage and navigate a comprehensive training plan
and coordinate with plant leadership teams to execute training
tasks
- Through on-the-job training learn and perform the various
manufacturing and yard positions, including supervisory roles
- Leverage background and education to make suggestions and
implement ways of working that leads to process improvements at the
rotation location
- Identify, prepare and implement solutions on a small, medium
and large scale that positively improves efficiency, safety and/or
culture in the manufacturing environment.
- Identifies, builds and implements large-scale network-wide
solutions for real work challenges.
- Ability to prepare, present and gain alignment of identified
strategic initiatives from senior leaders with the purpose of
implementing scalable on solutions that drive improved
results.
- Learn and perform the various management positions in the plant
to include, Production Manager Quality Manager, Yard Manager,
Inventory Manager and Freight Manager roles
- Learn plant financial and human resource management
processes
- Learn key safety & quality management processes and
techniques
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of overall plant operations;
including manufacturing, inventory& logistics and customer
service
- Learn key predictive and preventive maintenance strategies and
techniques
- Actively participates and acts as a member of the plant
management team
- Successfully acts and has the authority to lead as a backfill
for leader absences
- Participate in various continuous improvement projects
- Provide leadership and set an example for other employees
- Learn, understand and practice ADS CORE VALUES Ideal candidate
should possess these job skills:
- Ability to multi-task with excellent time management
skills
- Strong Computer skills and applications (internet, Microsoft
Office Suite)
- Quick learner with Initiative and self-discipline
- Strong interpersonal skills and problem solving skills
- Ability to effectively communicate and problem solve with
customers
- Ability to communicate with different levels within the
organization
- Leadership skills
- Strong decision making skillsEducation:
- Four year business or technical degree, with 0 to 2 years
experience in a manufacturing or industrial work environment
preferred#LI-CH1#LI-OnsiteEEO StatementADS supports an inclusive
workplace that values diversity of thought, experience, and
background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create
better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be
their authentic selves each day. ADS is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,
religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental
disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression,
pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with
regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status
protected by federal, state or local law.
Keywords: Disability Solutions, Dayton , Manufacturing Management Trainee, Executive , Hilliard, Ohio
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