Oversees all manufacturing in one or more facilities on a day-to-day basis and works with multiple other teams to solve issues and problems as they arise. Responsible for daily shop activities, production, and financial responsibilities. Ensures all production targets are being met and manages costs to maximize profits. - Provides oversight and support for operations in achieving daily/monthly production goals; - Ensures worker safety is #1 priority by providing reviews, oversight to training plan, equipment, etc.; - Works with quality, manufacturing, and engineering to drive continuous improvement throughout the facility; provides feedback, input, and approval on new and existing improvement initiatives; - Monitors daily efficiencies to ensure work allocations are correct and that utilization is maximized; - Set and execute policies and processes; - Develops planning for long-term growth through capacity planning; reviews status of all current and future production orders; collaborates with supply chain management team; - Forecasts and maintains monthly budget; coordinates with accounting team to drive sustained profitability; - Manages all capital improvement projects; - Collaborates with engineering and quality departments to ensure all KPI’s and metrics are being met or exceeded; resolves open quality alerts and implements corrective actions; - Develop and present project and operational reports for senior leadership; - Perform all responsibilities in accordance with “Our Values in Action, Caterpillar’s Code of Conduct”; - Work to prevent constraints that negatively impact customer deliveries; - Performs additional job-related duties as assigned; - Performs additional job-related duties as assigned. - Bachelor’s degree with 7 years of broad experience across multiple business functions, such as engineering, production, scheduling, supply chain, quality control, etc.; - Locomotive, Signal or other Railroad manufacturing industry experience a plus. - Ability to successfully integrate complex business processes in a high-volume manufacturing environment; - Proven executive-level leadership capabilities required; - Extremely organized with excellent written and oral communications skills; - High analytical ability to problem solves at multiple levels; - Understanding of quality tools used in a manufacturing environment; - Lean manufacturing experience; - In-depth experience with financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, cost control, etc.; - Understanding of scheduling and manpower planning; - Understanding of Human Resources practices, i.e., hiring, counseling, payroll, benefits.