Product Manager Jobs in Texas

Job Title: Lean Manufacturing Manager Company: Del Monte Foods Company Location: Crystal City, TX Description: .deschrulLean Manufacturing Manager Job Description: Broad Function & Scope of the Position:Lead, manage, and coordinate the Del Monte Production System (lean manufacturing) at the Crystal City production facility, and neighboring facilities. The position will deploy lean manufacturing tools with the goal of identification and elimination of the seven wastes of manufacturing within Del Monte operations. This position will help promote and sustain a culture of continuous improvement that will result in cost savings, quality improvements, and safety improvements - significantly lowering the cost of production of Del Monte products.Principal Accountabilities:• Be a champion of the lean manufacturing methodology, providing mentoring and support to local management and workforce.• Lead implementation and maintenance of Lean Manufacturing concepts, including 5S, Kaizen, Visual Controls, Standard Work, Pull, Value Stream Mapping, Total Productive Maintenance, and SMED.• Drive the company-wide continuous improvement effort in cost, safety, and quality.• Develop and deploy metrics for monitoring the progress being made at the facility, with emphasis on reporting OEE and cost reduction opportunities.• Design and lead Kaizen events that will positively impact the business unit operations.• Lead or participate in Six Sigma projects.• Regularly communicate (both in verbal and written form) to management and peers key outcomes and cost improvement efforts.Qualifications:Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or other Manufacturing emphasis. Additional specific education in lean manufacturing and Six Sigma.Experience: Minimum 3-5 years relevant manufacturing experience. Specific experience in lean manufacturing implementation required.Special Requirements: • Must be bilingual in English and Spanish. • Ability to travel 10-15% to other operations locations. • Excellent written and verbal communications skills and the ability to relate to all levels of employees at a production facility. • Strong analytical skills, along with a solid understanding of Microsoft Office software.

Job Title: Manufacturing Manager L Company: Boeing Location: San Antonio, TX Description: Manufacturing Manager L Requisition Number: 10-1003961 Job Status: Activated -  Posting Type: Posted Internally and Externally. -  Posting Status: Available Location San Antonio, TX Virtual Office/Telecommute? (Things you should know about Virtual Office) Virtual Work Not Available Shift Business Unit Defense, Space&Security Division Global Services & Support Program Mm & U Occupation Title Manufacturing Skills Management Title Multi Manufacturing Job Classification DAKUML Job Type Management Experience Level Mid Level Manager Exemption Status Management Union No Security Clearance Required? (Security Clearance definitions) No Security Clearance Required Work Eligibility Required? Yes US Person Status Required? Yes Export Control Required? Yes Relocation Money Available? Yes Date Posted 03/18/2010 Closing Date (Things you should know about closing dates) 04/08/2010 Position Description Manages employees and first-level managers performing activities within multiple manufacturing disciplines. Develops and executes integrated departmental plans, policies and procedures and provides input on departmental business and technical strategies, goals and objectives. Acquires resources for department activities, provides technical management of suppliers and leads process improvements. Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports. Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes. Manages, develops and motivates employees and first-level managers. Commercial and modification experience is preferred. Boeing Leadership Attributes [ + ] Charts the Course Starts with the customer ends with the customer. Translates strategy into actionable objectives and plans. Communicates clearly at one-on-one and group levels. Conveys sense of purpose and mission that motivates others. Maintains direction, balancing big-picture concern with day-to-day issues. [ + ] Delivers Results Keeps his/her promises. Does not rationalize shortfalls and is accountable. Demonstrates strong operational skills. Marshals the other Leadership Attributes in meeting commitments. Capitalizes on unanticipated opportunities and changing circumstances to meet commitments. [ + ] Finds a Way Continuously monitors customers and operations to spot issues. Faces reality and adjusts to keep commitments. Models confidence that sees change as opportunities. Uses Boeing complexity as leverage, not an excuse. [ + ] Inspires Others Energizes, excites, and motivates others. Creates and models a confident and winning atmosphere. Builds teams whose impact is far greater than the sum of their parts. Inspires in ways that are consistent with Boeing's values. Celebrates success and learns from disappointments. Creates an atmosphere where all see opportunities to stretch, take risks, create, contribute and learn. [ + ] Lives the Boeing Values Models, leads and is committed to the Boeing values, principles and business-conduct policies. Earns the trust and respect of all Boeing stakeholders. Ensures effective business, compliance and financial controls. Promotes integrity in all that we do. Demonstrates commitment to and takes advantage of diversity. Creates an environment of respect and inclusion. Does not use abusive or intimidating behavior. Bounds vigorous pursuit of individual and business objectives with overall interest and reputation of the company. [ + ] Sets High Expectations Sets high expectations rooted in ensuring competitiveness. Sets high expectations for him/herself first. Has courage to raise the bar continuously/routinely. Holds self and others accountable for continuous improvement. Communicates expectations directly, openly and effectively. Shows people and teams how to reach (acts as a coach). Competencies General [ + ] Continuous Improvement Consistently and proactively reviews processes to identify gaps between requirements and current outputs with fellow middle managers and other people throughout the organization. Consistently and proactively identifies potential conditions that contribute to gaps or key variances; explores relationships between conditions and effects; distinguishes causes from symptoms and identifies primary causes. Consistently and proactively generates ideas for solutions; analyzes the effect or impact of each solution; selects appropriate solutions. Consistently and proactively tests solutions; gathers feedback from fellow middle managers, and other people throughout the organization on effectiveness; reviews impact on baseline measures; modifies solutions as appropriate to ensure effectiveness. [ + ] Cross Functional Partnerships Analyzes the organization and own area to identify key relationships that should be initiated or improved to further the attainment of own area's goals; exchanges information with potential partner areas to clarify partnership benefits and potential problems; collaboratively determines the scope and expectations of the partnership so that both areas' needs can be met; collaboratively determines courses of action to realize mutual goals; facilitates agreement on each partner's responsibilities and needed support; places higher priority on organization's goals than on own area's goals; anticipates effects of own area's actions and decisions on partners; influences direct reports, own manager, and fellow middle managers to support partnership objectives; implements effective means for monitoring and evaluating the partnership process and the attainment of mutual goals. [ + ] Customer Focus Provides middle management direction for making customers and their needs a primary focus of direct report's job activities and actions; considers how direct report's decisions/actions/plans will affect customers; actively seeks information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs; presents higher level project information to senior level managers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities as they relate to customer needs; considers how project level decisions/actions/plans will affect customers; responds quickly to meet significant customer needs and resolve problems; provides middle level leadership on monitoring and evaluating customer concerns, issues, and satisfaction and to anticipate customer needs; participate in the development of customer feedback systems to gauge customer satisfaction and makes adjustments to service as indicated by feedback. [ + ] Decision Making Consistently and proactively recognizes a wide range of issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and with external customers; determines whether action is needed; consistently identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities; integrates complex information from a variety of sources; detects trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships; creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes; consistently formulates clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option; consistently implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time; consistently includes fellow middle managers and employees across the organization in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions. [ + ] Delegating Responsibility Consistently and proactively allocates decision-making authority and/or task responsibility in appropriate areas to individuals throughout the organization including fellow middle managers (considering positive and negative impact, organizational values and structures, and the enhancement of the individual's knowledge/skills). Clearly communicates the

Job Title: Manufacturing Manager J Company: Boeing Location: San Antonio, TX Description:   Manages employees performing activities in multiple manufacturing disciplines. Develops and executes business plans, policies and procedures and develops organizational and technical strategies. Acquires resources, provides technical management of suppliers and leads process improvements. Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports. Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes. Manages, develops and motivates employees. Strong electrical, avionics, and structural background is desired.