Director of Operations, Greenfield, Manufacturing, ETO & CTO
Beaver Dam, WI. Oshkosh, WI.
Relocation Offered: YES
Competitive Salary [about $205K] Bonus, Full Benefits, World Class Corporation
The Senior Director Operations is an integral business partner providing leadership to ensure order fulfillment while driving operational excellence standards for safety, quality, delivery, cost and inventory. This role is responsible for providing direct leadership of Production, Quality and Operations Engineering functions with dotted line leadership to Supply Chain. This role is also responsible for ensuring execution of automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
REQUIRED: This is a Start-up Facility; Greenfield Experience. Large Corporation/Manufacturing - Facility Revenue $300 M +, 300 Plus Employees Oversight, 24/7 Continuous Process Experience, Heavy Industrial, Leadership, Material Flow, Supply Chain, Continuous Improvement, Engineered Products.5 or more years experience leading an engineering to order or configured to order manufacturing facility [ETO & CTO]. Highly matrixed organization experience.
Design and direct the Operations team by selecting, coaching, and developing the team and set objectives that align with company strategy to inspire and motivate the team.
Train, develop, motivate, monitor and lead to achieve established SMART goals and objectives to develop talent and leaders for growth within the company.
Establish the Operations priorities to meet or exceed customer expectations.
Manage organizational talent through performance management, succession planning and development. Design and direct processes by which the team and individual performance are recognized.
Ensure product, material and information streams flow and are synchronized to produce maximum efficiencies and lowest cost of operation.
Lead, implement and promote a culture of respect, integrity and accountability.
Significant responsibility for overall performance and strategic vision of the Operations team
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business or Industrial Technology OR 8 years related experience in a manufacturing environment.
10 years of progressive management experience in a similar working environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced degree MS and/or MBA - ERP/MRP user (SAP/Oracle);
Previous experience using SAP or equivalent ERP
Experience in utilizing continuous improvement methodologies to improve manufacturing operations
SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS [note: bold skills and certification are required]
Must have led start up operation. Must have indirectly led more than 350 people
Must have worked in facility with 350M in revenue or more
MUST have experience leading an engineering to order or configured to order manufacturing facility. Highly matrixed organization experience
CANDIDATE DETAILS: 15+ years experience
Seniority Level - Director//Management Experience Required - Yes//Minimum Education - Bachelor's IDEAL CANDIDATE: Strong coaching mentoring and people development skills. History of strong engagement. Manufacturing operations leadership experience - Strong continuous improvement, supply chain and engineered product background.