Vice President of Global Operations
Job Description
This is a key leadership position with day-to-day and management oversight of the Company’s Global Manufacturing Operations to include production, supply chain, warehouse, quality, fulfillment & logistics.
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Key Responsibilities:
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- Ability to thrive within a fast-paced environment
- Provide organizational leadership through rapid and cyclical growth
- Lead the development, change management, and execution of a manufacturing strategy while developing a best-in-class operations team
- Build a Lean enterprise organization
- Drive continuous improvements in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, cost, and inventory management
- Conduct regular finance reviews of manufacturing efficiency metrics to include utilization, production, delivery, labor efficiencies, CNC machine performance, materials usage & yield loss
- Ensure manufacturing departmental decisions & project plans are in alignment with sales, product development, supply chain, safety, and other functional organizations
- Lead and oversee department budgets to include management of capital improvement projects within established return on investment metrics
- Build and develop a strong sourcing team and implement a strategic global sourcing plan, driving material cost reductions and supply chain risk mitigation
- Establish strong relationships and partnerships with our contract manufacturers and work as one team to accomplish the objectives and deliver on-time, on-spec and on-budget results
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Qualifications:
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- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Logistics, Engineering, or related field required; MBA or master’s degree preferred
- Six Sigma and Lean certifications
- Expertise at rolling out and managing SAP ERP systems
- Experience in deploying and managing ISO-compliant processes and organizations
- At least 10 years of industry-related experience required, including a minimum of three years in operations management
- Ability to lead in a bilingual environment
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Desired Attributes:
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- Passion for individual and team development at all levels within Manufacturing
- Cultivate and promote a team environment where individual and team contributions are recognized and rewarded
- Experience in selection and continuous improvement of global manufacturers and suppliers
- Engage and empower a highly functioning results-driven environment
- Effectively communicates, influences, aligns, and establishes trust within the team and cross-functionally
- Strong financial acumen as it relates to operations budgets, efficiency, capacity management, overall performance and margin
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
- A willingness to be hands on, and an enthusiasm for learning
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