Operations Manager - comm'l heat treating (steel)

Now hiring an experienced Ops Manager in the rapidly growing aerospace sector.

Hiring company is a division of an international industrial metals and heat treating company with a long history of servicing the aerospace, defense and transportation industries. Company offers competitive salary, robust benefits and opportunity to advance.

Core responsibilities for this role will include:

• Customer Relationships - must develop strong relationships with existing customers to ensure repeat business.
• Management by Metrics - must provide top-down leadership and instill a more rigorous approach to management by metrics throughout the factory.
• Process Improvement - drive management staff to implement process improvements at all levels, leading to greater efficiency, speed of delivery, and cost savings.
• Transition of New Products - facilitate seamless transition of manufacturing new products by overseeing the introduction of these new products into the workstream.
• Organizational Development - must develop the organization to its full potential and keep personnel motivated and productive.
• Improve Business Unit Management - improve policies and procedures to create a more structured accountability amongst the management staff.
• Lean Manufacturing - lead the management staff towards implementing lean manufacturing initiatives throughout the factory and offices.
• Budgeting and Financial Performance - maintain the company’s presently stable financials and make financially-sound, well-supported decisions.

Successful candidates will have:

• 10 years of increasingly responsible senior-level management experience in the Aerospace industry.

• An engineering degree or commesurate experience.

• Experience with Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing practices.
• Experience working with a small-to-mid-size manufacturing facility (< $50MM in revenue).

• Working knowledge of change management best practices.