What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Operations Officer (Hiring Immediately) position at Gable Search Group?
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
To lead the introduction of best of breed engineering / operational processes and a change of culture to support profitable growth of the company from sub $10 million to $ 30 million in 3 years. Our client successfully delivered revenues of $17 million in 2023 due to a classified military project that required high volume-accelerated production during that year.
The need for rapid but robust engineering development and reproducible, well documented manufacturing is essential for that success to be fully realized. An incoming executive will need to work with the CEO, head of Engineering and other production-related functions to instill process discipline, robust yet nimble R&D capabilities, tackle various bottlenecks, solve systemic product delivery delays, and instill a performance-driven culture. The successful candidate will have successfully created change through mentoring, coaching, ensuring accountability and upgrading roles where necessary.
SUPERVISOR
The position reports directly to the CEO. The production and operations infrastructure will all be direct reports with dotted line supervision of the engineering department. There will naturally be additional Interfaces with cross functional heads of departments and the Board of Directors.
RESPONSIBILITIES
In the broadest sense the role of the VP OPS is to
- Lead the implementation of strategic initiatives
- Coordinate departments for smooth operation
- Align operational processes with the above
- Manage operational aspects of market penetration
- Enhances service facility to meet both
- Mitigates operational risk
- Optimizes operational costs
- Allocates resources to meet strategic objectives
- VP Opsordinates product manufacturing and delivery
Specific to Our Client, the VP OPS, with the support of the CEO, the process to hold departmental heads accountable by :
Establishing a regular cadence with each department head around steps to achieve SMART goals. Extend initially to supervisor level and eventually operator level
Assess ability of key individuals to extend skills beyond “one trick pony” and work with them to upskill their capabilities in a positive manner
Remove the culture and attitude of “this is how we have done it for the past 30 years”
Assess training and development needs of departmental heads and key individuals. Assess if a training investment will result in a successful and lasting change
Define skills and responsibilities of replacement personnel. Lead recruitment using personal networks and recruiting agencies as needed
Drive a culture to be metrics and KPI led with individual accountabilities to meet short and medium term objectives. Will to take corrective actions in the event of short falls
Implement Objectives and KPIs to include but not limited to :
Seek to reduce cycle and labor time to the maximum possible extent from design through to production, test, QC and shipping / receiving
Development, Use and Maintenance of component libraries for all new product and adaptations of prior designs.
Always follow industry standard RF design procedures (e.g. schematics, layout, mechanical component standardization, design and tolerance for “lights out machining”), while maintaining a rapid R&D / prototyping capability. Assign target timelines at each step.
Ensure a culture of :
Lead, track, mentor, train and implement initiatives to change company culture to operate best in breed operational practices from engineering through production.
Anticipate and analyze gaps required in skills, equipment, capacity (f
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