What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Director position at Jabil?
Job Summary
Manages facility in a manner that reduces operating costs, increases revenues and ensures customer expectations are exceeded.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
Manages facility in a manner that reduces operating costs, increases revenues and ensures customer expectations are exceeded.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Pursues additional business opportunities to expand the business and to increase customer satisfaction.
- Completes long-range planning to support overall goals of the Company.
- Responsible for the discipline and morale of the facility or facilities. Supports the Company and the goals of the VP, Operations.
- Coordinates with Company senior staff, peers and senior staff via email, phone, fax and in person.
- Performs policy-making, decision- making and long-range planning with these groups to support goals of the Company.
- Sets policy and does periodic forecasting of revenue and capital expenditures, in a manner which reduces operational costs, increases revenue, exceeds customer expectations, grows current business and obtains new business.
- Leads staff and management, ensuring all groups work together, trends are monitored and quality is kept to a high standard. Ensures the good of the Company is kept in mind in all management decisions.
- Looks for ways to improve efficiency and management of all facilities under control by sharing of resources.
- Provides site familiarization and follow-up with Company senior staff, current customers and prospective customers with a view towards winning new business for the Company.
- Reviews all pricing associated with current and prospective customers.
- May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
- Strong knowledge of global and regional logistics operations and industry.
- Strong proficiency in determining logistics requirements to enable company’s business goals and objectives with ability to devise and implement strategy to achieve targets.
- Strong financial and analytical ability. Proficiency in managing business analytics to determine optimum company footprint.
- Strong knowledge of international direct and indirect taxes as well as global customs regimes.
- Proven track record of successful change management accomplishments, implementing and management continuous productivity and cost reduction programs.
- Strong and convincing communication skills.
- Proficiency in use of personal computers, Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and e-mail skills required.
- Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university required. Master’s degree preferred.
- Minimum four (4) years related work experience with a high volume electronic manufacturing-services company.
- Extensive experience working directly with customer and developing the customer relationship.
- Experience of personnel management and development.
- Or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience.