What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President, Operations position at Louisiana Association for the Blind?
Job Title: Vice President, Operations
Location: Headquarters, 1750 Claiborne Avenue, Shreveport, LA
Department: Corporate
Wage Category: Exempt
Reports To: President & CEO
Responsibilities and Duties include but are not limited to:
Business Management
- Manage and guide strategies that increase the number and type of service contracts within the AbilityOne and commercial markets.
- Provide input for long-range plans and goals for Louisiana Association for the Blind (L.A.B.) business operations.
- Develop strategy and manage the business's activities to ensure the accomplishment of financial, operational, and budgetary objectives.
- Ensure operational plans are developed and implemented for specific business lines and unique situations.
- Prepare forecast information and track sales and expenses.
- Implement appropriate management infrastructure and systems to support the business.
- Closely monitors spending to ensure budgetary limits are not exceeded.
- Prepare the annual budget for each manufacturing department.
Manufacturing Management
- Monitor and evaluate all factors that may impact L.A.B. manufacturing operations.
- Recommend markets to pursue new product objectives, plans, policies, and strategies.
- Approve and monitor all manufacturing and maintenance operations.
- Interact with brokers and vendors to ensure the economic acquisition of raw materials.
- Monitor all manufacturing operations.
- Establish equipment and manpower requirements for new projects.
- Direct and oversee annual inventories/audits.
- Approve and monitor monthly inventory procedures.
- Remain knowledgeable of all government and commercial contracts and enforce compliance.
- Assist with adapting and converting sighted positions to visually impaired positions.
Safety Management
- Ensure maintenance procedures and preventive maintenance schedules are developed and implemented for manufacturing equipment and facilities.
- Develop and monitor safety practices to meet or exceed Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards.
Relationship Management
- Serves as a member of the Leadership Team providing strategic input on complex organizational issues.
- Maintains strong working relationships and open communications with the AbilityOne Commission, General Services Administration (GSA), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), and other strategic stakeholders.
- Maintain a working relationship with National Industries for the Blind (NIB) departmental personnel.
- Ensures adequate management and supervisory personnel are in place and performing at an acceptable level.
Qualifications
Specialized Knowledge/Skills
- High level of energy, commitment, passion to achieve results, and the ability to work within urgent deadlines.
- Strong business development, marketing techniques, customer relations, and business operations.
- Strong knowledge of government procurement regulations and practices.
- Strong negotiation and collaboration skills with a superior diplomatic style to influence NIB agencies and partners.
- Demonstrated ability to align and influence internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent organizational, leadership, motivational, analytical problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills.
- Strong change management skills and experience.
- Demonstrated negotiation and management leadership skills.
- Experience with developing and monitoring production strategies and performance metrics.
- Strong Project management, organizational skills, and sound judgment when working on various situations and problems simultaneously.
Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or minimum of 10 years of management/supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience in selling to the federal government desired.
- Experience in AbilityOne programs asset.
- Experience in leading the development of innovative business initiatives.
- Familiarity with the Department of Defense (DOD) and Military Branches of government.
- Must be a highly skilled leader with superb implementation and management skills.
- Have advanced communication and organizational skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and all associated office software.
- Minimum ten years of experience in personnel, equipment, and resource management.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, verbal, and writing skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel for company-related reasons.
- If sighted, current driver’s license and insurance
