Director of Operations

The Company: For over 60 years Acme Sample has been a leading supplier of fabric and wall cover sampling, printed catalogs, and other marketing materials.

Position Summary: Acme Sample is seeking a high energy, passionate and motivated individual to lead our manufacturing operations in High Point, NC. This position is a key member of our leadership team, reports to the Chief Strategy Officer, and is responsible to drive and achieve continuous improvements in safety, quality, delivery, cost, operational performance, and customer service levels. This position provides leadership for the development, implementation, and maintenance of various initiatives to effectively drive a culture of continuous improvement and employee involvement.

Primary Responsibilities:

• As a key member of the senior leadership team, the Director of Operations leads all activities involved in the safe, timely, and efficient production of products.
• Exercises understanding of the company’s policies, procedures, products, and services and the ability to coordinate the efforts of the operations team with the appropriate internal company resources to meet customer expectations.
• Manages the planning of work, makes assignments, and coordinates workflow to balance safety, quality, productivity, cost, environmental, and morale to meet operating objectives and customer expectations.
• Establishes effective supply chain relationships to develop and maintain a quality and cost-effective supplier management program with responsive and dependable suppliers.
• Hires, trains, directs, motivates, evaluates, and rewards the operations team to meet the company’s operating objectives.
• Effectively drives a culture of continuous improvement within the operations team and leads continuous improvement initiatives and employee involvement.
• Drives Lean manufacturing initiatives to continuously optimize the production operation through the elimination of non-value-added activities.
• Implements programs that provide effective results in the development of people and the organization in meeting strategic company goals and objectives.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related field.
• Manufacturing continuous improvement experience.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstration of the ability to communicate effectively, build relationships, present ideas, and work within a team environment.
• Excellent coaching and employee development skills.
• Ten years of manufacturing experience.
• Previous leadership demonstrating the ability to effective lead people to achieve positive results within safety, quality, productivity, cost control, customer delivery and employee relations.
• Integrity and professionalism having a strong commitment to the company’s values.
• Demonstrated past experience with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Certifications within Lean, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement or Leadership preferred.