Director of Operations

Title: Director of Operations

Industry: Industrial | Commercial Manufacturing

Location: Milwaukee, WI area

Relocation: Full Relocation Package

The ideal candidate will have 10 yrs operational experience in the manufacturing industry predominately with high mix products. 5 yrs leadership, team building and overseeing an entire facility or multiple sites.

Compensation:

• Competitive Salary Bonus Program
• Full Benefits, Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Retirement, 401K Matching
• Outstanding Culture, Vertical Career Mobility and Valued Benefits

Lead Responsibilities:

• Manage and direct all division manufacturing operations activities to ensure completion of customer and business requirement
• Oversees operational management and strategy for supply chain | logistics
• Implement a standardized Business Operating System to assess division and site metrics and coordinate actions to ensure schedule, cost, quality, and safety goals are met
• Manage division and site processes to assess monthly financial performance and establish accurate forecasts for manufacturing profit, inventory, capital and other financial metric
• Lead efforts across company to implement lean management systems, lean tools and high performance work teams and standardize key processes including materials management and quality systems
• Execute an operational strategy that supports industry leading performance in cost
• Lead projects and initiatives across the company in support of the manufacturing operations and group strategies
• Supports Program Management with operations resources to ensure new product development activities deliver products that align to Operations strategy and performance objectives for cost and quality
• Assure that all manufacturing plants meet environmental, health, and safety requirements considering local regulations, company policy and sustainability
• Build organization capability through assessment and management of key leadership positions, coaching of operational leaders and strategic development actions
• Hires, trains, develops and evaluates staff – taking corrective action as necessary and in a timely manager in accordance with company policy
• Ensures compliance with current federal, state, and local regulations – consulting with the Human Resources Department as appropriate
• Manage resource investment in organization development, capital equipment and new technology to assure organizational, manufacturing, product and market leadership; and establish and lead an effective capital management process

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years manufacturing operations experience including plant management.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading and managing a significant segment/business unit of a large industrial manufacturer or the entire operation of a smaller manufacturer
• Previous experience in the electrical engineering industry leading in a manufacturing environment
• Background in driving continuous improvement activities to improve operational performance including knowledge of lean management systems and lean tool
• Broad knowledge of key operational systems including), materials planning systems (MRP), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and quality systems with diverse experience managing varied and complex manufacturing processes
• Strong leadership skills along with proven capability to deliver results and build high performance teams