Director of Factory Operations, Remington

Job Description

The Kinetic Group is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of small caliber ammunition under the iconic brands; CCI, Federal Premium, Hevi-Shot, Remington and Speer. We have domestic ammunition manufacturing facilities in Minnesota, Idaho, Arkansas, and Oregon with our headquarters in Anoka MN. We proudly serve law enforcement, government agencies and sporting enthusiasts throughout the world.

We are seeking a Director of Operations to lead all manufacturing departments at our Lonoke, Arkansas location. This position ensures the required supervision, manpower, support, materials and ancillary items needed to operate safely, effectively and productively at each of these locations and to maintain the facilities and grounds to ensure that this can be accomplished within the framework of production demands, safety requirements, profitability parameter and governmental regulations.

This position reports to the VP of Operations and is based out of our Lonoke, Arkansas office.

What You’ll Do

• Provide guidance and leadership to the manufacturing and support departments located at the Lonoke facility.
• Ensure a high level of productivity and quality through appropriate use of capital spending, tool, and equipment improvements.
• Constantly look for ways to reduce risk to personnel and facilities in manufacturing, handling and storage processes through process improvement, equipment and tooling improvement and periodic maintenance.
• Drive the use of Continuous Improvement at all levels of the organization.
• Support the corporate S&OP planning process to staff the operations to ensure on-time delivery of products.
• Direct the Environmental and Safety Department to monitor and control activities to ensure a safe working environment at the Lonoke facility.
• Manage spending to stay within budget. Communicate with manager to ensure that all matters are given the proper level of importance, ensuring that all possible support is available as needed and eliminate situations where the leadership is uninformed.
• Facilitate accurate information flow to the employees to keep assigned personnel knowledgeable about current operations, the company policies, and procedures and to provide a sense of ownership and team work to maintain good morale.
• Production/Operations management to ensure business in the future by satisfying customers in the present.
• Direct product flow, production rates, and product mixes to best meet customer demands while keeping inventories in line with plans.
• Fosters cross-location collaboration and problem solving
• Drive lean manufacturing through facilitation of tier meetings.
• Utilize the lean manufacturing principles to establish, develop, change, and improve the culture.
• Coach subordinates to see to it that the process runs as designed and improve it.
• Ensure succession planning is completed for each location/operation.
  
  

Experience You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree required. MBA preferred. Will consider candidates with required experience, in lieu of a degree
• 10 years related experience in operations and production-related areas with a minimum of five (5) years in an operations management role.
• Minimum five to seven (5-7) years’ experience in developing and implementing operations-related initiatives, preferably in the consumer products or sporting goods industry.
• Demonstrated history of achievement in a consumer-driven, manufacturing operations environment.
• Cross-functional experience or education in business and technical areas.
• Servant Leadership approach to managing personnel. Good team building and communication skills.
• Ability to make decisions and empower change in a results-oriented environment
  
  

Work Environment

Employee work assignments may include tasks working with and/or exposure to potentially hazardous areas, including flammables and explosives. Safety training is provided to all employees to ensure compliance with company and federal regulations.

Pay Range

$123,700.00 - $173,100.00

The actual annual salary offered to a candidate will be based on variables including experience, geographic location, education, and skills/achievements, and will be mutually agreed upon at the time of offer.

We offer a highly competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including: medical and dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401K, PTO, tuition reimbursement, gear discounts and the ability to add value to an exciting mission!

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