What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Operations position at Zero Zone Inc?
Who Are We?
Have you ever gone into a grocery store or convenience store for things like milk, bagged salads, or frozen pizza? The coolers and freezers you find those and other food products in are what we do!! Zero Zone is a manufacturer of reach-in and open refrigerated and frozen food display cases as well as the refrigeration systems that work behind the scenes to cool the cases, keeping the food fresh! We also make powerful industrial refrigeration systems for food warehousing, pharmaceuticals, and even ice rinks!
Our company is structured across 2 divisions the Display Case Division, located in North Prairie, WI, Waukesha, WI, and Mukwonago, WI and the Refrigeration Systems Division, located in Ramsey, MN and Dyersville, IA.
What Are We Like?
At Zero Zone, you will be a valued member of the Zero Zone team, able to take ownership of your own career path. We believe in hard work, teamwork, collaboration, and respect, and we have grown through dedication to our Purpose: Preserving customer valuables through refrigeration. For over 60 years, we have been a leader in refrigeration, and our people are well known for exceptional customer service. We also believe we are the COOLEST coworkers (pun intended)! This is an opportunity for you to make a difference in the refrigeration industry with one of the top leading manufacturers in the country! Come grow with us!!
What Can We Offer You?
- Vacation and Personal Hours (after only 30 days!)
- Competitive Wages
- Comprehensive Benefits Package (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, STD, LTD, AD&D, HSA/FSA, EAP)
- 401k and Profit Sharing
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Flexible Schedules
- Casual Dress Code
- Wellness Programs and Incentives
- Steel Toe Reimbursement
- Employee Engagement Programs
- One-time Home Computer Reimbursement
- And more!
What Will You Do?
This position provides overall operations leadership of multiple plants to achieve the financial and operating objectives set by the overall organization business plan. Provides hiring, promotion, and disciplinary action recommendations, as well as performance evaluation and feedback for direct reports. Sets objectives and monitors the performance of the plants to ensure current and future production targets, quality standards and safety metrics are met. Optimizes the talent within the organizational structure and fosters an environment to promote individual and team growth and career development goals.
This role liaisons with associated business leaders and functional leadership (e.g., Finance, Product Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Human Resources, etc.) to ensure strong communication between manufacturing and its counterparts. Establishes operating budgets; monitors the cost and effectiveness of production activities to optimize resources, prioritize spending, and achieve volume, quality, and manufacturing standards. Implements policies and procedures to ensure safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets are achieved.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides overall operations leadership of multiple plants to achieve the financial and operating objectives set by the overall organization business plan.
- Drives a culture proactively focused on Safety, supporting safety culture initiatives
- Identify, develop, and implement controls, processes, equipment, fixtures, resources, and skills that are needed to achieve quality products that ship on schedule.
- Create synergies through key performance indicators within manufacturing operations to maximize profit and exceed profit plan targets in manufacturing.
- Partner closely with the Continuous Improvement team to support initiatives across the division.
- Ability to work as a member of the leadership team to develop and communicate a future vision for the business. Garner followership across the organization to progress the transformation to achieve the future state. Identify, coach, and develop talent across the division to support their professional advancement and improve the business's operational performance.
What are we looking for?
- Bachelors degree in a technical field
- 10 years relevant work experience across Operations, Continuous Improvement and General Management Positions to include minimum of 3 years direct management
- Critical thinking skills to properly identify problem area & potential solutions
- Analytical skills to properly interpret data
- Leadership skills to develop and mentor Continuous Improvement, Lean practitioner background
Interpersonal/Leadership Skills
- Business & Financial Acumen
- Visionary Leadership
- Engaged and dynamic leadership
- Strategic and tactical skills
- Strong cross-functional facilitation and teambuilding skills
Physical & Behavioral: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions:
- Ability to sit the majority of the day, talk and hear
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close & color vision
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Zero Zone expects all employees to behave and communicate in a manner which will facilitate good relations with customers, clients, co-workers and supervisors: maintaining a positive work atmosphere
