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Manufacturing company seeking an experienced Director of Operations!

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Salary $140,000 - $175,000 per year

A Bit About Us

A company that manufactures earth anchoring products for nearly 100 years! Our history is long and varied. We’re very proud of where we started and how far we’ve come to provide you with the best foundation repair products on the market.

Why join us?

Competitive Pay!

Great Benefits!

Great work culture!

Job Details

Primary Purpose

The Director of Operations will build and maintain control of efficient operations to drive extensive and sustainable growth for the company. This position will provide oversight and direction for manufacturing personnel and will coordinate with key team members to improve business/operational performance.

FOCUS

• Understands the current state, designs our future state, and implements a plan creating best in class lean processes on our journey to Operational

Excellence.

• Overarching responsibilities for this role are Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost. Activities include the effective utilization of employees; skill
• Challenges the status quo to find ways to optimize performance and to deliver superior results.

development across the organization; production planning and execution; product and process quality, organizational safety, cost control, and

problem solving.

• Investigates ways to reduce scrap and out of specification products.
• Explores ways to reduce labor hours and effort needed to produce products without sacrificing safety and quality.
• Directly responsible for Operations budget.
• Compiles reports including downtime, production counts, product net, waste, and unit costs.
• Drives implementation of appropriate lean tools, e.g., value stream mapping, standardized work, pull systems, variation reduction, visual controls,
• Build a production plan and team that meets all production targets and customer commitments.

and others to maximize productivity and throughput while minimizing lead time and inventory across all aspects of the organization.

• Participates in the development of the Lean Roadmap in support of the company’s overall strategy and improvement in key performance

indicators.

• Assists in identifying and supporting opportunities of process improvement to enhance profitability and growth.
• Identifies relevant continuous improvement training needs and supports the development of continuous improvement training program. May
• Helps create and establish and ensures effective implementation across the organization.

deliver training.

• Benchmarks performance across the facilities and industry to identify areas of opportunity.
• Manages sensitive matters with a high level of integrity and confidentiality regarding decisions impacting company operations.

Skills & Experience

• Ability to easily manage multiple tasks in a well-organized and highly detailed manner while working in a fast-paced, perpetually evolving,

relationship-driven environment.

• A minimum of 7 years’ effective leadership experience desired.
• At least 10 years of proven experience in product manufacturing and distribution for a medium size organization. Some experience within the 10

years must be in metal fabrication.

• Has strong analytical problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to execute; experience 8D methodologies, identifying root causes through 5
• Possesses exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to build high performing teams and provide coaching and mentoring to staff and key personnel.
• Strong working knowledge in production management, procurement, materials management, and plant financials.

Why, fishbone analysis, CEDAC, etc. approaches.

• Knowledge of and familiarity with a variety of lean tools included but not limited to value stream mapping, standardized work, pull systems and

kanban, SIPOC, managing for daily improvement, 5S and visual management, 3P/2P, SMED, TPM, kaizen, and six sigma.

• Ability to speak professionally with internal and external customers at all levels.
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills including the ability to promote cooperation between all functional groups within the organization.
• Computer skills with basic applications (MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, etc.) Knowledge and familiarity with a variety of Lean Tools and systems.
• Ability to read, analyze, interpret, and present data clearly and effectively.
• Must have a thorough understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Must be able to read and understand production drawings and routings as well as technical documents and specifications.
• Must possess solid judgement and critical thinking skills; not afraid of complex problems.
• Self-directed and driven to show measurable success.

Experience with ERP systems, Acumatica experience a plus.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

• Master’s Degree and / or Black Belt certification preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or Engineering required.

MUST BE

• A team player
• Able to uphold Company's Core Values
• Organized
• Self-motivated with a strong work ethic
• Able to handle deadlines.

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