Director, Operations Jobs

Description

The Director, Operations has overall responsibility for all areas of operation including Quality & Manufacturing Engineering, Production & Materials Management. The person in this position leads the development and implementation of organizational strategies, standards and practices to achieve best-in-class performance. In addition, the Director, Operations collaborates closely with other leadership across the business to leverage resources and expertise to ensure our products are consistently meeting customer expectations.

Responsibilities

• Establish and monitor quality objectives.
• Working with the senior leadership team, help to develop and implement winning strategies to grow revenues and profitability.
• Provide timely, accurate and complete reports on the operating conditions of the company.
• Monitor and adjust production output and staff levels to support the location’s revenue and cost targets.
• Ensures alignment with functional leadership (e.g., finance, safety, human resources) on performance management and talent development.
• Identify and drives continuous improvement efforts through standardized work to cut cost and improve productivity and quality.
• Lead with a clear view of where the organization needs to be in 1-3 years; communicates strategic direction to employees and how it fits with the day-to-day actions and results being driven.
• Participate in the development and control of the location’s budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Set clear and measureable performance expectations, in line with corporate goals; proactively analyzes and manages all relative operations performance metrics.
• Participate in the development of the location’s monthly revenue forecasts.
• Ensure the facilities operates within the Company’s ISO and FDA quality management system.

Required Qualifications

-Education

-Experience

-Skills

• Experience working within a Lean, six-sigma organization.
• BS degree in a technical field, preferably engineering or life sciences.
• Prior experience managing an engineering team.
• Prior experience managing a manufacturing department/organization in a technical environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or relevant business management experience
• Laser processing and/or automated material handling knowledge
• Familiarity with contract manufacturing, ISO and FDA quality system requirements, medical device and diagnostics manufacturing.
• Lean, six-sigma green or black belt certified.
• Prior experience managing an independent manufacturing organization.

Physical Demands

• International travel required
• Ability to work long hours when necessary and to have a presence with a 24/7 operation.