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Company:

Excusive Confidential

Position:

Director of Operations – Lean Focus

Location:

Texas

Reporting:

VP/GM

Compensation:

Excellent Compensation and benefit package

Relocation:

Relocation Available

Company Profile:

Market leading commercial and industrial products company seeking to further advance its leadership team with a Lean focused Director Operations placement at its flagship plant in Texas.

Position Description and Responsibilities:

This is a key leadership position for our exclusive client's flagship manufacturing plant located in Texas. Reporting directly to the business's General Manager and VP, this position will require a candidate with solid leadership skills and Lean experience, preferably with a commercial and industrial product background. Key to success in this role requires a leader that is able to facilitate and drive service, quality, cost and safety leveraging Lean methodologies in a fast paced growth focused environment. The position will require a leader with a strong blend of both strategic and tactical approaches to operational and business objectives, leveraging his/her background and experience to drive results via credibility, influence and leadership by example.

• This position will be responsible for manufacturing operations, enabling managers to achieve monthly and annual targets in service, quality, cost, safety, and other key performance targets.
• This role will lead by example to drive and sustain the cultural and technical changes necessary to make our client's plant a world class Lean manufacturer.
• This role will serve as the leader and catalyst for implementing Lean Enterprise principles, tools, and techniques within the plant.
• This role will participate in the development of long-term business strategies and short-term business planning. This role will translate overall company business strategy into operational goals and objectives. This role will establish key measurements and develops/implements plans to achieve targets
• This role will be responsible for the preparation of annual operating budgets, business plans for both the plant and distribution center.
• This role will be responsible for all phases of manufacturing efficiency, including control of costs, inventory, burden rate, material and manufacturing variances, etc.
• This role will have responsibility for the management of the people resource through good practice, employee appraisal systems, implementation of compensation and benefit programs, communication systems, and performance management techniques
• This role will utilize strategic sourcing processes to develop and implement commodity strategies to achieve quality, cost and delivery expectations for direct materials and identifies new outsourcing opportunities where feasible.
• The role will be responsible for managing a large manufacturing site (200+ non-union employees) producing commercial and industrial products for key market customers, where quality, cost and service performance are essential.

Position Critical to Quality + Success (CTQ+S): Technical Behavioral Requirements:

• BS degree Engineering or Business / MBA or M.S. Advanced Degree preferred
• 10+ years of increasing responsibility in manufacturing leadership roles
• Extensive Lean deployment experience and advanced Training in Lean Manufacturing, TPM, 5s, SMED, VSM and other continuous improvement methodologies in a discrete component and assembly manufacturing environment.
• Commercial and industrial product experience / background a plus
• Strong financial acumen - understanding of 4 wall operating costs and P+L measures

Position Critical to Quality + Success (CTQ+S): Skill/Ability Behavioral Requirements:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills…edge, energy and the ability to lead and energize others.
• Demonstrated track record of promotion within a minimum of two different organizations / business cultures a plus
• Strong ability to quickly assess and develop talent to build team and operational bench strength
• Ability to work under pressure of multiple projects and deadlines… sometime with conflicting requirements
• Ability to effectively prioritize workload and manage changes in direction and priority
• Ability to develop, interpret and apply required policies and procedures
• Ability to address tactical business shortcomings with strategic solutions
• Ability to build buy-in with multiple stakeholders with sometime conflicting priorities
• Motivated to take on a career enhancing challenge… high level of energy