Director of Operations

Director of Operations

Requirements

• At least a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience in leading and managing a manufacturing organization, with a strong preference for a background in Defense, Analytical instrumentation, and/or CBRNe products.
• Experience running a $30M+ highly technical manufacturing operation
• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or Operations related postgraduate degree preferred.
• US Citizen and able to attain Security Clearance
• Understanding of standard manufacturing practices, ISO9001 quality requirements.
• Advanced experience with SAP or equivalent ERP system. Expert in Excel and data management tools.
• Successful track record for building, and maintaining, strong internal and external customer relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment and make timely business decisions.
• Demonstrated understanding of financial impacts of decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to work across multiple disciplines with a diverse set of employees and customers.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing management input into Supply Chain Management, Material Planning/Control and Manufacturing
• Responsible for managing day to day business of operations department to drive on-time deliveries, and predictable production flow.
• Responsible for working with your peers to balance factory loading, and revenue attainment.
• Build and maintain strong working leadership with functional leaders, to ensure the company’s objectives are accomplished.
• Responsible for setting and ensuring operational targets are met, mitigating risk, meeting unexpected demand, while managing inventory effectively and meeting Key Performance Indicators (KPI) targets.
• Responsible for making make/buy decisions for manufacturing processes and for building a long-term strategy for contract manufacturing. Responsible for exploring new key in country partnerships for localization and indigenization efforts.
• Responsible for collaboration across factories and functional sites to optimize revenue for the business, not just the site.
• Responsible for spearheading continuous improvement initiatives, leading Kaizen events, conducting value stream maps, and driving continuous cost savings efforts within production.
• Responsible for managing appropriate and accurate inventory levels, maximizing managed working capital. Managing team to ensure MRP and Inventory systems are accurate and well maintained.
• Responsible for meeting with key customers to address operational issues.
• Review and approve contractual commitments in major contracts.
• Ensure all required Operations’ processes are in place and effectively followed to ensure on-time delivery of products that meet Quality Management System requirements inclusive of operational systems, processes and infrastructure.
• Responsible for monitoring Sales Forecasts to ensure production rates are set at optimal level.
• Responsible for preparing and presenting Operational scorecard and high-level presentations and reports to senior leadership and corporate executives.
• Implement and lead best-in-class business processes including manufacturing systems optimization, contract manufacturers and supply chain development.
• Responsible for pricing approvals for non-standard pricing and inputs into setting pricing for any new products or services.
• Identify, lead, and implement process improvement initiatives to improve efficiency, performance and productivity.
• Provide stewardship and effective management of resources including oversight of resource requirements, departmental budgets, staffing plans, management of vendors, and service.
• Oversees technical and professional development of the Operations team.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or advanced degree
• Prior experience in implementing lean manufacturing principles and production automation.