Director Operations

Position Summary

The Director of Operations oversees daily operations of the manufacturing facility, ensuring efficient production, safety, and environmental compliance. This role drives continuous improvement, optimizes resource use, and ensures production goals are met.

Key responsibilities include collaborating with internal teams to align schedules and process improvements. The Director of Operations ensures a safe work environment, proper maintenance of the facility, and the development of a skilled workforce to meet future operational demands.

Organizational Relationships:

• Reports to the VP/GM.
• Directly supervises operations value stream managers, and the maintenance and environmental manager.
• Works closely with sales, materials, and engineering functions to meet company goals and objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supports the business planning process, beginning with the production plan and continuing through MRPII closure to performance measurement.
• Supervises the production plan to ensure the attainment of the sales plan.
• Schedules materials and human resources to meet the production plan.
• Develops long- and short-range plans for the operations function, consistent with the company business plan.
• Ensures adherence to process disciplines per quality assurance procedures.
• Ensures the proper number and skill composition of the operations staff and production workforce.
• Oversees the proper maintenance of buildings and grounds.
• Ensures implementation of decisions made by the product improvement committee.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Business Administration.
• Ten+ (10+) years of manufacturing leadership experience
• Previous experience while specialty or customized vehicle or chassis manufacturing preferred.  This could include vehicle manufacturing related to automotive, aviation, mining, farming, marine, etc.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present information to individuals and small groups.
• Advanced problem-solving and project management skills.
• Proven ability to lead a large workforce toward achieving company goals.
• Lean/Six Sigma Certification preferred.
• Advanced PC skills, including MS Office Suite, MAPICS, and/or MRP.
• Strong time management skills.
• Ability to handle emergency situations calmly.
• Experience in implementing and directing environmental, health, and safety policies and procedures.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to handle objects, and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee frequently walks, stoops, kneels, or crouches.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

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