Director, Global Operations HRC

Husky Technologies™ is a company with a strong foundation built on innovation, close customer relationships, a strong sense of community, and unique culture and values. We are looking for people with the inspiration and talent to develop with us as we pursue our ambitious growth strategy. Husky Technologies™ offers a wealth of opportunity for personal growth and development, and the chance to work with—and be challenged by—a team of great people. Our success is driven by the creativity, intelligence, and passion of our global team, who desire to lead change.

Our United States manufacturing facility is located in Milton, Vermont on a large, beautiful campus just 30 minutes north of downtown Burlington. Features include an onsite cafeteria, open office concept, fitness center, intramural sports activities, and clean, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities with outstanding safety records. We offer a great work environment, competitive total compensation, and an attractive benefits package.

About the Role

Husky is seeking a world-class global operations leader to drive the execution, performance, and strategic development of its HRC Operations across all regions. The Director, Global Operations HRC is accountable for the overall operational performance, industrialization strategy, and continuous improvement of Husky's global HRC manufacturing network. This leader will ensure alignment of manufacturing capabilities, capacity, quality systems, operational excellence initiatives, and talent development strategies across all HRC facilities worldwide.

The role is responsible for developing and executing a long-term global manufacturing strategy that supports business growth, enhances competitiveness, improves customer responsiveness, and enables scalable operational performance. The Director will partner closely with Sales/Solutioning, Engineering, Supply Chain, Commercial, Quality, Finance, Human Resources, and regional operations leaders to ensure consistent global execution and achievement of business objectives.

The successful candidate combines strategic vision with operational excellence, demonstrating the ability to influence globally, build strong leadership teams, drive transformational change, and deliver measurable business results through people, processes, technology, and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the annual and long-range global operations plans.
• Establish global operational scorecards and performance reviews.
• Own and drive performance of the global HRC manufacturing network, including establishing global operational standards, governance, KPIs, and best practices.
• Ensure manufacturing operations consistently achieve targets for quality, delivery performance, lead time, cost competitiveness, safety, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
• Develop and implement strategies that ensure scalable and sustainable operational growth.
• Define and execute the global HRC operations strategy aligned with business objectives, including industrialization initiatives, automation roadmaps, and advanced manufacturing technologies.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve throughput, operational efficiency, and manufacturing flexibility.
• Lead strategic investments in equipment, technology, facilities, and operational infrastructure.
• Champion smart manufacturing and digital transformation initiatives.
• Develop global capacity planning models to align manufacturing capabilities with future demand.
• Optimize production allocation across facilities to maximize utilization and customer responsiveness.
• Ensure manufacturing footprint supports future growth and market requirements.
• Lead the continuous improvement and transformation of HRC tooling operations to enhance safety, quality, delivery performance, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
• Drive end-to-end operational performance and execution excellence across the global manufacturing network.
• Establish and promote best practices, operational standards, and performance management systems that support consistent and scalable business results.
• Champion a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement across all manufacturing locations.
• Leverage data, performance metrics, and operational insights to identify opportunities, prioritize improvements, and drive sustainable results.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that improve operational efficiency, responsiveness, flexibility, and overall competitiveness.
• Build organizational capability by developing leaders, strengthening problem-solving disciplines, and fostering a mindset of operational excellence and continuous learning.
• Establish and maintain a culture of "Quality at the Source" across all manufacturing locations.
• Ensure consistent implementation and adherence to the Global Quality Management System.
• Drive closed-loop quality improvement processes and global standardization.
• Partner with Quality leaders to reduce defects, improve reliability, and increase customer satisfaction.
• Provide leadership and direction to regional manufacturing leaders and plant management teams.
• Develop a strong succession pipeline and global talent strategy.
• Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Coach and develop operational leaders to build organizational capability and future leadership strength.
• Promote consistency in leadership practices and performance standards across the global organization.
• Serve as the primary global operations representative for HRC manufacturing.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Sales and Solutioning, Supply Chain, Customer Support, Finance, Human Resources, and Product Management.
• Communicate operational strategies, risks, opportunities, and business performance effectively to executive leadership.
• Support customer engagement activities and strategic account initiatives where operational expertise is required.
• Lead strategic cost reduction and productivity improvement initiatives.
• Oversee manufacturing readiness for new products and technology introductions.
• Drive standardization of processes, systems, metrics, and operating procedures.
• Ensure regulatory, safety, compliance, and environmental standards are met globally.
• Lead business continuity, risk mitigation, and resilience planning initiatives.
• Sponsor transformational projects affecting operations, systems, facilities, and workforce capabilities.
• Leverage analytics and operational data to improve decision-making and performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or related field.
• Significant experience managing multi-site or global teams.
• Experience leading operational transformation and industrialization initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing technologies, automation, digital manufacturing, and capacity planning.
• Global leadership experience across multiple regions and cultures.
• Proven ability to lead operational transformation and deliver sustainable business performance improvements across complex manufacturing environments.
• Strong leadership skills with a track record of building high-performing teams and developing future leaders.
• Demonstrated success driving organizational change, continuous improvement, and operational effectiveness in a multi-site or global environment.
• Strong strategic, business, and financial acumen with the ability to translate vision into execution.
• Excellent collaboration, stakeholder management, and influencing skills across functions, regions, and organizational levels.
• Results-oriented leader with the ability to balance short-term execution with long-term capability building and sustainable growth.

Qualifications

• English required; additional languages (German, French, Mandarin, or others) considered an asset.

Success Measures

• Global Quality Performance
• On-Time Delivery and Commitment Reliability
• Lead Time Reduction
• Productivity Improvement
• Manufacturing Cost Competitiveness
• Capacity Utilization
• Safety Performance
• Employee Engagement and Leadership Bench Strength
• Continuous Improvement Benefits Realization
• Successful Execution of Strategic Growth and Industrialization Initiatives

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package
• Annual incentive bonus
• Outstanding 401k contribution and match program
• Shift work premiums (25% afternoon shift and 40% evening shift)
• Onsite cafeteria
• Onsite gym facility
• 700 acres of private land for walking, biking, running, or cross-country skiing
• Clean, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities with outstanding safety records
• Opportunity to work for a world-class company with great people

Pay

$220K–$250K