Director of Operations

This role represents an outstanding opportunity to join the Barnes Aerospace East Granby OEM Site as a dynamic leader driving and supporting business goals for profitable, sustainable growth. The right candidate will have a track record of leadership, building collaborative teams, and championing change initiatives to exceed customer expectations.

Responsibilities

• Leads both the day-to-day and strategic production activities of the site.
• Manages a team of production and maintenance supervisors to meet site goals.
• Champions Lean Manufacturing (Kaizen/6S) initiatives to increase overall manufacturing efficiencies at the lowest cost possible.
• Responsible for internal and external supply chain to meet quality and delivery requirements for the end customer.
• Develops and maintains an effective manufacturing organization through selection, training/development, and motivation of the team.
• Drives operations to ensure safety, quality, productivity, and delivery goals are achieved.
• Recognizes and rewards employees for their efforts to drive results.
• Provides coaching, information, ideas, feedback, and encouragement to supervision, leads, and associates to promote growth and development of the operations team.
• Tracks daily performance, verifies countermeasures, and ensures recovery plans are in place for missed targets.
• Ensures cell communication boards are used on a daily basis.
• Prepares equipment specifications consistent with quality, quantity, delivery, and service levels required for the product line.
• Supports new process and product development and implementation.
• Creates an operational excellence culture where all employees are involved in Kaizen/6S activities and actively contribute improvement suggestions.
• Collaborates with Human Resources to promote a positive employee relations environment through fair, consistent applications of work rules, employee recognition, and innovative approaches to employee involvement and communication.

Requirements

• Minimum of eight (8) years of operations or manufacturing experience, preferably in the Aerospace or related industries, with five (5) years of experience managing people.
• Demonstrated understanding of Lean Manufacturing concepts with proven implementation/integration of Lean principles and techniques in a manufacturing environment.
• Effective at leading and facilitating change; balances consistency with flexibility and adapts ideas in the face of new information.
• Track record of promoting positive employee relations.
• Strong leadership and people engagement skills; leads by example and manages using emotional intelligence (EI).
• Acts with integrity and the highest ethical behavior.
• Understands the technical nature of the products being manufactured and provides assistance as required.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate change effectively, influence, build commitment, and overcome resistance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Management, or a related field required. MS or MBA highly desirable.
• Six Sigma or Lean Certification highly preferred.

This position may include access to controlled information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws. Applicants who do not meet the definition of a “U.S. Person” may require the company to obtain an export control license before employment.