Director of Operations

About the role

We are seeking a Director of Operations to join the Nordson EFD team. This position is primarily located in our East Providence, RI facility.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for the Global operations and procurement strategy as well as entire supply chain management.
• Establish manufacturing objectives and assignments that align with EFD strategic and operating plans.
• Responsible for the operations optimization with a focus on simplification.
• Deliver results and establish an operations management system to achieve operational excellence based on the overall EFD vision and strategy.
• Optimize on-time delivery, reduce backlogs, and increase productivity.
• Together with EFD Division Leadership, establish profitable growth and business targets and ensure they are achieved.
• Continuous improvement to increase the profitability of the business.
• Work closely with the leaders of Sales, Engineering, HR, and Marketing to drive continuous improvement and consolidation across the EFD Global business.
• Promote internal exchange of best practices and establish advanced standards for our facilities.
• Driving innovation in operations through the implementation of new technologies.
• Cook up global projects in the operations area.

Qualifications

• 10+ years as an Operations leader.
• Injection molding strongly preferred.
• Proven leader building a culture of safety, unleashing owner mindset to address observations with focus on prevention.
• Experience with multi-site global manufacturing & distribution (required).
• Proven results in Operational Excellence, leading best-in-class quality, delivery, & lead time.
• Strong financial acumen; experience leading improvement optimizing conversion cost & inventory.
• Experience leading & developing a global supply chain team to optimize localization & cost.
• Strong customer passion.
• Proven track record of delivering on commitments.