Director of Operations

Responsibilities

• Establishing production flow lines that yield visual management and predictable outputs.
• Driving significant and sustainable on-time delivery (OTD) performance.
• Building a culture across the factory that supports workforce engagement, retention and efficiency improvements.
• Developing cross-functional relationships in the organization that support a “one team” approach to operational execution across the business.
• Serving as key leader of the manufacturing team providing leadership and strategy execution for responsible manufacturing team and day-to-day operations.
• Leading, engaging, and continuously developing all team members.
• Maintaining a healthy and safe working environment and complying with federal and state regulations through collaboration with environmental, health and safety staff.
• Ensuring an effective and clearly defined training plan for area(s) of responsibility.
• Maintaining functional organization and business annual operation plan targets.
• Leading Manufacturing/Operations processes as appropriate to ensure tools, processes, and staff are competitive and applicable to business needs.
• Developing Manufacturing/Process Technology roadmap and required capital planning.
• Supporting business development proposal efforts, including review/approval and the generation of production schedules to support proposal efforts and Basis of Estimates (BOEs) as needed.
• Communicating production strategies broadly to expedite adoption and institutionalization of best practices.
• Delivering progress and production reports to executive team members routinely and as requested.

Qualifications

• A minimum of five (5+) years of relevant experience in an operations leadership capacity with emphasis on Aerospace/Defense end-use products.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience with MRP driven manufacturing operations, i.e. INFOR, SAP, JD Edwards, LN, etc.
• Demonstrated computer skills: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project.
• Experience with high-reliability assembly processes for highly engineered products.
• Possess a working knowledge of the cultural issues impacting lean implementation and demonstrated success overcoming these issues.
• Experience deploying new production lines and establishing product line-based flow lines.
• Experience in applying best practice FMEA/DFMA/DTC methodologies.
• Experience in lean manufacturing implementation - Six Sigma Green/Black Belt Certification a plus.

Additional Requirements

• Background in the development/LRIP manufacturing efforts is preferred.
• Standard use of MES, PDM and MRP.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining high quality and focus on the details.
• The ability to work in a fast-moving environment under tight schedules and coordinate multiple tasks effectively.