Director of Operations, Powder Coating

About the role

SJS Industrial, a veteran owned media blasting, industrial painting, powder coating, and light fabrication shop in Virginia Beach, VA, that serves military and maritime customers, is seeking a full-time Director of Operations for SJS Industrial. The ideal candidate for this position has ten (10) or more years’ experience leading teams in a production driven environment, scheduling labor resources to support production deadlines and promoting ISO continuous process improvement. ***PLEASE NOTE THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE RELOCATION TO VIRGINIA BEACH, VA***.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for Industrial Division budget to include COGS and staffing.
• Report production activities and process improvements to senior management.
• Perform production planning and scheduling ensuring no loss of production time.
• Working in conjunction with the quality control Inspector, identify and pull defective work from production and route it to the rework line.
• Demonstrated ability to foresee and anticipate challenges and act accordingly to minimize impact through regular customer meetings or proactively sourcing feedback through customer interaction.
• Capable of identifying and targeting new migration and market share opportunities with existing customers by actively co-developing roadmaps, understanding the customer buying process, co-developing RFPs/RFQs with solution development engineers and proposal team members, managing customer proposals (Budget, and Final Proposals), and negotiating deals to close new business.
• When necessary, maintain contact between the company and customers to ensure satisfaction, resolve any outstanding issues, identify, and implement new solutions.
• Work on strategies with Sales Account Executives to identifying and develop potential new clients through outbound calls, office visits, and networking.
• Ensure long-term working relationships with commercial and industrial clients in the Hampton Roads Region of Virginia that need paint, ceramic coating and powder coating services.
• Maintain communications with SJS employees regarding various SJS company communications that may also arise.
• Ability to demonstrate a strategic approach to new & existing customers and opportunities through opportunity planning.
• Providing data input into various systems, i.e., Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in support of the above duties.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• A degree in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Operations Management, business administration or another relevant field; OR, if candidate is a veteran, provide evidence of similar education, training or experience acquired through military service (i.e., DD 214 form showing training and education in relevant disciplines).
• 10+ years of successful experience as a Production Supervisor or an Industrial Production Manager for an industrial production operation, managing a crew of 10 or more people.
• Strong background in leadership.
• Experience in successfully leading teams in high stress environments.
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 certification is preferred; other safety knowledge and skills will be accepted.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and support other departments within SJS Industrial.
• Orientation to extreme attention to detail; capable of articulating cause and effect using data to support such analyses and recommendations.
• Strong problem solving and analysis skills.
• Ability to resolve conflicts that arise from balancing multiple priorities.
• ISO-9000 experience in defect elimination, waste reduction, continuous process improvement and efficiency preferred.
• Must pass drug test and background check.

Benefits

• 80hrs of accumulated PTO
• 7 paid federal holidays
• 2 floating holidays
• a variety of insurances offered

Pay

Pay range for this position is expected to be $100k to $170k Annually. The actual salary may vary.