Director of Operations & Supply Chain

Position Specifics

This position ideally sits onsite in Mequon, WI alongside our Casting leadership team with secondary locations in Woodstock, IL or Shawano, WI at our plant operations locations.
Relocation assistance available
Position requires travel at least 30%

What You’ll Do

• Strategic Leadership & Business Performance
  Develop and execute the operations and supply chain strategy required to achieve business objectives, strengthen competitive advantage, and support long-term growth, including capital, capacity, technology, and capability investment roadmaps
  Serve as a key member of the Business Unit Leadership Team, contributing to business strategy development and ensuring operational priorities are aligned with strategic objectives
  Own operational financial performance, including budgets, spending, productivity improvement, working capital management, and cost structure optimization in support of revenue and profitability objectives
  Lead the evaluation, justification, and implementation of capital investments, automation, new technologies, and process innovations that improve operational capability and business performance

• Operational Excellence & Transformation
  Lead the organization's Operational Excellence transformation through Lean Enterprise and Toyota Production System principles
  Drive the adoption of new technologies, automation, and process innovations that improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and overall competitiveness
  Ensure robust management systems exist across safety, quality, environmental, operational, and business processes to support sustainable performance and future growth

• Leadership & Talent Development
  Build organizational capability, leadership talent, and succession pipelines required to support current and future business needs
  Develop a deep and diverse leadership bench through coaching, succession planning, and intentional development of future operational leaders characterized by accountability, collaboration, engagement, and a relentless focus on results

• Safety, Quality & Customer Excellence
  Champion a culture of safety by ensuring a safe working environment, visible leadership engagement, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement in safety performance
  Serve as the voice of the customer within operations, ensuring customer requirements are consistently met or exceeded through superior quality, delivery, responsiveness, and execution
  Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Commercial, Quality, and other stakeholders to successfully launch new products, technologies, and processes while achieving customer commitments and operational objectives

• Supply Chain Leadership
  Lead supply chain functions to ensure effective planning, procurement, sourcing, logistics, inventory optimization, and supplier performance management
  Develop and maintain strategic supplier partnerships that enhance supply continuity, quality, responsiveness, innovation, and total cost competitiveness

What You’ll Need

• Minimum Qualifications
  Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field
  10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience, including significant responsibility for multi-site operations, supply chain, or related business functions
  Proven success as a Plant Manager, Operations Manager, or equivalent senior operations leadership role
  Demonstrated ability to develop and execute operational strategies that improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and overall business performance
  Deep expertise in Lean Enterprise, Toyota Production System (TPS), and continuous improvement methodologies, with a proven track record of leading sustained, large-scale operational transformations
  Demonstrated success building high-performing teams, developing leaders, and driving accountability and engagement throughout the organization
  Experience leading supply chain functions, including planning, procurement, sourcing, logistics, inventory optimization, and supplier performance management
  Proven ability to lead change, influence across functions, and align teams around strategic business objectives in complex manufacturing environments
  Strong business acumen, communication skills, and executive presence, with the ability to effectively engage employees, customers, suppliers, and senior leadership

• Preferred Qualifications
  Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, or a related discipline
  Experience leading operations within metals manufacturing or other capital-intensive manufacturing businesses
  Demonstrated success leading Lean transformations utilizing Toyota Production System principles
  Experience leading complex, multi-site manufacturing organizations through significant growth, operational turnaround, capacity expansion, acquisition integration, or business transformation initiatives
  Proven success developing high-performing leadership teams and building organizational capability through succession planning and talent development

Pay

The annual hiring range for this position is: $168,900-$211,100. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will depend on various factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, experience, and qualifications.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits
• Company-paid life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Paid time off (PTO)