Operations Manager

About the role

You’ll play a key role in solving real-world challenges. You’ll apply your skills to deliver results that matter whether that’s through engineering, planning or customer support. You’ll work with purpose, learn every day and help shape a more sustainable future.

What You’ll Do

• Leadership & Team Development: Lead, coach, and motivate Manufacturing Managers to achieve operational goals through them, strengthening ownership and accountability. Daily focus includes setting clear expectations, priorities, and decision-making cadence to ensure production, delivery, quality, labor, and cost objectives are met. Success looks like a high-performing leadership team driving operational excellence.
• Operational Execution: Translate site strategy into actionable operating plans, departmental priorities, and measurable tactics. Oversee manufacturing operations to ensure safe, accurate, and timely completion of production and delivery schedules. Daily activities involve monitoring KPIs, reviewing workload and resources, and resolving operational issues.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build trusted relationships with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, HR, SHE, Scheduling, and Finance teams to foster collaboration and break down silos. Success is demonstrated by seamless cross-departmental execution and problem-solving.
• Continuous Improvement & Lean Manufacturing: Institutionalize lean initiatives and continuous improvement practices in production processes, methods, and systems. Analyze production performance to identify and implement improvements that enhance profitability, flow, quality, and delivery.
• Financial & Budget Management: Own operational budget performance by analyzing spending trends, managing cost drivers, and leading productivity improvement initiatives.
• Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world-class safety culture.
• Travel Requirements: Minimal travel expected; primarily focused on onsite leadership and collaboration.

What You’ll Bring

Must-haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related technical discipline preferred. May consider experience in lieu of degree.
• Minimum five years of leadership experience in a lean, heavy-manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to lead leaders, build accountability through managers, and motivate teams to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity goals.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with demonstrated ability to build trust and productive working relationships across operations and support functions.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in heavy manufacturing or foundry environments.
• Strong lean manufacturing background including value stream management and leader standard work.
• Succession planning and people development expertise.