Senior Manager, Operations (EV Battery Solutions)

About the role

Ready to lead teams, improve performance, and help shape the future of electric vehicle operations? As our Senior Manager, Operations, you'll turn business and site priorities into practical operating plans that strengthen safety, quality, productivity, and service delivery. You'll lead assigned EV Battery Solutions operations teams, support daily execution, and help ensure the organization is prepared for changing business and customer needs. This is an opportunity for an experienced operations leader who enjoys being close to the work, developing people, solving complex problems, and using data to create meaningful improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead Operations and Site Performance: Provide leadership to assigned operations teams and help ensure daily activity aligns with site goals, customer commitments, and operational priorities. Responsibilities may include supporting shop floor performance, shipping and receiving, material flow, inventory management, facility layout planning, and operational readiness for new business needs.
• Turn Priorities into Action: Translate operational priorities into clear work plans and establish the structure teams need to execute consistently. Reinforce standard work, strengthen shop floor management, improve inventory discipline, and support continuous improvement through lessons learned and read-across actions.
• Use Data to Improve Results: Leverage KPIs, dashboards, and operating metrics to identify performance gaps and determine where action is needed. Recommend and support improvements that positively affect safety, quality, productivity, cost, and service levels while holding teams accountable for follow-through and timely problem-solving.
• Develop People and Build Capability: Support workforce planning, cross-training, performance management, and talent development. Through coaching, clear expectations, and accountability, help strengthen leadership capability and prepare teams for evolving operational needs. May also support organizational design and staffing plans for operations and parts teams.
• Champion Safety, Quality, and Compliance: Reinforce safety and quality expectations, identify and escalate risks, and support audits, corrective actions, standards, and operational controls. Have the authority to stop work when safety, quality, or compliance concerns arise and to initiate appropriate corrective or containment activities.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in a related field and at least eight years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Equivalent qualifications may include a master's degree and six years of experience, a Ph.D. and three years of experience, or 12 years of related experience.
• At least three years of management or leadership experience.
• Strong working knowledge of operational tools, reporting systems, KPIs, dashboards, and performance analytics.
• Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• A degree in operations, business, engineering, supply chain, logistics, or a related discipline.
• Leadership experience in a manufacturing, logistics, automotive, multi-site, or regulated environment.
• Experience leading teams, supporting cross-functional projects, improving operational processes, or preparing teams for operational changes.
• Lean, Six Sigma, PMP, or a similar professional certification.

Benefits

• Why This Role Stands Out: Lead teams in a growing and evolving electric vehicle business; influence site performance across safety, quality, productivity, cost, and customer service; develop employees and strengthen leadership capability; use data and continuous improvement methods to solve real operational challenges; work closely with site and functional leaders while maintaining hands-on visibility across production, warehouse, inventory, and shipping and receiving operations.
• Work Environment and Travel: This is a hands-on operations leadership position that regularly works throughout production, warehouse, inventory, and shipping and receiving areas. The role requires the ability to walk and stand for extended periods, occasionally access elevated work areas, and occasionally lift and carry up to 25 pounds. The environment may include moving equipment, warehouse traffic, varying temperatures, noise, and required personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, a safety vest, hearing protection, and safety footwear. The position also requires flexibility for up to 15% travel.
• Benefits: Eligible employees have the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

Pay

USD 111,500.00 - 185,900.00 per year. Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $111,500.00 - $185,900.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.