Site Leader - Delavan

Job Summary

Are you a visionary leader ready to make a significant impact in a best-in-class facility? We are seeking a dynamic and experienced professional to join our senior leadership team. Our facility, located in Delavan, WI, is renowned for its excellence and innovation, supported by a strong, team-first culture and an exceptional management team. As we expand into adjacent markets and prepare for global growth, you will drive strategic direction, cultivate a high-performing team, and oversee operations to maintain our best-in-class standards.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Commit to “safety first” disciplined culture – developing and supporting the EH&S processes and systems to maintain full compliance with SPX FLOW policies and local legal/standard requirements.
• Work with local and global EH&S leading, driving and fostering a compliant workforce and environment.
• Provide site leadership with overall responsibility for full Operations team ensuring KPIs, goals and objectives including safety, quality, delivery, and cost are meet in line with expectations of our customers and target markets.
• Capacity management including make versus buy decisions.
• Ensure alignment with Commercial and Operations team through a robust SIOP process.
• Create and maintain a team-oriented environment through cross-training employees maximizing flexibility and future capacity requirements while removing any technical barriers to manufacture.
• Prepare approval for capital expenditure authorization, required documents and supporting justification as required.
• Supplier Development particularly relating to machining.
• Develop a proactive CI environment in line with corporate strategic initiatives.
• Direct the implementation and use of appropriate reporting systems, manufacturing processes and quality programs and processes. Ensure continuing compliance with Quality requirements.
• Customer & Supplier Management regarding quality, performance issues or Post Order activities. Implement quality containment actions as required.
• Ensure Engineering and Operations are properly aligned to provide “best in class” solutions, providing customer on time delivery and quality products.
• Partner with Commercial organization to ensure Operations are properly aligned to broader business strategy and market objectives.
• Provide a customer focused approach throughout the Company; building and maintaining relationships future business development/growth, proactively promoting the Company.
• Prepare and present business updates to executive leadership and undertake other analysis and reporting activity as required.
• Develop short and long term strategic operating plans based on sales forecast, production capacity, people and financial capabilities.
• Responsible for the management of services and processes in relation to the building and premises.
• Motivate, retain and develop key talent through building sustainable employee engagement, creating a culture of execution and an environment within which individuals and teams can excel and continuously improve.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Experienced manufacturing leader with the ability to proactively communicate at all levels and with all functions.
• Experience in manufacturing/assembly operations, manufacturing engineering, sourcing, warehousing, distribution, purchasing and planning.
• Financially astute with the ability to interpret and analyze site financial statements, metrics, in order to identify and drive focused plans to improve cost and efficiency.
• Strong leadership background, including ability to motivate and foster productive team environment.
• Able to be self-directed, but able to integrate with managers up and down the organization to achieve desired outcomes.
• Demonstrate high emotional intelligence with the ability to adapt and lead in various situations.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and connect with employees, other department managers and senior management.
• Readiness to evaluate alternatives and make decisions even when all information required is not available.
• Capacity to manage change - identify problems, their causes and practical solutions, taking the team with you.
• Critical thinking and intellectual capability to analyze difficult business problems, getting to the root cause of the problems and generating workable solutions in line with objectives.
• Initiative and drive to achieve business results without compromising ethics or integrity.
• Ability to travel as required to meet requirements of the role, for example customer, supplier, SPXFLOW meetings.

Education And Experience

• Degree in Engineering or Business Management or other related discipline.
• Demonstrated leadership progression within a manufacturing and distribution environment; make to order manufacturing environment preferred.
• An experienced People Leader capable of making an engaging impact both on the shop floor and with Senior Leadership.
• Strong business acumen and ability to develop and use are variety of technologies and reporting tools (Excel, Power BI, Power Point, etc).
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing tools & techniques.
• 10+ years’ experience in progressing manufacturing leadership roles preferred.

Competencies

• Aligning Performance for Success
• Focusing and guiding others in accomplishing work objectives.
• Building a Successful Team
• Using appropriate methods and a flexible interpersonal style to help build a cohesive team; facilitating the completion of team goals.
• Building Trust
• Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization.
• Coaching and Developing Others
• Providing feedback, instruction, and development guidance to help others excel in their current or future job responsibilities; planning and supporting the development of individual skills and responsibilities.
• Communication
• Clearly and succinctly conveying information and ideas to individuals and groups in a variety of situations; communicating in a focused and compelling way that drives others’ thoughts and actions. Engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
• Continuous Improvement
• Originating action to improve existing conditions and processes; identifying improvement opportunities; generating ideas, and implementing solutions.
• Continuous Learning
• Actively identifying new ideas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application.
• Customer Focus
• Ensuring that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and own organization’s needs.
• Delegating Responsibility
• Allocating decision-making authority and/or task responsibility to appropriate others to maximize the organization’s and individuals’ effectiveness.
• Facilitating Change
• Encouraging others to seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities; facilitating the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace.
• Gaining Commitment
• Using appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques to gain acceptance of ideas and plans; modifying one’s own behavior to accommodate tasks, situations, and individuals involved.
• Planning and Organizing
• Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.

Physical Demands

• Sit
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
• Talk or hear
• Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Adjust focus

Working Conditions

• Office and/or client site workshop or warehousing facility
• Normally moderate noise level, but local and client sites can be unpredictable and associated safety equipment should be worn accordingly.

SPX FLOW Values

• Quality

Disclaimer

SPX FLOW is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.