VP of Operations

About Re:Build Manufacturing

Re:Build Manufacturing is a growing family of industrial and engineering businesses combining enabling technologies, operational superiority, and strategic M&A to build America’s next generation industrial company. At Re:Build we deploy deep expertise in engineering, operations management, and technology to supercharge the performance of our member companies. We leverage deep professional expertise and a candid, principled operating culture to drive differentiated outcomes. Ours is a fast-paced environment where individuals can stretch and be challenged to pursue their fullest potential.

We are looking to fill 2 positions. This is a key leadership role within our Operations organization, reporting directly to our Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this role, your primary responsibility is to lead the continuing successful growth and development of a group of manufacturing or engineering services member companies. This includes providing mentorship and operational advice to their leadership teams, as well as coordinating continuous improvement and initiatives within these diverse businesses.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure fulfillment, quality, cost and customer expectations are met by driving assessment and coordination of efforts across member companies, manufacturing, and engineering teams within the organization.
• Achieve and maintain manufacturing capacity requirements on an ongoing basis, providing for build-up and adjustment of resources as needed, including facilities, equipment and people.
• Coach, develop, and assess leadership talent internally to achieve growth and meet market needs.
• Lead across functions to drive continuous improvement through Lean to enhance quality, workflow efficiency, predictability, and productivity in product and service fulfillment.
• Demonstrate highly visible, engaging leadership, with affinity for the production floor and engineering shops. Lead by example, emphasizing the Principles of The Re:Build Way.
• Contribute to the overall short- and long-range planning process and in the establishment, monitoring and assessment of our annual operating budget.
• Develop and deploy essential analytics to track important metrics, feed analysis and generate useful insights.
• Partner with leaders across the business to create 'best for the enterprise' fulfillment approaches that complement each business's context and objectives.
• Support leadership teams in assessing opportunities, understanding constraints, securing balanced contracting, and developing responsive action plans to ensure profitable and mutually beneficial delivery on commitments.
• Participate in the investigation and implementation of new services, manufacturing processes, and product or systems technologies to meet the organization's objectives.
• Provide guidance to strategic projects within our business, as needed.
• Act as an Operations functional lead for mergers and acquisitions assessment and case development.
• Where most essential, develop, implement, and optimize procedural standards and policies related to the business.
• Help sustain safety in all workplaces.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical or business-related subject area, or equivalent experience (MBA or MS preferred)
• Minimum of 15 years of leadership experience with manufacturing processes and systems, working in a highly matrixed environment, leading large multidisciplinary teams is essential.
• Expertise using “lean” principles and a track record of success in developing significant improvements in cost management, inventory management, quality, and delivery.
• Ability to marshal resources to get things done, orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal, and use resources effectively and efficiently.
• Proven skills partnering across businesses and a collaborative approach within and across organizational boundaries.
• Proven capability to encourage, mentor, and cultivate team members to achieve improved results.
• Exhibits a high degree of technical credibility and communicates highly technical information in a simplistic and easily understandable way.
• Analytical skills to draw appropriate conclusions from data, anticipating second and third order effects when making recommendations.
• Ability to isolate critical factors, summarize complex information and communicate effectively at executive levels.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $220,735 – $331,103 per year. This range represents the Company’s good faith estimate of the base compensation for this role at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for annual incentive compensation and/or long-term incentives, subject to Company plans. The Company offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, and other benefits.