Our client is a growing B2B Industrial manufacturing company seeking a seasoned Director of Manufacturing to oversee 6 of their operations in the US and Mexico. This individual will report directly to the EVP, Global Operations.
Candidate must have 3-4 sites and at least 500M in current sales volume.
Establish strategic goals for manufacturing while aligning operational activities with Company goals and values.
Ensure plant operations meet all company and government safety and environmental rules and regulations.
Instills a plant safety culture to drive world-class occupational and process safety performance.
Build collaborative relationships and effectively interact with business, senior leaders and stakeholders.
Drives plant productivity and efficiency by monitoring processes and leveraging most effective technologies across the regions.
Establish strategy for plants to ensure that delivery of manufactured products meet safety, quality, cost and on-time delivery goals in support of associated business objectives.
Create metrics and evaluate the efficiency of business procedures according to organizational objectives and apply improvements by analyzing and interpreting data and metrics of various disciplines.
Work with plant managers to develop and adjust operation budgets to promote profitability, monitor revenue margins and ensure Company goals areachieved or exceeded.
Responsible for staff management and development including assigning and directing work, appraising performance, hiring, training and retention, disciplining, addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Leads change management activities.
Coach, mentor and develop the team by fostering an environment of continuous learning, and encouraging global collaboration in a geographically and culturally dispersed organization.
Supports and champions any process safety programs, policies and procedures.
Supports sustainability initiatives.
Knowledge / Experience / Skills Required
Demonstrated ability to build continuous improvement culture across the operations, and be an effective driver of change.
Degree in a relevant discipline
Desired: a graduate degree (M.S. Eng., or MBA).
Minimum of 5+ years of experience managing 3-4+ sites, 1000 employees and over 500M sales contribution.
10+ years of managerial experience with budgetary responsibility
Ideally from a competitive/lean manufacturing environment, with a strong focus on operations, lean and CI.
Worked in an environment of leading organization capabilities. In other words able to get it done with limited resources (people and financials).
Demonstrated experience in leading business integrations
Demonstrated ability to create and implement innovative solutions to complex problems running a single train / multi-product operating facility.
Demonstrated ability to lead, direct and positively motivate others.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to influence all levels of the organization.