THE COMPANY

Our client is a motor and transmission components manufacturer.

THE POSITION

This person will have responsibility for a union, low volume/high mix, engineered-to-order business. This is a high-visibility role. The selected candidate will be tasked with driving a growth-focused operations strategy, providing hands-on leadership to a cross-functional team and driving an operational excellence culture in a highly matrixed environment across Production, EHS, Materials, CI, HR, Safety, Quality and Finance.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Full plant manufacturing operations responsibility for the location, leading all aspects of the manufacturing operations, facilities, planning, tactical purchasing, materials management and associates.
• Maintains a safe work environment that’s compliant with all regulations and drives environmental health and safety (EHS) metrics and continuous improvement initiatives that promote safety.
• Leads the plant operations team to deliver on Annual Operating Plan (AOP) weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually.
• Establishes and sustains strong visual daily management, Gemba culture, root cause corrective action, problem solving and Lean flow, including regular presence on the operations floor with consistent attendance at Gemba.
• Sets and achieves short- and long-term SQDCG and financial objectives by supporting and driving the strategic vision by breaking it into actionable strategies and tactics.
• Drives a continuous improvement mindset, with clear future factory vision, to significantly improve productivity and efficiency across their plant and drive employee engagement.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering, or a combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive manufacturing experience that includes supply chain, finance, safety, inventory, quality and manufacturing engineering, including a minimum of five years leading and managing people.
• Experience working in a complex, engineered-to-order, low volume/high mix environment that includes machining with tight tolerances.
• Strong operational and financial acumen with an executive presence, and the ability to lead a site with a bias for action and a say-do mindset that works with urgency.
• Experience leading a brownfield transformation.
• Proven successful applications of multiple Lean and continuous improvement tools.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and ERP systems (SAP experience highly preferred).
• Well-honed cross-functional management and communication skills.