THE COMPANY

Our client is a manufacturer of motors and power transmission components.

THE POSITION

The Senior Director will have multi-site responsibility totaling $325M in revenue and 380 associates. This is a high-visibility role responsible for the largest piece of the company’s biggest dollar segment. The selected candidate will be tasked with driving a growth-focused operations strategy and providing hands-on leadership in a highly matrixed environment across production, materials, continuous improvement, HR and safety with a dotted line to 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) 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.
• Uses Core Value Drivers to direct activities across the plants, providing leadership to Production, Quality, Purchasing, Human Resources and Finance.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field, or a combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 15 years of progressive manufacturing experience that includes manufacturing, supply chain, finance, safety, inventory, quality and manufacturing engineering, including a minimum of five years leading and managing people across multiple sites.
• Experience in a high-mix/low-volume, configured-to-order industrial manufacturing environment.
• Expert operational and financial acumen with a background managing P&L.
• Commercial acumen and experience creating value for customers.
• Experience leading strategic business transformation and change management.
• Proven successful applications of multiple Lean and continuous improvement tools.