THE COMPANY

Our client is a plastic and aluminum packaging manufacturer.

THE POSITION

The Director of Operations will have a key leadership role with specific responsibility for the company’s Tooling Center of Excellence facility. This person will have full day-to-day responsibility for the facility, including full oversight over plant operations in multiple departments. In accordance with top-down commitment from the leadership team, the Director will be responsible for establishing a high-performance work culture using Lean manufacturing / TPS principles. They will utilize Lean concepts in the development of a problem-solving culture and teach associates how to identify and eradicate waste, and complete root cause analysis to drive daily continuous improvement.

TARGET ANNUAL SALARY
$145,000

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Manage work priorities and timelines while allocating resources to assure assigned plant goals and timelines are met. This includes planning production operations and establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products.
• Coordinate manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meet specifications.
• Lead and develop a strong daily management process with factory team to deliver on operational KPIs and business financials. Lead, coach and train employees toward Lean manufacturing concepts and foster environment for an empowered, high-performance plant.
• Ability to anticipate, negotiate and manage conflicts, problems, changing situations and deadlines.
• Strong floor presence: an on-the-floor leader.
• Make recommendations to improve productivity, quality and efficiency of operations.
• Make hire and fire decisions responsibly. Train and develop a team and create a succession plan.
• Maintain OSHA, environmental and other regulatory agency compliance.
• Prepare operational schedules and coordinate manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meet specifications.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or industrial engineering or similar technical field preferred.
• Experience in metal fabrication.
• Experience working and scheduling in a high-volume / high-mix environment.
• Strong manufacturing leadership experience in discrete manufacturing environments with demonstrable results.
• The ideal candidate will have 10 to 15 years of work experience and at least five years of experience leading Operations teams.
• Five-plus years working in strong Lean cultures required.
• Must have had roles with P&L responsibility and working knowledge of budgets and financial statements.