Operations Director

About This Role

Directing manufacturing, supply chain, sourcing, safety, and quality across two sites is the core of this role. The Operations Director drives key plant performance metrics to ensure timely delivery of quality products in quantities that meet demand, at a cost that supports profitability and growth consistent with company objectives. This position oversees Quality, two Manufacturing plants, Continuous Improvement, Sourcing, and Standard Products.

Responsibilities

• Develop robust manufacturing plans to establish procedures for maintaining high standards of manufacturing operations to ensure products conform to established customer and company quality standards
• Define key performance metrics and monitor performance to exceed KPI targets
• Manage cross-functional quality improvement activities with Quality and Assembly teams, ensuring supplier accountability for upstream quality, reducing defects and production interruptions, and achieving established supplier PPM and end-of-line quality objectives
• Ensure compliance with company needs for capital investments and improvement projects and execute on all operational CAPEX projects
• Collaborate across the segment by working with the global divisions to implement strategies and action plans that deliver the most efficient and effective supply chain and distribution
• Consistently reduce costs through productivity gains
• Manage supply chain delivery performance by developing supplier stocking agreements, driving strategic supplier selection, controlling transportation costs through reduced air freight utilization, and maintaining inventory levels within agreed minimum and maximum thresholds
• Apply the ITW toolbox to identify, recommend and implement changes to improve conversion costs through productivity, cost, scrap and rework reduction
• Increase quality of practice of MRD in manufactured and purchased products to achieve excellent delivery service while optimizing inventory levels
• Closely collaborate with engineering, marketing and sourcing teams to ensure proper launch of new products with the expected cost and timing
• Manage compliance with state and federal regulations and company standards
• Provide leadership for employee relations through effective communications, coaching, training and development
• Drive talent development across the Operations organization by coaching and developing Plant, Quality, and Supply Chain leaders, expanding leadership responsibilities, and implementing succession and development plans
• Develop and sustain a high-performance safety culture by leading hazard identification and mitigation efforts across Assembly, Maintenance, and Continuous Improvement functions, while driving employee engagement and accountability for workplace safety
• Perform other duties as assigned