Operations Director

About This Role

This role leads the performance, growth, and culture of a precision machining manufacturing site focused on medical devices. The Site Director will have full profit and loss responsibility, supporting a diverse customer base and delivering exceptional quality, service, and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and execution across manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, and customer fulfillment
• Champion a culture of operational excellence, continuous improvement, and accountability
• Build strong relationships with key customers, understanding their needs and growing strategic partnerships
• Align cross-functional teams around key performance objectives and corporate priorities
• Ensure compliance with medical device regulations and internal quality standards
• Drive site-level strategy, execution, and financial performance
• Lead and develop high-performing teams across direct and matrixed functions
• Build and manage robust production systems, capacity planning, and labor models
• Partner closely with commercial teams to grow customer relationships and business volume
• Embed quality, safety, and compliance into every operational process
• Establish a scalable infrastructure to support future growth and customer needs

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of successful experience leading a cross-functional organization and/or developing two-discipline functional excellence
• 5+ years of increasing responsibility leading hourly and salaried professional organizations
• 5+ years growing a business, profit center, cost center, or program management experience
• 3+ years in a leadership role within a machining environment
• Demonstrated results in developing talent, organizational strategies, and management systems in a high-revenue growth environment
• Extensive experience in the manufacturing industry
• Extensive experience in operational functions
• Subject-matter expertise in problem solving
• Extensive experience in communication
• Working experience in a manufacturing regulatory environment
• Subject-matter expertise in decision making and critical thinking
• Working experience with lean manufacturing
• Working experience in training
• Extensive experience in change leadership
• Extensive experience in leadership
• Extensive experience in business acumen
• Candidates offered employment may be required to submit to a pre-employment background check and pre-employment drug-screening based on position requirements
• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S.