Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Re:Build Manufacturing is committed to ensuring that the next generation of important products are made in America. The VP of Operations will lead the growth and development of manufacturing and engineering services, providing mentorship and operational advice while implementing efficient fulfillment strategies across diverse businesses.
Responsibilities
- Ensure fulfillment, quality, cost and customer expectations are met by driving assessment and coordination of efforts across member companies, manufacturing, and engineering teams within the organization
- Achieve and maintain manufacturing capacity requirements on an ongoing basis, providing for build-up and adjustment of resources as needed, including facilities, equipment and people
- Coach, develop, and assess leadership talent internally to achieve growth and meet market needs
- Lead across functions to drive continuous improvement through Lean to enhance quality, workflow efficiency, predictability, and productivity in product and service fulfillment
- Demonstrate highly visible, engaging leadership, with affinity for the production floor and engineering shops. Lead by example, emphasizing the Principles of The Re:Build Way
- Contribute to the overall short- and long-range planning process and in the establishment, monitoring and assessment of our annual operating budget
- Develop and deploy essential analytics to track important metrics, feed analysis and generate useful insights
- Partner with leaders across the business to create ‘best for the enterprise’ fulfillment approaches that complement each business’s context and objectives
- Support leadership teams in assessing opportunities, understating constraints, securing balanced contracting, and developing responsive action plans to ensure profitable and mutually beneficial delivery on commitments
- Participate in the investigation and implementation of new services, manufacturing processes, and product or systems technologies to meet the organization's objectives
- Provide guidance to strategic projects within our business, as needed
- Act as an Operations functional lead for mergers and acquisition assessment and case development
- Where most essential, develop, implement, and optimize procedural standards and policies related to the business
- Help sustain safety in all workplaces
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical or business-related subject area, or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 15 years of leadership experience with manufacturing processes and systems, working in a highly matrixed environment, leading large multidisciplinary teams is essential
- Expertise using 'lean' principles and a track record of success in developing significant improvements in cost management, inventory management, quality, and delivery
- Ability to marshal resources to get things done, orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal, and use resources effectively and efficiently
- Proven skills partnering across businesses and a collaborative approach within and across organizational boundaries
- Proven capability to encourage, mentor, and cultivate team members to achieve improved results
- Exhibits a high degree of technical credibility and communicates highly technical information in a simplistic and easily understandable way
- Analytical skills to draw appropriate conclusions from data, anticipating second and third order effects when making recommendations
- Ability to isolate critical factors, summarize complex information and communicate effectively at executive levels
- Willingness to travel frequently as needed to effectively support your areas of responsibility
- MBA or MS preferred
- The ideal candidate will be located in Central or Eastern United States or willing to relocate
Benefits
- Annual incentive compensation and/or long-term incentives, subject to Company plans
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, and other benefits
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