Vice President Operations

Pacific Powder Coating (PPC) is a large scale industrial powder coating, sandblasting and metal fabrication shop in Sacramento, CA. We finish parts for manufacturers, fabricators and OEMs across Northern California and beyond, in medical devices, EV and transportation, commercial seating and furniture, and industrial equipment.
We are growing and looking for a VP Operations to support our expansion.
The Role

The VP of Operations owns everything between a released work order and a loaded truck: scheduling, production, quality, maintenance, shipping and floor safety.
Reports to: President & CEO
Leads: Production, day and afternoon shifts
Location: Sacramento, CA (Power Inn area), fully on-site
What You'll Own

Throughput and productivity: own daily output goals by line and department, and drive sales per employee toward $200K. Grow output with the current team before adding people.
Scheduling and capacity: build the weekly line schedule across conveyor, batch and fabrication; balance recurring OEM programs with job-shop work; plan shift, overtime and Saturday coverage.
Quality: set first-pass yield and rework targets, own customer quality issues to root cause, and keep film-build, cure and adhesion standards consistent across shifts.
Maintenance and equipment: run a preventive maintenance program for ovens, booths, wash systems and conveyors that cuts downtime without giving up production days.
People and culture: lead and develop supervisors and leads, set a clear performance bar, and build a bilingual, accountable floor culture with fair pay for strong performers.
Safety and compliance: partner with our HR, Safety & Compliance Manager on Cal/OSHA, chemical handling, and wastewater and air permit requirements.
Quoting support: sign off on cycle times, rack density and routing assumptions before quotes go out.
Systems and data: use our ERP (JobBOSS²) and daily production logs to run the business on numbers, and improve the data where it's weak.
Required

Powder coating, liquid paint, plating or other industrial finishing experience (conveyor lines, cure ovens, pretreatment)
10+ years in manufacturing operations, with 5+ years leading a multi-shift plant or operation of 50+ people
Experience in a high-mix job shop or contract manufacturing environment where the schedule changes daily
A track record of raising output and margin through scheduling, process and people
Comfortable running the business on numbers: daily KPIs, labor productivity, overtime, scrap and rework
Hands-on leadership style; you're on the floor most of the day
Bilingual English/Spanish preferred; much of our floor team is Spanish-speaking
Preferred

Metal fabrication or welding operations
Lean or continuous-improvement training (Six Sigma, 5S, TPM)
Working knowledge of Cal/OSHA and environmental permits (wastewater, air)
ERP experience, ideally JobBOSS² or a similar job-shop system
Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations or business, or equivalent experience
Base salary: $100,000 - $140,000, depending on experience
Annual bonus: up to 20% of base, tied to output, on-time delivery and operating margin
Medical, dental and vision; 401(k); paid time off
Pacific Powder Coating is an equal opportunity employer.

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