Vice President of Global Operations

This is a key leadership position with day-to-day and management oversight of the Company’s Global Manufacturing Operations to include production, supply chain, warehouse, quality, fulfillment & logistics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to thrive within a fast-paced environment
• Provide organizational leadership through rapid and cyclical growth
• Lead the development, change management, and execution of a manufacturing strategy while developing a best-in-class operations team
• Build a Lean enterprise organization
• Drive continuous improvements in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, cost, and inventory management
• Conduct regular finance reviews of manufacturing efficiency metrics to include utilization, production, delivery, labor efficiencies, CNC machine performance, materials usage & yield loss
• Ensure manufacturing departmental decisions & project plans are in alignment with sales, product development, supply chain, safety, and other functional organizations
• Lead and oversee department budgets to include management of capital improvement projects within established return on investment metrics
• Build and develop a strong sourcing team and implement a strategic global sourcing plan, driving material cost reductions and supply chain risk mitigation
• Establish strong relationships and partnerships with our contract manufacturers and work as one team to accomplish the objectives and deliver on-time, on-spec and on-budget results

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Logistics, Engineering, or related field required; MBA or master’s degree preferred
• Six Sigma and Lean certifications
• Expertise at rolling out and managing SAP ERP systems
• Experience in deploying and managing ISO-compliant processes and organizations
• At least 10 years of industry-related experience required, including a minimum of three years in operations management
• Ability to lead in a bilingual environment

Desired Attributes:

• Passion for individual and team development at all levels within Manufacturing
• Cultivate and promote a team environment where individual and team contributions are recognized and rewarded
• Experience in selection and continuous improvement of global manufacturers and suppliers
• Engage and empower a highly functioning results-driven environment
• Effectively communicates, influences, aligns, and establishes trust within the team and cross-functionally
• Strong financial acumen as it relates to operations budgets, efficiency, capacity management, overall performance and margin
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
• A willingness to be hands on, and an enthusiasm for learning