Head of Operations & Business Management

Operations Manager

Provide leadership, supervisor, coordination,and direction for operations to ensure conformance to quality standards,meeting delivery targets, and financial goals.

Starting as a hardware supply store during the California Gold Rush and eventually assisted in the birth of the aerospace industry in Southern California by providing aircraft aluminum to early aerospace pioneers like Lindbergh, Douglas and Lockheed.

Today Ducommun is a global provider of innovative manufacturing solutions for customers in the aerospace, defense and industrial markets. We specialize in electronic and structural systems, producing complex products and components for commercial aircraft platforms, mission-critical military and space programs, and sophisticated industrial applications.

Our Facility in Appleton, WI manufactures state-of-the-art circuit boards for Aerospace and Defense as well as Industrial and Medical Industries.

Provide leadership, coordination, and direction for all production operations, engineering, planning, and facility maintenance to meet budget
Facilitate the establishment and implementation of continuous improvement, lean manufacturing cycle-time reduction concepts, and plans
Oversee the management of inventory levels, manufacturing costs, and on-time delivery to customers
Promote the concept of individual responsibility for product quality
Provide leadership and management for facility maintenance for safety and regulatory compliance (OSHA, EPA, etc.)
Prepare annual departmental budget, including sales bookings, shipments, and responsible for performance to plan
Manage performance to key performance indicator goals (for example, on-time delivery, quality, safety, cycle time, overhead efficiency, and productivity per employee)
Complete weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports to management
Manage the expansion of facilities and the acquisition and installation of capital equipment
guiding achievement of performance measures
Ownership for plant layout for all production areas
Participate in recruiting, selection and development of all operations personnel through maintaining discipline and personnel relations, interviewing screened applicants
Working knowledge of manufacturing operations, scheduling, staffing, safety, and maintenance.
Mil Specs required at CAS facilities.
Demonstrated project management experience-planning, budget, allocation of resources.
Demonstrated ability to communicate with customers
Negotiation and conflict management skills together with demonstrated experience troubleshooting and problem-solving
Intermediate level of computer skills in email, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access
Ability to quickly and accurately assess and address complex problems using creative approaches
Demonstrated strategic thinkingskills that portray the ability to conceptualize business requirements in aproactive manner
Bachelors degree in Electrical/Manufacturing Engineering, Business Administration or relevant discipline
Minimum 7-10 years experienceshowing progression in production management, with supervisory experience