Vida Group International
Director of Operations - Manufacturing
Derby
Posted 2 days ago
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Director of Operations
Our client is a global B2B Technology & Industrial products company seeking a strong Director of Operations.
Responsibilities
- Ensure plant operations meet all company and government safety and environmental rules and regulations.
- Instills a plant safety culture to drive world-class occupational and process safety performance.
- Establish strategic goals for manufacturing and technical center while aligning operational activities with Company goals and values.
- Build collaborative relationships and effectively interact with business, senior leaders, and stakeholders.
- Drives plant productivity and efficiency by monitoring processes and leveraging most effective technologies across the regions.
- Establish strategy for plants to ensure that delivery of manufactured products meet safety, quality, cost, and on-time delivery goals in support of associated business objectives.
- Create metrics and evaluate the efficiency of business procedures according to organizational objectives and apply improvements by analyzing and interpreting data and metrics of various disciplines.
- Work with plant managers to develop and adjust operation budgets to promote profitability, monitor revenue margins, and ensure Company goals are achieved or exceeded.
- Responsible for staff management and development including assigning and directing work, appraising performance, hiring, training and retention, disciplining, addressing complaints, and resolving problems.
- Cooperates and effectively communicates with business units to meet Company objectives.
- Leads change management activities for area of responsibility.
- Coach, mentor, and develop the team by fostering an environment of continuous learning, and encouraging global collaboration in a geographically and culturally dispersed organization.
- Provides process technology subject matter expertise to operations team.
- Supports and champions any process safety programs, policies, and procedures.
- Supports sustainability initiatives.
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- Demonstrated ability to build on new data-led culture in operations facility, and be an effective driver of change.
- Degree in a relevant discipline.
- Desired: a graduate degree (M.S. Eng., or MBA).
- Ten years of managerial experience with budgetary responsibility in the consumer/electro-mechanical industry preferred.
- Ideally from a competitive/lean manufacturing environment, with a strong focus on operations, lean, and CI.
- Knowledge of current Health, Safety, and Environmental legislation and standards.
- A keen focus on regulatory compliance a plus.
- Proven management experience in process plant.
- Worked in an environment of leading organization capabilities. In other words, able to get it done with limited resources (people and financials).
- Demonstrated ability to create and implement innovative solutions to complex problems running a single train/multi-product operating facility.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, direct, and positively motivate others.
- Strong ability to identify, develop, and encourage talent.
- Demonstrated results in process improvement and experience in reliability best practices and programs.
- Proven ability to measure performance and deliver against objectives.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to influence all levels of the organization.
- Evidence of ongoing training/development at a senior level to current best practice.
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Skills
Operational Strategy
Lean Manufacturing
Continuous Improvement
Budget Management
Staff Management
Regulatory Compliance
Process Safety
Change Management
Performance Metrics
Stakeholder Management
Reliability Best Practices
Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)
Resource Optimization
Strategic Planning
Talent Development
Process Technology
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