Operations Director

INDUSTRY: Medical Equipment Manufacturing

REPORTING: Reports to SVP Operations & Continuous Improvement

JOB LOCATION: Bozeman, Montana

TRAVEL: Minimal travel

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Director of Operations for a key manufacturing plant will execute the operations strategy and lead production activities in a Lean manufacturing environment. They will be responsible for guiding the plant to meet KPI targets, optimize resources, maintain quality standards, and minimize costs. They will have strong experience with Lean implementation and rollout.

Core duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Instill a customer-centric oriented organization by driving all aspects of operations leadership: Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, Cost, Productivity to meet production targets

• Drive short and long-term manufacturing objectives to meet plant targets
• Foster culture of change through employee engagement and a hands-on management style
• Develop improved manufacturing methods, layouts, equipment, and techniques

Accountable for Lean implementation and culture transformation of the plant, including but not limited to:

• Drive a Lean transformation culture through leadership and employee engagement
• Establish a culture of Continuous Improvement environment by implementing key Lean tools and with an on-going pursuit of waste elimination, quality, and service level improvement
• Utilize a customer and a critical few mindset
• Implement and improve visual daily management and problem-solving
• Lead and facilitate Kaizen activities and coach at Gemba
• Implementation of standard work processes (in production and transactional standard work)
• Follow a continuous improvement approach for team accountability for achieving high performance SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) targets through a visual work environment
  • Passionate focus and role model on safety programs
  • Constantly prioritizes quality and demonstrates customer empathy

Build world class Quality Organization & Processes to meet new and existing regulations

Comply with company ethics, code of conduct, policies, and best practices, with a commitment to safety in the workplace, valuing of diversity, and promotion of a harassment-free environment.

Perform other duties as assigned by management

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations, Supply Chain or related field from an accredited university, required.
• MBA a plus
• 10-15 Years of leadership experience in an assembly-based manufacturing environment with 5+ years in manufacturing leadership
• Regulated industry experience
• Lean manufacturing experience required including 80/20, Value Stream Mapping, 6S, Standard Work, FMEA, Problem Solving, Kanban, Visual Daily Management, Strategy Deployment, SMED, Kaizen, etc.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Ability to define problems through collection of data, establish root causes, and drive appropriate improvement
• Ability to make appropriate and difficult business decisions with a sense of urgency
• Ability to lead by example, create followership and embrace change
• Ability to inspire excellence among team members
• Ability to drive change at strategic and operational levels, focusing on results
• A proactive, Customer focused mindset
• Must possess ability to think ahead, determine and understand consequences or reaction(s) to a given set of actions, formulate next steps and have ability to execute through given resources while maintaining focus and understanding of the goal by all
• A skilled and thoughtful coach and mentor who understands the importance of developing Team and Talent. Always focused on being a coach, role model and mentor while developing those around them. Builds a high caliber team and manages succession
• Open minded, adaptable, and agile learner (in particular, related to acquisitions)

Lean Focus LLC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or protected Veteran status.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

• At Lean Focus, we help businesses overcome their biggest challenges by transforming them for the better, and for the long-term. A "who's who" of global leaders in every industry, our clients include some of the world's most respected brands and several members of the Fortune 1000.