[Remote] VP of Operations
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Re:Build Manufacturing is a growing family of industrial and engineering businesses focused on revitalizing US manufacturing. They are seeking a VP of Operations to lead the growth and development of manufacturing or engineering services member companies, ensuring fulfillment, quality, and profitability objectives are met through collaboration and continuous improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Ensure fulfillment, quality, cost and customer expectations are met by driving assessment and coordination of efforts across member companies, manufacturing, and engineering teams within the organization
- Achieve and maintain manufacturing capacity requirements on an ongoing basis, providing for build-up and adjustment of resources as needed, including facilities, equipment and people
- Coach, develop, and assess leadership talent internally to achieve growth and meet market needs
- Lead across functions to drive continuous improvement through Lean to enhance quality, workflow efficiency, predictability, and productivity in product and service fulfillment
- Demonstrate highly visible, engaging leadership, with affinity for the production floor and engineering shops. Lead by example, emphasizing the Principles of [The Re:Build Way](https://www.rebuildmanufacturing.com/our-principles)
- Contribute to the overall short- and long-range planning process and in the establishment, monitoring and assessment of our annual operating budget
- Develop and deploy essential analytics to track important metrics, feed analysis and generate useful insights
- Partner with leaders across the business to create ‘best for the enterprise’ fulfillment approaches that complement each business’s context and objectives
- Support leadership teams in assessing opportunities, understating constraints, securing balanced contracting, and developing responsive action plans to ensure profitable and mutually beneficial delivery on commitments
- Participate in the investigation and implementation of new services, manufacturing processes, and product or systems technologies to meet the organization's objectives
- Provide guidance to strategic projects within our business, as needed
- Act as an Operations functional lead for mergers and acquisition assessment and case development
- Where most essential, develop, implement, and optimize procedural standards and policies related to the business
- Help sustain safety in all workplaces
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical or business-related subject area, or equivalent experience (MBA or MS preferred)
- Minimum of 15 years of leadership experience with manufacturing processes and systems, working in a highly matrixed environment, leading large multidisciplinary teams is essential
- Expertise using 'lean' principles and a track record of success in developing significant improvements in cost management, inventory management, quality, and delivery
- Ability to marshal resources to get things done, orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal, and use resources effectively and efficiently
- Proven skills partnering across businesses and a collaborative approach within and across organizational boundaries
- Proven capability to encourage, mentor, and cultivate team members to achieve improved results
- Exhibits a high degree of technical credibility and communicates highly technical information in a simplistic and easily understandable way
- Analytical skills to draw appropriate conclusions from data, anticipating second and third order effects when making recommendations
- Ability to isolate critical factors, summarize complex information and communicate effectively at executive levels
- The ideal candidate will be located in Central or Eastern United States or willing to relocate
- Willingness to travel frequently as needed to effectively support your areas of responsibility
Benefits
- Every employee of Re:Build will share ownership in the company and will share in the financial rewards of the success we achieve together, at all levels of the company!
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