Director of Operations

Position Summary: The Operations Director is a key senior management team member, driving safety, manufacturing, and supply chain functions at Putzmeister. The role requires a passion for manufacturing and proactive professional communication with sales, engineering, quality, finance, and HR departments here in the USA and at our international locations. We are seeking an experienced heavy equipment manufacturing individual with strength of character and proven operational performance skills. Key priorities of the role are quality of builds, accurate schedule creation leading to on time delivery, efficiency of labor used in each stage of operation, and management of production planning, supply chain, and inventory. We are seeking a leader of high integrity and skill that will foster a positive and respectful environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reporting to this role are Safety, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Warehouse/inventory, Manufacturing Engineering, and Facilities Management.
• Responsible for the safety program of the manufacturing facility and site; including creation of, and implementation of, safety improvement plans.
• Drive a culture of safety, respect, integrity, efficiency, continuous improvement and quality within safety, manufacturing, and supply chain functions.
• Drive the creation, maintenance, and attainment of manufacturing schedules. Ontime delivery is a key deliverable of the role.
• Be a critical contributor to the Sales and Operations Planning process, which balances demand with production constraints. Working knowledge of “SOP” processes.
• Implement and maintain processes for efficient use of inventory and minimize excess and obsolete inventory via planning processes.
• Responsible for facilities planning and maintenance (short- and long-term resources and facility planning)
• Perform managerial duties as required, e.g., budgets, performance appraisals, etc.
• Manage and lead the supply chain and inventory management team: analyze delivery and inventory issues and provide solutions.
• Work hand in hand with the independent Quality Department on continuous “zero-defect” quality goals
• Create and present professional monthly management reports and proposals; must be able to confidently and professionally communicate to employees across the spectrum from shop floor to senior executives.
• Organize and direct workflow for satisfying production requirements in a cost-efficient manner.
• Develop and motivate cost-effective alternatives and improvements to the production process, including automating current manual processes.
• Drive the collection and smart use of time studies to continually improve build efficiency.
• Plan and calculate required headcount to achieve production goals, work with HR to bring on the required labor force.
• Maximize the efficiency of production lines via implementation of latest manufacturing methods.
• Ability to liaise between suppliers, manufacturers, internal departments, and customers.
• Direct the evaluation of suppliers, negotiation of contracts, and product quality review.
• Drive improvement and reports on site's supply chain KPIs including supplier quality, delivery, cost, stock rates, and inventory turns performance.
• Collaborate and discuss the design of products with design engineers, quality concerns with production supervisors, or shipping issues with managers in the receiving department, in order to ensure that the supplier can deliver the desired goods or services on time, in the correct quantities, and without sacrificing quality.
• Represent company brand with poise, integrity, and positivity.
• Other duties as required

Education/Experience Desired

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in business, logistics, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 10 years of related experience, with at least 4 years in a managerial role.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, bend, and use hands to finger, handle or touch; frequently required to push and pull.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, bend, and use hands to finger, handle or touch; frequently required to push and pull.
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, peripheral, and the ability to focus.

Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is in a typical office or heavy manufacturing shop environment.
• Safety glasses/goggles must be worn at all times while in the shop or the yard.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The above information includes the general details necessary to describe the principal duties of the job identified and shall not be interpreted as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the job.