Director of Manufacturing, Aerospace
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Our client is a leader in aerospace and defense.
About the Role
In a manufacturing environment, drive the long-range strategic planning process for manufacturing operations by overseeing and managing all manufacturing activities including tactical day to day operation commitments, including Manufacturing, Safety, Manufacturing Engineering, Inventory Control, and Test Engineering.
As the Director of Manufacturing, you will define goals, improve technologies, and resolve problems as part of a team with managers of manufacturing, quality assurance, program management, engineering, and sales. You will translate customer requirements into state-of-the-art manufacturing strategies and processes, resulting in cost-effective processing and profitable manufacturing of company products.
Additionally, you will develop operations-related plans, budgets, and policies and procedures, while delivering the revenue plan for the site or group, as well as maintain AS9100 Processes, Key Metrics, IPC Certifications, safety and regulatory compliance relating to the production facility.
Responsibilities:
- Responsibility for meeting production requirements and revenue requirements
- Ensure that manufacturing and daily production objectives / plans are executed in a timely and cost-effective manner
- Ensure standards for safety, product quality, delivery and value are met and maintained
- Drive the development and implementation of operating methods and procedures to eliminate bottlenecks, problems, improve product quality and efficiency
- Drive sustaining engineering initiatives to modification of products, machines, and equipment to improve production and quality of products
- Create a culture of continuous improvement through kaizen.
- Drive improvements in safety, quality, cost, and delivery through kaizen events.
- Implement tier meetings and standardized metrics
- Ensure the factory is optimizing performance by implementing the appropriate lean methodologies to maximize productivity, capacity and throughput while minimizing lead time and WIP Partner with Corporate Manufacturing Operations team to implement operational strategy.
- Lead the development/implementation of the operational excellence plan in support of the overall strategy
- Instill a culture of feedback and problem solving throughout the factory Establish and develop a team of highly talented, high-performance employees
- Manage the order Fulfillment process to ensure On Time Delivery commits to customers are met Manage COGS through cost control, material usage efficiency, labor utilization, quality performance
- Drive and assure continuity of supply
- Manage the entire product lifecycle within the factory
- Measure factory performance and drive continuous improvement with regular business reviews Implement daily, weekly, and monthly KPI’s for manufacturing, production and operations utilizing standard and customized metrics and analysis to demonstrate efficiency, productivity, and profitability.
- Review/implement shop floor metrics. Select, develop, lead and coach the team with the goal of meeting/exceeding goals
Required Qualifications:
- A minimum 8-10 years of experience in a Manufacturing Operations leadership role within a factory environment
- 5 years in a Lean leadership role
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management or similar desired
- Previous experience in an Aerospace, Defense, or high-tech company with RF/Microwave experience
- Excellent Communication Skills / Demonstrated People Management skills
- Ability to influence at all levels of an organization.
- Demonstrated success influencing cultural change Demonstrated knowledge and application of Lean tools
- Excellent organizational, leadership, motivational, analytical problem solving and strategic thinking skills
- A successful track record of being able to establish and achieve performance goals and objectives for quality, cost control, manufacturing efficiency and process optimization.
- Previous experience in leading OpEx initiatives
- Experience transforming manufacturing sites through implementation lean methodologies while achieving revenue targets and targeted P&L savings
- Experience in the development and or refinement of a company’s Lean/OpEx operating system.
- Demonstrated development and execution of a company/operational strategy, while providing linkages to performance of day-to-day operations
- Demonstrated business acumen and understanding of the P&L and balance sheet are required.
- Significant experience in identifying key opportunities that drive financial performance for an organization
- Proven ability to function in a matrix organization
- Exhibiting professional behavior with both internal/external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company’s policies and practices
Salary Range: $121,000 - $208,000
This position requires you to have or obtain a government security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.
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