Director of Operations - Manufacturing; OKC)

The Operations Director is primarily responsible for ensuring that the HVAC Coils plant and the Parts Distribution Center, both in Oklahoma City, meet all commitments made to our customers, overseeing operations from order processing to delivery. He/she is highly organized, analytical, and an excellent problem-solver with strong leadership and communication skills. They excel at using data to improve efficiency, reducing costs, and ensuring goods and services reach their destinations reliably.

Adaptability is also key, as they must be able to react quickly to changes and challenges.

The key responsibilities include:

• Health & Safety: Maintain and support the health and safety culture established at both CPS sites. Demonstrate strong leadership and ensure that all team members prioritize health and safety in every aspect of their work.
• Site Performance: Lead, direct and manage all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the Coils manufacturing facility and provide leadership to the team running the parts distribution center Ensure the optimization of operational performance to achieve our key objectives (KPIs) and the delivery plan in its entirety.
• Strategic Development: Responsible for the development and execution of the coil plant and parts distribution center’s strategic plan in collaboration with the management team. Ensure the plan is aligned with the company's overall priorities and long-term vision, including influencing the product offering to support the growth strategy and future customer needs.

• Actively analyze Key Performance Indicators for the manufacturing facility and PDC, adjust/implement lean manufacturing and quality processes and systems leveraging 80/20 Segmentation, Lean Flow and other related world class manufacturing improvement techniques/framework to produce optimum operational excellence and P&L improvement.
• Implement strategic initiatives driven by the CPS Segment, aligning team-based processes to drive operational performance and continuous improvement.
• Identify, develop and implement plant efficiency improvements that results in improved variable cost performance for the business.
• Ensures utilization of human resource talent within its organization structure and champions development of talent within the business. Identifies and develops key leaders for future roles.
• Implement strategic initiatives driven by the Division, aligning team-based processes to drive operational performance and continuous improvement.
• Analyze and manage the facility’s financial performance, implementing policies and procedures that support and drive annual plan and LRP (long range plan).
• Proactively direct the resolution of operational, quality and maintenance issues to ensure effective management of cost and prevention of operational delays.
• Actively analyze productivity and capacity utilization including outside processing.
• Responsible for preparation and management of the overall execution of operations budget.
• Ability to translate variable cost improvement into meaningful initiatives and projects that positively impact financial performance.
• Work with the engineering team, production team, finance team, and the supplier base to develop and implement initiatives to improve variable and direct margins of the product line.
• Establish a go-forward plan of cost savings and strategic sourcing results, which aligns with the segment's growth initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or operations management
• Over 10 years of experience leading teams in a manufacturing environment
• Significant achievements in operational improvement (major advantage if in HVAC)
• Experience in establishing and guiding continuous improvement principles with extensive knowledge of Lean methodologies (5S, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, SMED, etc.)
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines in a constantly evolving dynamic environment
• Proven expertise and achievements in change management
• Strong ability to articulate a vision and strategy that mobilizes and motivates teams toward achieving set results
• Competitive benefits package with a strong PTO plan