Vice President Operations

The VP Operations will lead Americas’ operational value-creation agenda, with particular focus on:

• Multi-site operational performance and SQDIP management

• Operational Excellence, Lean and continuous improvement

• Manufacturing productivity, throughput and margin expansion

• Strategic sourcing, supply-chain resilience and SIOP

• Capacity, capital and footprint optimization

• Quality, compliance and production discipline

• New Product Introduction (NPI), production readiness & technology transfer

• Operational integration of acquisitions and new capabilities

• Leadership capability and consistent operating practices across sites

The role will improve the performance of today’s operations while building scalable, consistent capabilities that support Americas’ evolution toward a broader systems and solutions business.

Key Responsibilities

• Own site and network performance across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory and Productivity (SQDIP), with clear targets, operating reviews and accountability for corrective action.

• Develop and deploy a common Americas Operational Excellence system, embedding Lean, continuous improvement, standard work, visual management and structured problem solving across the U.S. footprint.

• Translate the Americas Value Creation Plan into operational initiatives with clear owners, milestones and measurable impact across EBITDA, cash, working capital, capacity, quality and delivery.

• Drive productivity, throughput, cost and margin improvement through waste elimination, labor effectiveness, material yield, process control, automation and disciplined execution.

• Lead strategic sourcing, supplier performance, material planning and supply-chain resilience, reducing risk while improving cost, quality, availability and working capital.

• Establish an effective SIOP rhythm linking demand, capacity, inventory and production plans to customer commitments and growth priorities.

• Lead operational capacity planning, capital deployment and footprint optimization, ensuring investment is directed toward the highest-value constraints and growth opportunities.

• Partner with Engineering & Product to ensure robust NPI, Design for Manufacturability, production readiness and clean handoff of new technologies and products into U.S. operations.

• Lead the operational work streams for acquisition integration, site transformation and technology transfer, working with Transformation on the integration plan and accepting clear handoffs into sustainable operational ownership.

• Maintain strong operational governance and auditability across defense and regulated activities, working with responsible functional leaders on requirements including DCMA/DLA, AS9100, ISO 9001, ITAR, FAR/DFARS, CMMC and applicable customer or site requirements.

• Build strong site leadership, manufacturing, quality, supply-chain and continuous-improvement capability, creating common standards and sharing best practice across locations.

• Provide clear, fact-based operational reporting to the President and Executive Leadership Team, identifying risks early and maintaining pace on recovery and value-creation actions.

Partnership Across the Business

The VP Operations will work particularly closely with the VP Transformation and Director of Product & Technology.

With Transformation, the role will align site-transformation programs, operational value-creation initiatives, MOP/PMO reporting, acquisition integration and benefits tracking. Transformation will coordinate the enterprise program and cross-functional dependencies;
Operational Excellence will own execution and sustained embedding within the operating sites.

With Product & Technology, the role will ensure innovation and technical programs move effectively from…