Operations Director - Production

Reporting to the company President and being a member of the leadership team. Responsible for the lead and of the day-to-day operations and production of the manufacturing operations team. Offering solutions of continuous improvement efforts to improve overall efficiency of the team. Developing long term strategic plans for operations.

• Responsible for safety, quality and efficacy of production ensuring compliance with all applicable specifications, Standard Operating Procedures, and federal/ state OSHA regulations of manufacturing environment.
• Manage, monitor, and report on staffing levels to support production demand.
• Assure product quality by monitoring the performance data and initiating appropriate improvement projects.
• Create indicator metrics to evaluate and steer the team's improvement activities.
• Lead the supervisors to utilize Lean Manufacturing tools to solve problems and improve performance.
• Understanding of quality documentation and participate in customer and regulatory audits.
• Work closely with the manufacturing engineering groups to ensure optimization of process productivity.
• Participate in operation and project review meetings.
• Develop strong training requirements and ensure effective cross training for the operations is completed to ensure high flexibility by the team.
• Maintain data for on-time delivery, Yield, and shop floor performance metrics and work with functional team
• Provide training, mentoring, and on-going support to manufacturing Supervisors and team members.
• Daily review of production schedules.
• Provide reports and updates on performance measurements.

• Bachelor’s degree in appropriate field.
• 8+ years of related experience
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing systems and inventory practices
• Knowledge of qualify systems and problem solving preferred but not required.
• Lean 6σ black belt certification, not required