Senior Director, Upfit Operations Strategy & Transformation

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At Dexter, we manufacture and distribute axles, accessories, and towing components primarily serving the commercial trailer, RV, marine, agriculture, and manufactured housing markets. We’re building products and systems that are rooted in a culture of safety, collaboration, and innovation.

Headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana, Dexter has manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Employing state-of-the-art robotics, precision welding equipment, and automated machining processes, Dexter has achieved over 65 years of success through a commitment to the principles of superior quality, continuous improvement, and unparalleled customer service.

Make a measurable impact across a growing manufacturing network.

Dexter Upfit is seeking a high-impact Senior Director to define and lead the operational strategy and transformation agenda across nine U.S. manufacturing locations.

This enterprise leadership role will establish the multi-site operations strategy, transformation roadmap, capital priorities, performance-management discipline, and organizational capabilities required to improve current performance and support sustainable growth. The Senior Director will work across sites and functions to identify structural constraints, challenge assumptions, prioritize investments, strengthen operating discipline, and ensure strategic initiatives deliver measurable results.

This is not a traditional site operations role. It requires a leader who can connect strategy to execution through a combination of strategic perspective, operational depth, financial discipline, and hands-on leadership.

The position is located near the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas region, with a remote home office and significant travel to Dexter Upfit locations.

Network:
Nine Dexter Upfit U.S. manufacturing locations

Primary mandate:
Operations strategy, transformation, productivity, capital effectiveness, performance governance, organizational capability, and growth readiness

Business impact:
Revenue enablement, capacity, cost, quality, safety, delivery, customer performance, execution discipline, and leadership strength

Define and lead the multi-site operations strategy and transformation roadmap in alignment with business growth priorities.

Translate business, market, and growth objectives into capacity, capability, investment, technology, and organizational priorities.

Assess the current operating model and establish a scalable future-state model that improves consistency, accountability, and performance.

Identify structural barriers to growth and lead initiatives addressing productivity, capacity, quality, delivery, cost, safety, technology, process, and talent constraints.

Serve as a senior operational advisor, presenting fact‑based recommendations, alternatives, risks, and required decisions.

Establish a network‑wide performance framework with common KPIs, standards, reporting, and operating‑review cadences.

Evaluate site performance and ensure significant gaps have clear owners, actions, milestones, and measurable outcomes.

Lead reviews of strategic initiatives, operational risks, capital projects, and benefit commitments.

Standardize processes where scale creates value while recognizing legitimate differences in products, customers, and site requirements.

Establish escalation and intervention processes for major performance issues or missed commitments.

Develop and maintain the multi‑year capital strategy and investment roadmap.

Prioritize investments based on safety, capacity, productivity, quality, customer requirements, growth, risk, and financial return.

Establish consistent business‑case standards covering scope, alternatives, ROI, payback, implementation requirements, risks, and expected benefits.

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