Operations Manager

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Sedalia, MO, United States

Come build your career. It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better for those who make the world™. Sound like you? Join our top‑notch team of approximately 48,000 diverse and high‑performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET® and HUSTLER®.

As an Operations Manager, you’ll be part of our Sedalia Operations Team working as an onsite employee. You’ll get to:

• Drive rapid, significant and sustainable improvement in on‑time delivery and lead‑time.
• Develop and execute a manufacturing strategy that supports the division’s overall market‑driven business strategy. Specifically, lead expansion of highly successful point‑of‑impact manufacturing and delivery models.
• Lead regular strategy deployment & KPI reviews for the manufacturing team ensuring attainment of results and a sense of urgency with respect to the strategic implementation priorities.
• Passionately drive continuous improvement culture while implementing the strategic Roadmap to achieve breakthrough performance in safety, quality, delivery, cost, growth and working capital.
• Build an outstanding team and evolve the organizational structure, as needed, in order to meet and exceed objectives.
• Ensure key manufacturing metrics and key performance indicator systems are consistently tracking the appropriate measures and driving appropriate response behaviours.
• Periodically present plans and actual results, as well as strategy deployment and KPI progress. Take aggressive action to drive financial performance in the areas of direct and indirect labor, manufacturing overhead cost and inventory levels.
• Partner with Plant Manager to coordinate manufacturing functions with all affected departments.
• Ensure effective allocation of resources across all areas of the operation to accomplish customer‑driven priorities.
• Partner with Management to ensure the best possible product and customer satisfaction.
• Play an active and significant role in the S&OP process.
• Continually benchmark best practices and implement as appropriate.

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field required. Master’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years operations leadership experience with a demonstrated track record of significant performance improvement required.
• Experience in lean culture development and lean tool implementation required.
• Manufacturing experience in metal fabrication, powder paint and assembly preferred.
• Highly customer responsive.
• Resourceful, combining strong manufacturing and technical abilities with overall management acumen.
• Ability to effectively deploy resources to key priorities.
• Sets high expectations (driven by metrics and countermeasures) for self and the organization.
• Ability and passion to rapidly learn and utilise the business system and achieve objectives.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and the ability to effectively communicate throughout all levels of the organization.
• Autonomous and self‑directed; high degree of credibility and integrity.
• Open to relocating to another facility in the future, if business need arises.

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs and benefits in support of your well‑being.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

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