AVIRE | Operations Manager | sussex, nj

6 days ago

sussex, United States AVIRE Full time

OPERATIONS MANAGER (Sussex, WI)


Purpose

Do you have a passion for building sustainable operations processes, seeking better ways to achieve goals, and empowering a diverse employee base to produce against rigorous objectives? Do you constantly question why in search of alternative paths forward? Do you thrive on supporting high growth strategic plans with a steadfast focus on superior operational performance with the end customer in mind? If so, you could be a perfect fit for our Operations Manager role located at our US site in Sussex, Wisconsin.

The Avire US team is looking for a highly driven, operations professional intent on bringing a fresh perspective to a rapidly growing organization to position us for success in the future. Your challenge is to continually evaluate our current production flow, optimize our processes reducing waste, seek autonomous solutions to drive cost reductions, and develop a talented group of employees in production, shipping, supply chain, and production management

What will you be doing?

As the Operations Manager you will lead the production, operations and supply chain team within the site, enabling all departments to work together to create a successful, organized, and efficient business. Including, budgeting and forecasting with the operational and financial deliverable for the site.

Production/Shipping

Your responsibility is to ensure that the company's overall goals, objectives, and mission are carried out through daily operations and team interactions. Core duties and responsibilities may include but not limited to:

  • Develop, in partnership with the Vice President of Global Manufacturing strategic operational goals that align with the company’s vision and implementing effective measure to achieve those goals
  • Evaluate and optimize our current production processes to continually improved productivity and follow lean techniques.
  • Lead & manage the team on the continual lean journey to reduce nonvalue added processes and improve communication across the department
  • Work across all departments and key stakeholders in forecasting monthly, quarterly and annual operational sales outputs to stakeholders.
  • Lead Kaizen initiatives to drive a continuous improvement mindset within the organization to Improve productivity and cost down initiatives.
  • Manage CAPEX budget as we build for the future factory to deliver our Growth strategy and a state-of-the-art facility.
  • Work with Production team to identify non-sustainable product lines for rationalization to increase overall profit and reduce Operational waste
  • Lead, coach and mentor talent, facilitating career progression and development
  • Build out standard work process to ensure consistency of product output and repeatable training plans to maintain a skilled work force
  • Partner with Global Quality Manager to ensure first time quality, corrective actions and alignment with QMS.
  • Lead our Environmental commitment and our Scope 1,2,3 Projects to reduce our carbon footprint while working with the EHS lead in Czech.


Supply Chain


  • Work with strategic sourcing to identify the best inventory strategy moving forward to support an average of 20% growth YOY, while maintaining cost position and reducing overall inventory levels.
  • Implement an automated Inventory system that delivers a management system that supports our Production & Sales team requirements
  • Manage pipeline of strategic cost down opportunities targeting 5%+ saving opportunity of cost savings projects annually
  • Navigate global logistics challenges & disruptions to ensure product availability to the Production team to achieve 98% plus OTD.
  • Implement innovative supply chain strategies that align with our Strategy & Vision



Leadership Competencies

Action-Oriented Curiosity: You readily take on challenges, and you identify and seize new opportunities. You have an outstanding history of delivering on your projects. You work on the problems that truly need to be solved, and you effectively challenge the organization to be better. You can cut through the clutter and focus on the priorities that align with organizational objectives.

Collaboration: You embrace the unique experiences, viewpoints, and abilities of your teammates and proactively engage those differences to come to the best possible outcome.

Empowerment: You thrive in an environment where you can make decisions. You do not shy away from taking a stand, and you recognize the importance of challenging the team to ensure that we strive for more.

Accountability: You take responsibility for your actions, and you deliver on your commitments.

Inclusion: In all aspects of your work, you treat everyone with respect.


Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, supply chain management, production management, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • A minimum of 7 years in an Operational Manufacturing management role.
  • A minimum of 4 years of progressive employee management experience.
  • P&L experience & Commercial acumen required
  • Experience in lean manufacturing, KPI deployment, and visual workplace management
  • Experience with production flow methodologies, specifically cellular manufacturing, and single piece flow
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills at all organizational levels


Who is AVIRE?


Connecting and Protecting People. AVIRE combines 5 market-leading brands (Rath, Janus, Safe-Com, Microkey, and Memco) within the elevator and emergency communications industries; currently offering light curtains, ERCES, emergency telephones / GSMs, and life safety solutions. Each brand has a strong market presence, a unique identity, a distinct product range, and a long, successful history. We have manufacturing locations in 2 countries and employing over 400 people globally.


AVIRE is part of the Halma group (www.halma.com). Halma bets on talent We are looking for bright, ambitious people to join our team and stay for the long term. With over 50 businesses under its ownership, Halma is a great place to start, advance, or accelerate your career.

Avire is an equal opportunity employer.

See www.halma.com/our-people for more information.

If you are interested in working for a business whose primary focus is to protect and improve the lives of people around the world, you have come to the right place. We aim to be a company that does good work, and that’s good to work for.

Halma employs over 6,300 people in nearly 50 subsidiary businesses based in over 20 countries. Through innovation and acquisition, we have developed a portfolio of market-leading companies within our three sectors: Safety, Medical, and Environmental & Analysis.


Benefits


Competitive salary

Organizational bonus scheme

Complete benefits package, vacation, and generous parental leave

Opportunity for hybrid work schedule

A focus on employee development

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