Director of Operations

Come contribute to our growing, innovative company that unites passionate people that sharesimilar values and ethics to create a leading-edge, trusted national manufacturer. Our Associateschoose us because we focus on Safety, Integrity, Partnerships and Excellence. Customers chooseus as their trusted, entrepreneurial partner because we offer unparalleled marketplace intelligence,research and development expertise, as well as turnkey production and supply chain capabilities.Our business has doubled in the past 3 years because of our focus and we are projected to doubleagain by 2025.Buildings and machinery are important, but it s our talented, skilled and invested people that makethe difference. The future has never looked brighter for our partners and our people.From this brief read . you can see where this position comes into focus for our company. Weinvest in our future through our people. If you are passionate, engaging leader and can developpeople and consumable products ..we should talk.This role is located in a western suburb of the Twin CitiesJOB DESCRIPTIONSummary: The Director of Operations will have full day-to-day responsibility for plantoperations and provide strategic direction, leadership, and development of theManufacturing team. The Director will be responsible for establishing an employee-friendly,high-performance work culture using Lean manufacturing principals. They will utilize Leanconcepts in the development of a problem-solving culture and teach associates how toidentify and eradicate waste, and complete root cause analysis to drive daily continuousimprovement, identify and develop new product opportunities.? Contribute to a
CAN DO, WILL DO, TEAM WIN culture be the glass half full person . bring solutions whenthere are problems .? Manages work priorities and timelines and allocates resources to assure assigned plant goals and timelines aremet. This includes planning production operations and establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturingproducts.? Identifies, prioritizes, and implements key manufacturing systems, policies and projects to ensure all productsmanufactured meet critical quality attributes and specifications right first time, and successfully collaboratecross-functionally to ensure each operational unit has the appropriate resource support to ensure success.? Refines systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performancetargets. Leads continuous improvement and operational excellence efforts across the manufacturingorganization.? Leads and develops a strong daily management process with production team to deliver onoperational KPIs and business financials.? Ensures collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, for successful and timely transfer ofproducts and processes to commercial manufacturing? Ability to anticipate, negotiate and manage conflicts, problems, changing situations and deadlines.? Provides a strong floor presence: we seek an on-the-floor leader.Education and Experiences? Bachelor s degree in Manufacturing, Operations, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, science disciplineor similar field preferred.? Minimum 10 to 15 years
experience in food, pharmaceutical, nutritional supplements preferred.? Minimum five years leadership experience preferred.? Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.? Experience working/scheduling in a high-volume/high-mix environment.? Strong manufacturing leadership experience in discrete manufacturing environments with demonstrableresults. The ideal candidate will have 10 15 years of work experience and at least five years ofexperience leading operations teams.? Experience working in businesses with less than $200M in revenue. (Understands idiosyncrasies of mid-sized and/or family-owned / run businesses. Enjoys being able to make an impact more than having bigcompany resources
big fish / small pond.)? Five-plus years working in strong Lean cultures.? Must have had roles with P&L responsibility and must have working knowledge of budgets and financialstatements.

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