Strategic Operations Manager

5 days ago


Wichita, Kansas, United States Bodycote Full time
General Manager

About the Role:

This is a senior leadership position within Bodycote, responsible for delivering exceptional results in safety, quality, on-time delivery, and profit and loss performance. The successful candidate will lead the plant team to achieve business objectives, drive customer satisfaction, and maintain a culture of excellence.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement strategies to achieve business goals, leveraging lean and Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvements.
  • Lead the plant team to achieve superior customer service, sales growth, and local business development.
  • Manage the retention, recruitment, training, and development of the plant leadership team, ensuring appropriate staffing levels and depth.
  • Set standards and drive operational excellence throughout the plant, collaborating with various business functions to meet plant goals and objectives.
  • Contribute to the development and deployment of systemic improvements to enhance safety, quality, capacity, and capability of Bodycote's technical business processes.
  • Drive a dominant culture of customer service, developing long-term agreements with customers and growing sales opportunities within the current customer base.
  • Capital equipment planning, including plant layouts, capital planning, and deployment, as well as control of overhead expenses.
  • Workforce planning and forecasting, employee hiring and training, and ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures.
Requirements:
  • Education: Completion of a BA or BS in business, technology, or a related field, or equivalent; MS/MA in business or a technical field preferred.
  • Eight years of heat treat experience in management or equivalent experience in technical management.
  • Minimum of 12 years of industrial and/or relatable leadership experience within a complex industrial or operations environment.
  • At least 10 years of experience utilizing lean concepts with a proven track record of lean/Six Sigma project implementation.
  • Minimum of 10 years of proactive management of labor performance and appropriate handling of employee issues.
  • Excellent project management skills and experience.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Strong management skills, including decision-making, goal setting, delegation, coaching, and motivating.
Additional Requirements:
  • Must be willing to travel as needed within the South Central Region and possibly to other parts of the country.
  • Must demonstrate the ability to read, write, and communicate in the English language.
  • Knowledge and hands-on experience of computer applications, including Microsoft Office and databases, are required.


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