Global Manufacturing Ops Leader

Wolf Steel Ltd; Barrie; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Long-term disability

Well-being programs

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Training & development allowance

Leadership mentorship

Job summary

Napoleon Group of Companies seeks a VP of Operations to lead manufacturing across Canada, Mexico, and China, aligning site leaders with shared goals and a common operating system. You will translate sales plans into capacity, labour, and materials strategies while owning KPIs and continuous improvement across all sites.

The role requires a seasoned operations leader with multi-site experience, a strong track record in lean methods, and the ability to escalate issues and drive performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree in engineering or MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of manufacturing leadership experience, including managing teams.
• Experience leading through plant managers, general managers, or senior site leaders in a multi-site environment.
• Experience with regional or global manufacturing networks, ideally across North America and Asia.
• Strong understanding of quality systems and the role of quality in sustaining operational performance.
• Extensive experience with lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.
• Strong communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in MS Office and ERP systems.
• This role requires a credible, hands-on operations leader with energy, judgement, and people leadership capability to lead a multi-site manufacturing organization.
• Regular travel between facilities is required. A valid passport is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead Napoleon’s manufacturing operations across Canada, Mexico, and China through site and functional leaders
• Translate sales plans, demand outlook, and product mix into practical operating plans for capacity, labour, equipment, materials, and plant readiness
• Own and continuously improve the manufacturing operating system across all sites, including KPIs, operating reviews, escalation processes, and disciplined problem-solving
• Drive performance across core metrics, including safety, quality, service, labour efficiency, productivity, scrap, inventory, downtime, OEE, and cost
• Establish and maintain consistent operating discipline, performance management, reporting, and execution standards across sites
• Lead and develop site and functional leaders to identify issues quickly, solve root causes, and sustain operational improvements
• Provide strong operational leadership in partnership with Supply Chain to ensure effective S&OP execution, material availability, schedule adherence, inventory performance, and service commitments
• Oversee global quality performance and quality systems, ensuring standards are maintained, and issues are resolved thoroughly and promptly
• Lead manufacturing engineering, maintenance, and process improvement efforts to improve uptime, throughput, changeover, ergonomics, and overall plant performance
• Lead capital planning and CAPEX execution, ensuring investments are well justified, prioritized, delivered on time, and produce measurable operational benefits
• Drive waste reduction and cost improvement initiatives across labour, scrap, rework, downtime, conversion cost, and plant overhead
• Ensure new product introductions, product changes, and volume ramps are operationally ready and executed with discipline and stability
• Build leadership bench strength across operations through coaching, mentoring, and challenging leaders to raise performance and readiness
• Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, regulatory, and quality requirements
• Partner with Finance on budgets, forecasts, productivity commitments, inventory management, and operational business cases
• Lead operational change initiatives and performance turnarounds where required
• Support the Company’s long-term strategy by ensuring the manufacturing network can scale competitively, profitably, and consistently

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

Travel

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree in engineering or MBA preferred

Tools

MS Office

ERP systems

Job description

Napoleon Group of Companies seeks a VP of Operations to lead manufacturing across Canada, Mexico, and China, aligning site leaders with shared goals and a common operating system. You will translate sales plans into capacity, labour, and materials strategies while owning KPIs and continuous improvement across all sites.

The role requires a seasoned operations leader with multi-site experience, a strong track record in lean methods, and the ability to escalate issues and drive performance.