Automotive Manufacturing & Digital Ops SME - Onsite KY

Vinsari LLC; Georgetown (KY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Vinsari LLC in Georgetown, KY seeks an Automotive Manufacturing & Digital Operations SME for a 25-week, on-site engagement. The role bridges shop-floor operations, engineering, data, and business strategy to identify improvement opportunities and deliver practical digital solutions.

You will work with manufacturing leadership, IT/OT, quality, and supply chain to translate operational challenges into scalable actions, develop roadmaps, and establish analytics that drive measurable value.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in automotive manufacturing or other complex discrete manufacturing environments.
• Deep understanding of manufacturing operations and plant processes.
• Experience applying operational data and analytics to improve manufacturing performance.
• Experience leading or supporting digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of the relationship between people, processes, technology, and data in manufacturing environments.
• Experience working directly with manufacturing leadership, engineering, IT/OT, and shop-floor teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Ability to operate effectively at both the strategic and shop-floor levels.

Responsibilities

• Manufacturing Operations & Process Expertise Provide subject-matter expertise across automotive manufacturing processes, plant operations, production systems, and supporting functions. Analyze manufacturing workflows, value streams, material flows, production constraints, and operational performance. Identify opportunities to improve productivity, quality, throughput, cost, flexibility, and overall equipment effectiveness. Facilitate shop-floor assessments, process discovery, and Gemba-based analysis to understand operational challenges and improvement opportunities. Translate business and operational requirements into practical technology and process solutions.
• Manufacturing Systems Evaluate how manufacturing systems support production processes and business requirements. Define system capabilities, functional requirements, information flows, and integration points. Support the development of manufacturing system architectures and digital manufacturing roadmaps. Assess opportunities to connect engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and operational data.
• Operational Analytics & Data Use operational data to identify trends, performance gaps, root causes, and improvement opportunities. Help establish the data structures, relationships, and context required for effective operational analytics. Support development of dashboards, analytics solutions, and performance-management systems that provide actionable information to plant personnel and leadership. Connect operational metrics to financial and business outcomes where appropriate.
• Digital Transformation Develop and support digital transformation strategies for manufacturing organizations. Develop practical roadmaps for implementing digital manufacturing capabilities. Identify opportunities to eliminate manual processes, improve information flow, automate decision-making, and increase operational visibility.
• Cross-Functional Leadership Serve as a trusted advisor to manufacturing and business leadership. Facilitate workshops involving operations, engineering, IT, OT, quality, supply chain, and other stakeholders. Translate technical concepts into business and operational language for leadership teams. Work effectively with both technical teams and front-line manufacturing personnel.

Skills

Automotive manufacturing

Operations analytics

Digital transformation

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Vinsari LLC in Georgetown, KY seeks an Automotive Manufacturing & Digital Operations SME for a 25-week, on-site engagement. The role bridges shop-floor operations, engineering, data, and business strategy to identify improvement opportunities and deliver practical digital solutions.

You will work with manufacturing leadership, IT/OT, quality, and supply chain to translate operational challenges into scalable actions, develop roadmaps, and establish analytics that drive measurable value.