Corporate Operations Specialist

Champion Home Builders, Inc.; United States; Remoto; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

401k Match

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Medical Insurance

Rx Coverage

Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Descrizione del lavoro

Champion Home Builders, Inc. is seeking a Corporate Operations Specialist to rotate across multiple manufacturing facilities. You will collaborate with Regional Directors to drive manufacturing excellence, coach floor teams, and implement lean practices on-site and off-site.

The role targets high-potential professionals from outside the manufactured housing industry, with significant travel and exposure to continuous improvement initiatives leading toward regional leadership.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 4–8 years in manufacturing/operations or production leadership in a high-volume environment outside manufactured housing.
• Practical experience with Lean manufacturing, root cause analysis, Kaizen, line balancing, and continuous improvement tools.
• Proven ability to coach frontline employees, supervisors, and plant leaders without direct reporting authority.
• Ability and willingness to travel regionally up to 50%–80%, including overnight travel.

Mansioni

• Partner with Regional Directors to improve operational performance across multiple facilities.
• Spend at least 50% of field time on the manufacturing floor coaching teams on workflow, pacing, labor utilization, and standard work.
• Apply Lean sequencing, 5S, visual management, error proofing, cycle-time balancing, and standardized work to off-site operations.
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks affecting line velocity, throughput, and schedule adherence through root cause analysis.
• Strengthen in-process quality controls and defect containment with a customer-first mindset.
• Coach Production Managers and plant leaders on labor management and daily production execution.
• Focus on real-time coaching and hands-on problem solving over administrative auditing.
• Progress from supporting projects to leading plant turnarounds and regional improvements.

Conoscenze

Lean manufacturing

Root cause analysis

Kaizen

Line balancing

Continuous improvement

Coaching frontline employees

Travel (regional)

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Operations / Manufacturing / Industrial Technology / Supply Chain / Business

Descrizione del lavoro

Champion Home Builders, Inc. wants YOU!

We are seeking to hire a Corporate Operations Specialist, to join our team within the Corporate Operations Team.

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

• 401k Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Medical
• Rx
• Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

WHO IS CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS, INC.?

For decades, Champion has served as a leader in the manufactured housing industry and one of the largest mobile and modular home builders in North America. Champion offers many factory-built solutions, from single-family and multi-family homes to commercial and government buildings. Our manufactured homes, modular homes, mobile homes, park models, and commercial modular buildings can be found throughout the United States and western Canada.

Throughout the organization, we act with integrity and respect. We take pride in our craftsmanship and build strong relationships with our customers, suppliers, and our employees. We know that we would not be successful without our team. In return for hard work and dedication, our goal is to provide a safe, productive, and enjoyable workplace for every employee.

Job Title:

Corporate Operations Specialist

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Job Summary:

The Corporate Operations Specialist is a rotational leadership development role designed for high-potential manufacturing professionals from outside the manufactured housing industry. Working closely with Regional Directors, this position provides hands-on operational support across multiple manufacturing facilities while developing the capabilities needed for future advancement into a Regional Director role. The position drives manufacturing excellence, continuous improvement, quality performance, and operational execution through direct engagement on the production floor.

Position Details:

• Reports to Regional Director
• High travel requirement, up to 80% of the time
• Remote within US

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with Regional Directors to improve operational performance across multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Spend at least 50% of field time on the manufacturing floor coaching production teams, group leads, and supervisors on workflow, workstation pacing, labor utilization, and standard work.
• Apply proven discrete-manufacturing practices, including Lean sequencing, 5S, visual management, error proofing, cycle-time balancing, and standardized work, to off-site homebuilding operations.
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks affecting line velocity, throughput, labor balance, subassembly staging, and schedule adherence through structured root cause analysis.
• Strengthen in-process quality controls, inspection gates, upstream verification, and defect containment while reinforcing a next-station-is-the-customer mindset.
• Coach Production Managers and plant leaders on labor management, daily production execution, supervisor accountability, and sustained performance improvement.
• Focus plant engagements on real-time coaching, hands-on problem solving, and high-impact tactical improvements rather than administrative auditing.
• Progress from supporting assigned operational projects to independently leading plant turnarounds, regional continuous improvement rollouts, and facility interventions.

Qualifications:

REQUIRED

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Industrial Technology, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Four to eight years of manufacturing, operations, production leadership, industrial engineering, process improvement, or related experience in a high-volume environment outside manufactured housing.
• Practical experience with Lean manufacturing, root cause analysis, Kaizen, line balancing, and continuous improvement tools.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and influence frontline employees, supervisors, and plant leaders without direct reporting authority.
• Ability and willingness to travel regionally up to 50% to 80%, including overnight travel.

PREFERRED

• Experience in automotive, aerospace, industrial equipment, consumer products, building products, or other discrete manufacturing environments.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent continuous improvement certification.
• Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations.
• Experience leading plant improvement workshops, Kaizen events, or operational turnaround initiatives.

EEO Statement:

Champion Home Builders is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Champion Home Builders participates in the E-Verify Program.