Director of Manufacturing Ops — Lean, Low-Volume, High-Mix

#twiceasnice Recruiting; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

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Job summary

Our client in the manufacturing industry seeks a Director of Manufacturing Operations in East Dallas to lead ~40 employees across production, supply chain, inventory, quality and continuous improvement. The role emphasizes lean principles in complex, low-volume, high-mix environments and requires experience delivering measurable lead-time reductions.

You will build operating systems to support growth, standardize work, strengthen material availability and improve order-to-ship performance in a

Qualifications

• 10+ years of manufacturing operations experience.
• 5+ years leading multiple manufacturing departments, including production.
• Low-volume, high-mix or complex assembly experience.
• Experience leading production flow improvements or measurable lead-time reduction.
• Experience implementing and sustaining lean management practices in manufacturing.
• Experience scaling production capacity or output.

Responsibilities

• Lead production, supply chain, inventory, quality, and facilities.
• Develop production flow, capacity, scheduling, and standard work systems.
• Reduce order-to-ship lead times and improve on-time delivery.
• Build material replenishment, point-of-use, and inventory systems.
• Improve supplier performance, sourcing, material availability, and lead times.
• Move quality controls upstream to reduce defects reaching final testing.
• Establish daily management and structured problem-solving systems.
• Lead lean improvements across low-volume, high-mix production.
• Develop operations leaders and an approximately 40-person team.
• Build capacity to support growth without proportional labor or space increases.

Skills

Manufacturing operations

Lean manufacturing

Production flow

Cross-functional leadership

Capacity planning

Job description

Our client in the manufacturing industry seeks a Director of Manufacturing Operations in East Dallas to lead ~40 employees across production, supply chain, inventory, quality and continuous improvement. The role emphasizes lean principles in complex, low-volume, high-mix environments and requires experience delivering measurable lead-time reductions.

You will build operating systems to support growth, standardize work, strengthen material availability and improve order-to-ship performance in a