Director of Operations

GMI Corporation; Franklin (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GMI Corporation seeks a Director of Operations to lead production activities in machining, assembly, and facilities. The role focuses on achieving efficiency, on-time delivery, cost effectiveness, and the highest output quality.

The candidate will manage shop floor, assembly, supply chain and engineering, drive lean initiatives, and report metrics to the executive team. Bachelor’s in engineering or related field and 10+ years in precision manufacturing are required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in precision machining/manufacturing maintaining high quality output.
• Experience from development to production
• Lean implementation experience
• Change management experience
• Experience reporting to Board or Executive Management
• Proficiency in MS Office and ERP
• Experience creating and managing budgets
• Strong communication across the organization

Responsibilities

• Manage workload to ensure on-time, high-quality output.
• Manage by metrics and accountability across departments.
• Oversee shop floor, assembly, supply chain and engineering.
• Asset management for capital equipment and maintenance planning.
• Oversee machining capital equipment and related issues.
• Provide operational metrics to executive management.
• Plan and control direct and indirect budgets.
• Manage and mentor direct reports.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Operations management

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering or Supply Chain

Tools

MS Office

ERP

Job description

The Director of Operations is responsible for activities related to production in the machining, assembly, and facilities areas. They are to execute on production orders that result in efficiency, on-time delivery, cost effectiveness while maintaining the highest quality output levels.

RESPONSIBILTIES

• Manage and delegate the workload for the production operations ensuring that the work is complete on-time with high quality results
• Managing by metrics and holding people, departments accountable
• Oversees the areas of shop floor, assembly, supply chain and engineering
• Asset Management: Assessing the needs of capital equipment to ensure that customer’s needs are met, decommissioning, preventative maintenance
• Oversees issues pertaining to the machining capital equipment
• Compiling and delivering operational metrics to executive management
• Assesses and provides key data to any prospective customer’s production requirements
• Plans, prepares, controls forecast direct and indirect budgets
• Managing the human capital output to keep labor costs at budget
• Manage and mentor direct reports
• Other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS

• 10 + years precision machining, manufacturing environment, maintaining high quality output
• Experience in production flow from developmental stage to production
• Implementation of successfully introducing and applying lean into an organization
• Change Management
• Experience reporting to a Board or Executive Management Team
• MS Office, ERP
• Proven record on executing organizational objectives
• Human Capital Management; Managing, mentoring others, identifying key employees and maximizing employee talents
• Creating and managing department budgets
• Effective communication across the organization

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s in Engineering, Supply Chain, or a technical discipline
• 10 + years precision machining, manufacturing environment, maintaining high quality output