Operations Manager

Sri Healthcare; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Paid Holidays

401(k) with employer match

Health/Wellness benefits

Job summary

SRI Healthcare, LLC, a NOVO Health Services subsidiary, seeks an Operations Manager to lead day-to-day plant operations, ensuring safe, efficient production and high quality. You’ll partner with the GM to execute strategy, manage costs, and drive KPI performance in a healthcare manufacturing setting.

The role focuses on production, inventory, scheduling, and continuous improvement, with a strong emphasis on safety, compliance, and team leadership across shifts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a relevant field.
• 8–10 years manufacturing/operations experience.
• 3+ years in a plant leadership role.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma or similar.
• Healthcare/regulated industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily production operations and schedules.
• Drive safety, quality, productivity, and costs.
• Coordinate inventory, planning, and distribution.
• Lead process improvements and waste reduction.
• Manage budgets, staffing, and overtime.
• Collaborate with Sales and Customer Service.

Skills

Lean

Six Sigma

Leadership

Cost control

Operational excellence

Communication

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Engineering/Operations related field

Tools

ERP/MRP system

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Get to know us

NOVO Health Services offers linen management solutions to the healthcare industry. NOVO Health keenly focuses on safety and infection control and provides its partner hospitals with a value-driven linen management control system that measures and monitors linen utilization by department to eliminate excess internal costs. NOVO's wide range of service programs offer a variety of options to provide a seamless, single source distribution system. NOVO's regional healthcare linen facilities are HLAC accredited and operate with state-of-the-art processing equipment and processes.

Lead and Grow with Us! NOVO Health Services is a leading provider of healthcare linen solutions, delivering a fresh and innovative approach to the industry. Our focus on patient experience, infection prevention, and operational excellence enables us to improve linen quality while reducing overall program costs for our healthcare partners. With HLAC-accredited facilities and a commitment to continuous improvement, NOVO is redefining how healthcare linen programs are managed across the country.

Operations Manager role

The Operations Manager is responsible for leading day-to-day plant operations to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production performance. This role partners closely with the General Manager to execute the site’s operational strategy while maintaining accountability for production targets, cost control, safety compliance, service levels, and team performance. This leader drives operational discipline across production, engineering, distribution coordination, inventory management, and order fulfillment to support client retention and customer satisfaction within a healthcare-focused manufacturing environment. Success in this role is measured by operational KPI performance, labor optimization, COGS management, quality metrics, safety results, and on-time service delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Execution

• Oversee daily production operations, including medical instruments, healthcare linens, and disposable accessory packs.
• Ensure production schedules are met in alignment with customer demand and service requirements.
• Drive operational consistency across shifts and departments.
• Monitor and improve key performance indicators including safety, quality, productivity, cost, and service.

Financial & Cost Management

• Support development and execution of the facility operating budget.
• Manage labor efficiency, overtime control, scrap reduction, and inventory accuracy.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities while maintaining service and quality standards.
• Assist in forecasting production volumes and staffing needs.

Continuous Improvement

• Implement Lean, Six Sigma, and process improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and reduce waste.
• Conduct root cause analysis and corrective actions to prevent recurring operational issues.
• Improve workflow, build schedules, and production planning processes.

Safety & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with OSHA, quality standards, and Novo Health Services policies and procedures.
• Support adherence to GMP/QSR requirements where applicable.
• Promote a strong safety-first culture across the facility.
• Partner with engineering and maintenance to ensure preventive maintenance programs are executed effectively.

People Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop supervisors and frontline teams.
• Establish clear performance expectations and accountability.
• Foster an engaged, collaborative work environment.
• Support talent development and succession planning efforts.

Customer & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Sales and Customer Service teams to support new business implementation.
• Coordinate production and distribution schedules to meet client commitments.
• Ensure service reliability and high customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of progressive experience in manufacturing or process-oriented operations.
• Minimum 3 years in a plant-level leadership or production management role.
• Experience managing supervisors and frontline employees.
• Strong understanding of production processes, inventory management, and distribution coordination.
• Healthcare, medical device, or regulated industry experience preferred.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or similar operational excellence methodologies preferred.

Leadership Competencies

• Strong operational executor with attention to detail.
• Financially aware and cost-conscious decision maker.
• Effective communicator with the ability to influence across departments.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative and team-oriented leadership style.

Technical Skills

• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Excel required).
• ERP/MRP system experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of compliance and quality systems.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Management, or related field preferred.

What we can offer you as a full-time associate

• Competitive pay
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off Program (PTO)
• 401(k) w/Employer Match
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Programs
• Basic Life/AD&D Insurance
• Long-Term Disability (LTD)

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin veteran, or disability status.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer.

Drug-Free Workplace.

SRI Healthcare, LLC, a Subsidiary of NOVO Health Services offers a healthcare service that provides a total and unique opportunity for hospitals to source their Sustainable Reusable Sterile Packs as well as other sustainable healthcare linens such as DermaTherapy, Isolation Gowns, Sterilization Wrap, and cubicle/privacy curtains. SRI's products and services help Healthcare providers attain their sustainability goals, improve surgeon and staff satisfaction while ensuring continuity of supply. SRI operates three regional processing facilities located in Raleigh, NC, Chattanooga, TN, and Mason, OH. Our state-of-the-art, FDA-regulated service centers provide daily processing, assembly, and delivery of reusable products required for surgery. SRI is the only one stop shop service provider in U.S. currently serving all healthcare-related end markets with Sterilized Reusable Surgical Solutions.