Operations Manager - Application Center North America

Atlas Copco Group; Michigan; On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Copco North America is seeking an Operations Manager to lead the ACTA US/Canada application center. You will oversee a multi-disciplinary team, drive profitable growth, and deliver assembly solutions that create real customer value.

You will own the P&L, shape execution strategy, and collaborate across functions to improve lead times, cost, and quality. The role requires travel, on-site work in Auburn Hills with some remote capability, and a strong background in engineering or business.

Qualifications

• Four-year university degree in engineering, business administration, or related fields.
• Proven ability to achieve results from business/action plans derived from a solid strategic platform.
• Working experience in the motor vehicle and/or general industry segments, specifically on customer applications and manufacturing processes.
• Working experience leading, managing, and motivating a project/operational organization.
• Involvement in the design, manufacturing, and project management of customized assembly solutions.
• Working experience in creating automation solutions for assembly/tightening applications a strong plus, but not a must.
• Prior P&L responsibility preferred, but not a must if you have strong financial aptitude to assume that responsibility.
• Ability to travel, to include international on occasion.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for and manage the P&L and balance sheet for the entity.
• Lead a team of ~100 people, consisting of solution development, proposal, project management, engineering, purchasing, production, quality, and finance resources.
• Continuously design and develop our solutions offering and project execution strategy such that they are a strategic advantage for us in the market.
• Ensure our project teams are strategic resources who assertively lead all stakeholders to achieve right first time quality on-time and at budget on projects.
• Maximize standardization, while allowing us to customize when right to do.
• Drive operational efficiency, to include leveraging people, process, and internal automation/AI, leading to optimize lead-times and cost.
• Fully leverage purchasing and operational synergies with other related entities locally and globally.
• Establish a relationship with all ACTA US/Canada leaders based on mutual trust/respect and win/win partnership, such that you all genuinely do what is right to contribute to each other's success.
• Ensure people leadership and development is a strength amongst all managers and that it directly results in high-quality output and employee satisfaction in win/win spirit.

Skills

P&L ownership

Team leadership

Strategic planning

Project management

Automation/AI mindset

Travel willingness

Education

Four-year university degree in engineering, business administration, or related fields

Job description

Your role

Bring your curiosity to work as our next Operations Manager - Atlas Copco North America. You will be part of our Atlas Copco Tools & Assembly (ACTA) - US/Canada team reporting to the General Manager - ACTA US/Canada. In this role, your mission is to achieve sustainable profitable growth by leading our application center to create and deliver assembly solutions that offer great customer value.

Your day-to-day

• Be responsible for and manage the P&L and balance sheet for the entity.
• Lead a team of ~100 people, consisting of solution development, proposal, project management, engineering, purchasing, production, quality, and finance resources.
• Continuously design and develop our solutions offering and project execution strategy such that they are a strategic advantage for us in the market.
• Ensure our project teams are strategic resources who assertively lead all stakeholders to achieve right first time quality on-time and at budget on projects.
• Maximize standardization, while allowing us to customize when right to do.
• Drive operational efficiency, to include leveraging people, process, and internal automation/AI, leading to optimize lead-times and cost.
• Fully leverage purchasing and operational synergies with other related entities locally and globally.
• Establish a relationship with all ACTA US/Canada leaders based on mutual trust/respect and win/win partnership, such that you all genuinely do what is right to contribute to each other's success.
• Ensure people leadership and development is a strength amongst all managers and that it directly results in high-quality output and employee satisfaction in win/win spirit.

Your Skills And Experience

• Four-year university degree in engineering, business administration, or related fields.
• Proven ability to achieve results from business/action plans derived from a solid strategic platform.
• Working experience in the motor vehicle and/or general industry segments, specifically on customer applications and manufacturing processes.
• Working experience leading, managing, and motivating a project/operational organization.
• Involvement in the design, manufacturing, and project management of customized assembly solutions.
• Working experience in creating automation solutions for assembly/tightening applications a strong plus, but not a must.
• Prior P&L responsibility preferred, but not a must if you have strong financial aptitude to assume that responsibility.
• Ability to travel, to include international on occasion.

Your job location

• This role requires you to live in Southeast MI and work primarily on-site at our Auburn Hills, MI office, but you will be free to work remote to some extent.
• Situational domestic and international travel is required, the extent to which will be clarified with potential candidates.

Why it is great to work with us

Your career grows through your skills, your curiosity, and the people you work with. You join a global network where we learn from each other and share knowledge openly. We focus on long-term development and encourage you to explore new ideas that help us move forward. Innovation is part of how we think and act – we test, improve, and use what we learn to create solutions that matter. You can make a meaningful impact by contributing with your insights and taking ownership of your work, supported by flexible ways of working and leaders who empower you.