Senior Site Leader — Operations, Strategy & People

ATL Technology; Maple Grove (MN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical, Dental, Vision, and HSA plans

Life, AD&D, STD, LTD plans

Generous 401k with Employer Match

Paid Holidays, PTO, and other leave

Job summary

ATL Technology is seeking a seasoned operations leader to drive site performance across safety, quality, delivery and cost in Maple Grove, MN. You will lead rhythms, standardize processes, and mitigate risks while guiding continuous improvement and workforce development.

The role emphasizes cross-functional alignment, financial accountability, and scalable operations to meet current and future business needs with a strong safety and quality culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; degree in Business, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field preferred.
• Advanced degree, Lean/Six Sigma certification, or equivalent operational excellence training preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, operations, supply chain, engineering, or a relevant regulated industry.
• Demonstrated success leading a mid-sized site or multiple smaller locations with accountability for performance, people leadership, and financial outcomes.
• Strong track record of improving operational performance through continuous improvement, process discipline, cost management, productivity improvement, and quality systems.
• Experience leading cross-functional, matrixed teams and driving accountability across functions that may not directly report to the role.
• Experience operating in customer-facing environments where delivery, responsiveness, quality, and relationship management are critical to business success.
• Experience developing leaders, building succession strength, and improving organizational capability during periods of growth, complexity, or change.

Responsibilities

• Own overall site performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, inventory, employee engagement, and customer commitments.
• Lead daily, weekly, and monthly operating rhythms to ensure visibility to performance, timely issue escalation, and disciplined follow-through on corrective actions.
• Ensure standardization, consistency, and effective use of operating systems, management routines, and performance review processes across assigned site(s).
• Drive operational discipline, execution excellence, and accountability through clear priorities, measurable goals, and consistent leader standard work.
• Identify operational risks, capacity constraints, resource gaps, and performance trends; develop proactive mitigation plans to protect customer delivery and business results.
• Translate enterprise strategy into actionable site-level plans, priorities, KPIs, and communication rhythms that align leaders and employees around business goals.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that improve efficiency, yield, quality systems, flow, labor productivity, and overall operating performance.
• Support scaling efforts through process discipline, operational readiness, workforce planning, technology adoption, and effective change management.
• Partner with enterprise leaders to prioritize investments, capabilities, and resources required to meet current and future business needs.
• Communicate strategy, performance expectations, and progress in a clear, consistent way that builds alignment and accountability across the site.
• Build, coach, and develop a high-performing cross-functional leadership team capable of delivering results through others.
• Set clear expectations for performance, behavior, communication, and accountability; ensure leaders consistently model company values and leadership standards.
• Strengthen employee engagement, retention, and workforce capability through effective communication, development planning, succession planning, and talent review practices.
• Ensure a strong safety-first, quality-driven culture where employees understand expectations, risks are addressed promptly, and accountability is visible at all levels.
• Lead through change with transparency, resilience, and practical problem solving, helping teams adapt while maintaining performance and customer focus.
• Partner with commercial, engineering, quality, finance, IT, HR, supply chain, and other functional leaders to ensure priorities, resources, timelines, and execution plans are aligned.
• Resolve cross-functional challenges that impact delivery, quality, cost, employee effectiveness, or customer commitments.
• Ensure alignment between site operations and enterprise priorities by proactively communicating risks, tradeoffs, opportunities, and resource needs.
• Facilitate effective decision-making across functions by clarifying ownership, escalating barriers appropriately, and ensuring actions are tracked to completion.
• Manage site budget, cost controls, labor planning, capital needs, margin improvement initiatives, and financial performance against plan.
• Monitor key performance metrics, financial trends, and operating variances; ensure timely root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Partner with finance to develop forecasts, evaluate business cases, manage tradeoffs, and improve profitability while maintaining safety, quality, and customer commitments.
• Promote cost-conscious decision-making and operational efficiency without compromising compliance, employee safety, product quality, or long-term capability.
• Execution Excellence: Delivers consistent, repeatable results through disciplined operating systems, clear ownership, and strong follow-through.
• Enterprise Mindset: Balances site needs with broader company priorities and makes decisions that support sustainable growth.
• Functional Integration: Builds alignment across functions, removes barriers, and ensures teams work together to deliver business outcomes.
• People Leadership: Develops managers and frontline leaders, creates accountability, and builds a culture of engagement, inclusion, and performance.
• Customer Focus: Understands customer commitments and drives the organization to meet expectations with urgency, quality, and reliability.
• Problem Solving: Handles complex, multi-variable operational challenges using data, root-cause analysis, cross-functional input, and practical judgment.

Skills

Operational leadership

Strategic execution

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication & influence

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Operations/Engineering/Supply Chain

Lean/Six Sigma certification or equivalent

Job description

ATL Technology is seeking a seasoned operations leader to drive site performance across safety, quality, delivery and cost in Maple Grove, MN. You will lead rhythms, standardize processes, and mitigate risks while guiding continuous improvement and workforce development.

The role emphasizes cross-functional alignment, financial accountability, and scalable operations to meet current and future business needs with a strong safety and quality culture.