Head of Operations

SUMMARY:

The Head of Operations, JOSI-FL provides leadership to the operations teams to achieve the highest levels of quality, yields, reproducibility, and unit productivity through continual process improvement techniques and by enhancing the skills of each team member.

The Head of Operations directs the Jupiter site toward its primary objectives, based on maximizing revenue, profit and growth.   He/she will be responsible for business drivers such as improvement in product; improved efficiency; and attracting, developing, and retaining top talent. 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES (INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO):

• Direct the manufacturing operations, production, assembly, system testing, production planning, and supply chain management.  Work closely with purchasing, quality, engineering, finance and facility.
• Help develop the strategic plan, budget, and vision for the manufacturing and operations.
• Develop annual and 5-year CAPEX plan in alignment with the technology roadmap and operation needs.  Initiate CAPEX business cases, aligning with corporate controlling and global technology, for submission to and approval by senior management.
• Participate in best practice initiatives as established by global operations.   
• Create alignment and accountability: establish clear key performance indicators (KPI’s) that align JOSI’s efforts with the organization’s goals; ensure alignment of people, processes, and strategies to drive execution of business objectives.
• Lead and/or sponsor continuous improvement initiatives to constantly improve performance.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring in accordance with JENOPTIK core values. Train, motivates, and manages performance to create a high-achieving team.
• Direct, review and monitor direct reports to accomplish established manufacturing and operations goals.
• Review operating results of the department, compare them to established objectives, and develop plans to ensure continuous improvement in all functions. When necessary, take steps to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to correct unsatisfactory results.
• Develop the manufacturing plan and establish procedures for maintaining high standards of manufacturing operations to ensure that products and programs are delivered on time with the highest level of quality and meet or exceed JOSI’s profit targets.
• Serves as a Key Member of the JENOPTIK Crisis Management Team
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Decision and action focus; capable of making thoughtful, systematic decisions; work under pressure; make unpopular decisions. Must be able to make effective decisions quickly.
• Analytic thinking; identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities.  Takes action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.
• Practice in applying past experience to current situations, prioritizing tasks, providing manager with feedback, and managing resources efficiently.
• Proven leadership aligning performance for success.  Demonstrated success in coaching, building trust, facilitating change, with excellent communication skills.
• Experience in anticipating and preventing problems, defining problems, overcoming obstacles, generating alternate solutions and group problem solving.
• Accuracy and attention to detail, commitment to quality standards, making continuous improvements, owning and acting on quality problems.
• Integrity and sound ethics, admits to and learns from mistakes, meets commitments and is accountable for decisions.
• Capable of tackling complex problems, taking independent action, generating new ideas and initiating self-development. Has excellent follow up and follow through skills.
• Has experience developing realistic plans, goal setting, balancing short- and long-term goals, aligning plans with company goals, resource management, contingency planning.
• Organizational and cultural fit: customer focus, openness to change, bias for action, and an orientation toward a simple short, decision-making infrastructure.
• Must be skilled at producing accurate, punctual reports, delivering presentations and sharing information with others. Must have ability to communicate with all levels of employees and deliver complicated or difficult information clearly.
• Ability to facilitate change. Encourages others to seek opportunities for innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities; facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change. 

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or similar field.
• At least 10 years of experience in manufacturing operations; and at least 5 years of manufacturing operations leadership. Track record of success improving cost management, inventory management, supply chain management, quality, and delivery.
• Experience managing an operations business with revenues of at least $25 million annually.
• Proven success with measurable performance improvement programs. Has successfully implemented Lean/Six Sigma techniques or similar business systems.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Has the experience, knowledge, and tools to drive performance management and culture change.  He/she must be accomplished at targeting and achieving results.
• Proven experience successfully moving NPI products from engineering to production.
• Working knowledge of financial management including project and process control and indirect budgets; managing facility projects. Ability to create, track and meet schedules.
• Experience with ISO9001and ISO13485.
• Strong knowledge of supply chain management.
• Knowledge of appropriate software applications and effectively use specialty software, including MS Office.  Experience with SAP or other like ERP systems preferred.
• Must be able to travel 25 percent of the time.
• US Citizenship or Qualified U.S. Worker

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use of hands or fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls and keyboarding; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk and hear.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.