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Lean Focus · 3 weeks ago

Vice President of Global Operations

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Lean Focus is seeking a Vice President of Global Operations who will be an experienced senior leader responsible for the development and continuous evolution of the Business Operating System across the enterprise. This role involves collaborating with business segment leaders to drive operational excellence and ensure alignment with enterprise objectives.

Management Consulting

Hiring Manager

Lea Mattran

Responsibilities

Applying Business Operating System tools and methodologies to achieve continuous improvement and SQDCG and financial objectives

Exemplifying the culture of Continuous Improvement across the organization

Facilitating impactful improvements across the business in alignment with strategic objectives and expectations from stakeholders

Developing and communicating a future vision including regional manufacturing strategies for the business

Analyzing business metrics, trends, and processes to develop improvement strategies

Utilizing a team-oriented structured problem-solving approach to analyze current conditions, diagnose problems, and identify improvement opportunities

Driving Lean transformation in challenging areas

Training teammates and executives on Continuous Improvement methods, both in formalized settings and stop-and-teach at Gemba

Assisting with plant-level rollouts or transformations at newly acquired facilities

Leading and coaching multiple Kaizen events simultaneously

Developing action items from a strategic vision; balancing strategic and tactical work while meeting business performance needs

Identifying future Lean talent and coaching on methodologies to support their professional advancement

Providing strategic leadership for Global Sourcing, ensuring cost competitiveness, supplier performance, and alignment with enterprise objectives

Overseeing global Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) to optimize demand planning, inventory management, and production scheduling across regions

Driving the development and execution of Operations Training programs to build organizational capability and ensure consistent standards worldwide

Collaborating with cross-functional leaders to integrate sourcing, planning, and training initiatives into the Business Operating System framework

Establishing KPIs and governance processes for sourcing, SIOP, and training to ensure measurable performance and continuous improvement

Qualification

Lean Six SigmaContinuous ImprovementOperations LeadershipP&L ManagementSourcing ManagementSales Inventory Operations PlanningExecutive PresenceTeam PlayerCommunication SkillsCross-Functional Collaboration

Required

Bachelor's Degree in a technical field; advanced degree preferred

Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma or equivalent experience

Minimum 10 years of related work experience in progressively responsible roles including those in Continuous Improvement, Operations Leadership, and General Management with P&L responsibilities

Experience with Lean transformation and rollout across multiple businesses or production environments (built-to-order, designed-to-order, etc.)

Strong business and financial acumen, engaging and dynamic leadership skills, and bias for action

Ability to engage with all levels of the organization, including training of peers as well as executives

Team player that is always willing to coach

Strong written and verbal communication skills; general computer skills and knowledge

Demonstrates Values of integrity, responsibility, diversity and inclusion, customer success, continuous improvement, performance, and passion to win

Utilizes business and financial acumen

Demonstrates executive presence with a customer and employee focus

Understands full value stream impacts

Facilitates cross-functionally and builds successful teams

Develops and maintains relationships based on integrity, trust, and performance