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Caterpillar Inc. · 3 days ago

Director of Operations

Corinth, MS

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$204K/yr - $306K/yr

Caterpillar Inc. is a leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, committed to building a sustainable world. The Director of Operations will oversee the Reman operations for the Mississippi campus, managing a workforce of over 1200 employees and ensuring operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.

ConstructionMachinery ManufacturingManufacturingMechanical Engineering

No H1B

Responsibilities

Ensure customer satisfaction, develop and maintain processes, manage the operating systems, and maintain the facility

Must meet key indicators, demonstrating improvement in cost reduction, asset turns, period costs and total employment

Manage staffing, development, and performance management programs for operations staff; managing, motivating, and developing management team

Oversee operations activities, ensuring that schedules and performance requirements are met and system resources are used effectively

Maintain relationships with business, sales, and engineering; coordinating strategies, communications, and joint initiatives for multiple and distributed facilities

Monitor overall operations performance and implement production, cost, and quality control mechanisms

Drive a high performing safety culture

Develop 5-10 year business strategy for each of the global facilities; directing all aspects of manufacturing operations for the plant or facility to produce cost-effective, timely and high-quality products in a safe, secure and sanitary working environment

Qualification

Lean ManufacturingPerformance ManagementCapacity Planning & ManagementStrategic ThinkingInfluencingOperations ManagementLeadership Experience

Required

Bachelor degree or equivalent experience desired

Previous operations and leadership experience required

Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization

Knowledge of successful performance management techniques; ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance

Knowledge of the importance of 'big picture' thinking and planning; ability to apply organizational acumen and competitiveness to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization

Knowledge of the philosophy, principles and implementation approaches of lean manufacturing; ability to integrate and implement lean manufacturing philosophy into existing production and management processes

Knowledge of tools, approaches and practices for determining production demand and ability to manage resources needed to provide satisfactory levels of service