Director of Operations

Anomatic•Newark, OH

8h•Onsite

About The Position

As an essential business, Anomatic produces innovative and sustainable packaging for today’s biggest brands. By leveraging over five decades of manufacturing expertise and employing an extensive technologies portfolio, we design, manufacture, and finish incomparable stock and customized solutions for numerous markets. Position: Director of Operations Location: Newark, Ohio Department: Operations Reports to: CEO The Director of Operations is a key leadership role in the company with specific responsibility for their flagship facility within the organization’s footprint. This site produces all the company’s key products in a high-volume/high-mix production environment. The Director of Operations will have full day-to-day responsibility for the facility including full oversight over plant operations over multiple departments. In accordance with top-down commitment from the leadership team, the Director of Operations will be responsible for establishing a high-performance work culture using Lean manufacturing/TPS principals. They will utilize Lean concepts in the development of a problem-solving culture and teach associates how to identify and eradicate waste, and complete root cause analysis to drive daily continuous improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Operations, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or similar technical field.
Experience in metal stamping, preferably eyelet or progressive, is required.
Experience working/scheduling in a high-volume/high-mix environment.
Strong manufacturing leadership experience in discrete manufacturing environments with demonstrable results.
The ideal candidate will have 10–15 years of work experience and at least five years of experience leading operations teams.
Experience working in businesses with less than $200M in revenue. (Understands idiosyncrasies of mid-sized and/or family-owned / run businesses. Enjoys being able to make an impact more than having big company resources – big fish / small pond.)
Five-plus years working in strong Lean cultures.
Must have had roles with P&L responsibility and must have working knowledge of budgets and financial statements.

Responsibilities

Manage work priorities and timelines and allocate resources to assure assigned plant goals and timelines are met.
This includes planning production operations and establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products.
Coordinate manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meet specifications.
Lead and develop a strong daily management process with factory team to deliver on operational KPIs and business financials.
Lead, coach and train employees toward Lean manufacturing concepts and foster environment for an empowered, high-performance plant.
Ability to anticipate, negotiate and manage conflicts, problems, changing situations and deadlines.
Strong floor presence: we seek an on-the-floor leader.
Make recommendations to improve productivity, quality, and efficiency of operations.
Execute approved projects on budget and schedule.
Make hire and fire decisions responsibly.
Train and develop a team and create a succession plan.
Maintain OSHA, environmental, and other regulatory agency compliance.
Manage work priorities and timelines and allocate resources to assure assigned plant goals and timelines are met.
Prepare operational schedules and coordinate manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meet specifications.