Operations Manager

nVent • Houston, TX

19d • Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in manufacturing operations leadership preferred, with 3+ years leading Supervisors.
• Consistent record of leading teams to achieve ambitious goals.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a data driven mentality.
• Strong ability to influence change management and drive organizational consensus across cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and mentor supervisory staff, building bench strength and developing future leaders.
• Experience scaling production output to meet growing business demands while maintaining quality and efficiency standards.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing or related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations within the value stream, ensuring production commitments are met while driving continuous improvement in safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.
• Improve manufacturing performance through optimized processes, systems, tooling, and equipment. Lead and participate in cross-functional improvement initiatives and kaizen events.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to production teams, ensuring the resources, training, and support needed to achieve operational goals.
• Cultivate a culture of engagement, accountability, and continuous improvement where team members are empowered to solve problems and contribute innovative ideas.
• Monitor key performance metrics, identify gaps, and implement effective recovery plans and corrective actions to achieve targets.
• Evaluate and implement improvements to production capacity, equipment, tooling, staffing, and workflows to support business growth and customer demand.
• Manage departmental operating and capital budgets, ensuring efficient use of resources and alignment with business objectives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• Tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager