Senior Vice President, Global Operations

Galvion LTD•Portsmouth, NH

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About The Position

Galvion is a global defense technology company that develops and manufactures advanced protective solutions and intelligent power systems for military and tactical operations. The Senior Vice President, Global Operations is the senior executive responsible for the Company's operational functions across its Canadian, U.S., UK, and Polish sites. Reporting directly to the Founder & CEO, this executive leads Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Global Supply Chain, and Production Planning and serves on the executive leadership team. The role sets and executes global operations strategy, establishes shared performance standards, and leads a multi-site leadership team. It oversees safe, cost-effective manufacturing; global quality systems; procurement, supply chain, logistics, and production planning; ERP business strategy and process excellence; operating budgets and capital plans; and operational risk and business continuity. The SVP works closely with teams across the business and advises the CEO on operational strategy, growth investments, and enterprise risk. The position is based in an office/manufacturing environment and requires frequent travel across global operations and to partner and supplier locations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
At least 18 years of progressive manufacturing and operations leadership experience.
At least 8 years of experience in a senior executive role.
Experience in defence, aerospace, precision manufacturing, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated success leading multi-site, multi-country manufacturing operations and cross-functional teams.
Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, capital planning, and operational cost management.
Experience supporting organizational growth, change management, and business transformation.
Strategic and systems thinking.
Inspirational, collaborative leadership and sound decision-making.
Results orientation and a continuous improvement mindset.
Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.
Customer-focused and quality-driven approach.
Resilience and adaptability in a dynamic global manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

MBA or another relevant graduate degree.
Executive leadership experience in growth-oriented, global manufacturing organizations.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute a global operations strategy aligned with corporate objectives and long-term growth plans.
Set enterprise-wide operational priorities, performance metrics, and global operating standards that promote accountability and continuous improvement.
Foster operational excellence, collaboration, innovation, safety, quality, and employee engagement.
Lead organizational change initiatives and build a high-performing multi-site leadership team through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and talent development.
Provide executive leadership for manufacturing across global sites, ensuring consistent standards, safe and cost-effective production, and delivery performance.
Optimize manufacturing capacity, scheduling, labor utilization, workflows, load balancing, and technology transfer between facilities.
Improve productivity and profitability while reducing waste, and establish shared KPIs and best practices.
Maintain a consistent global quality management system and compliance with customer requirements and applicable regulatory standards.
Monitor quality indicators and lead efforts to improve first-pass yield, reduce defects, enhance customer satisfaction, and sustain corrective and preventive actions.
Lead global procurement, sourcing, inventory management, production planning, logistics, and supplier performance.
Develop resilient multi-region supply chain strategies, optimize inventory, strengthen supplier relationships, and identify sourcing and efficiency opportunities.
Lead global trade, logistics, and customs strategy to optimize landed cost and delivery performance across borders.
Own the global ERP business strategy and operational effectiveness, establishing common processes and data standards across sites.
Partner with IT to optimize ERP capabilities and lead digital transformation that improves operational visibility, data accuracy, automation, and decision-making.
Develop and manage global operational budgets and capital expenditure plans, with accountability for operating costs and margins.
Track KPIs for productivity, quality, inventory, cost, safety, delivery, and customer satisfaction, and identify opportunities to improve profitability.
Support strategic planning, capacity expansion, site strategy, capital investment, make-or-buy decisions, and footprint assessments.
Lead operational risk management and business continuity planning for supply disruptions, production interruptions, labor shortages, trade-policy changes, and geopolitical risks.
Ensure operational readiness for government and defence customer contracts and collaborate on cybersecurity and compliance initiatives.
Ensure compliance with export control, trade, and defence-industry regulations, including ITAR, EAR, and Canada's Controlled Goods Program, in partnership with Legal and Compliance.
Collaborate across departments and regions, including with Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, Business Development, Program Management, IT, and Security.
Partner with Engineering on product transition from design to manufacturing and with Finance on forecasting, budgeting, cost management, and investments.
Work with Human Resources on culture, workforce planning, leadership development, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness.
Partner with Business Development and Program Management on operational readiness for new opportunities and successful program execution.
Advise the Founder & CEO on operational strategy, growth investments, and enterprise risk.