What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Operations position at Safran Cabin?
The Director of Operations will report directly to the site General Manager. This position will provide leadership, management, and vision necessary to ensure that the Company has the proper operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, people systems in place to effectively grow the organization and to ensure operational efficiency.
Operation Management:
- Plan and direct all aspects of the Company's operational policies, objectives, and initiatives.
- Measure and interpret the effectiveness of all related processes. Provide timely, accurate, and complete reports on the operating condition of the Company.
- Collaborate with management to develop and implement plans based upon the Company's goals, objectives, and KPI's.
- Establishes detail planning of manufacturing sequences and furnishes detail operating instructions to production personnel.
- Ensure Material Management is appropriately managed including but not limited to adherence to Supplier On time delivery, Inventory turns, and cash flow goals.
- Ensure that each department is properly staffed, organized, and directed to fulfill its responsibilities.
- Lead the development, communication, and implementation of effective growth strategies and processes.
- Works with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Design Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Program Management to ensure that FAI and ODD dates are successfully achieved.
- Responsible for implementing and enforcing company operating standards in conjunction with adherence with Quality Management System (QMS).
Management and Development of People:
- Provides leadership and direction throughout the manufacturing organization.
- Sets clear and reasonable expectations and provides the necessary tools and training to ensure success.
- Regularly communicates company and departmental direction and objectives.
Financial Management:
- Understands the key performance indicators that leverage the business.
- Develops, manages and approves department budgets and expenditures.
- Responsible for driving the Company to achieve and surpass sales, profitability, cash flow, and business goals and objectives.
Additional Job Responsibilities:
- Leads Continuous Improvement and lean activities of diverse scope and complexity to improve the efficiency of systems and processes in the division and/or with suppliers and customers.
- Support Facility-wide Flow and product family future state development / implementation.
- Responsible for maximizing efficiently of facility layout as measured by revenue per square foot.
- Stimulates management thinking about CI and new initiatives; seeks out and pilots new tools; and demonstrates the successful application of new methodologies.
- Educates team members, suppliers, and customers about CI philosophies and Lean Enterprise methods.
Education: Bachelor's degree in technical field, such as: engineering or operations management.
Experience:
- 8 years of aerospace management experience.
- Proven ability to implement Lean Management Systems.
- Analytical based problem solving skills.
- Experience in a high mix, low volume environment.
- Strong verbal communication and experience facilitating team-based process improvement activities.
- Computer Skill: Experienced skills in Microsoft Office (including: Excel, PowerPoint and Word).
Additional Preferred Skills: (not required)
- Master's degree.
- 10 years of leading manufacturing operations.
- Lean certification.
- Six Sigma Green/Black belt experience.
- Experience in high precision manufacturing including phenolic composite assemblies.
- One Safran operating system.
- APICS Certification (CPIM).