Operations Site Leader

Standex International is a global industrial growth company operating through our market-leading brands in electronics, cutting-edge forming technologies, engraving, and scientific refrigeration. We work with our customers to advance progress through innovation. From inventing and producing parts for next-generation space vehicles to evolving vaccine refrigeration, designing functional textures for everyday products, improving renewable energy technology, and much more, we are focused on making what’s next possible.

Standex Electronics is a worldwide market leader in the design, development and manufacture of standard reed switch-based sensor solutions and custom electro-magnetic components, including magnetics products. We are a global team of problem solvers who can provide custom and/or standard solutions through our diverse and dynamic capabilities. Our approach is to strategically partner with customers to conquer challenges and deliver reliable high-quality results through our engineering and components. These parts serve an array of markets globally, and through our customer driven innovation – improve the overall performance and efficiency at which end products operate.

The Manufacturing Site Leader is a technical leader with strong operations experience who will oversee the Ohio site, ensuring effective and efficient use of facilities and staff.

What You'll Do

• Establish and monitor manufacturing processes, ensuring product quality and financial goals are achieved.
• Oversee and participate in the recruitment, hiring, and training of manufacturing staff.
• Work to reduce and eliminate barriers and obstacles to improve overall cost and scheduling performance, with a strong emphasis on both top-line growth and bottom-line execution.
• Demonstrate commitment to teamwork by establishing effective relationships and networks with both managers/directors and direct labor, collaborating with them to accomplish shared purposes and goals.
• Promote a positive working environment with emphasis on safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee engagement.
• Continue the lean journey by implementing the established transformational plans and holding themselves and the team to a disciplined rigor of sustainment.
• Be a change agent while balancing historical knowledge, understanding how and when to push the organization
• Establish objectives and actions to achieve company goals and objectives.
• Estimate risks and apply risk mitigation techniques.
• Select, develop, and evaluate employees to ensure the efficient operation of the plant.
• Support new product introduction, drive throughput and efficiency improvements, and materials cost reductions.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or mechanical engineering (or similar)
• Experience with managing a P&L in a high growth segment
• 8-10 years’ experience in the manufacturing Industry, having very good exposure in Lean Management, Documentation, and Kaizen activities.
• 3 years of manager experience in a High Mix Low Volume Manufacturing setup or high-speed manufacturing.
• 3 years of experience in new product launches and/or phased gate processes

What We Value

• Strong background in Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen Philosophy. Positive, proactive, and very systematic approach to problem solving.
• Trusted professional credibility, capable of working independently.
• Able to work in a team under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable with analytical methods, process-focused.
• Expertise improvement techniques – Lean Green belt or Black Belt certification is desired.
• Result orientation and attention to detail, good execution with following up work habits.

Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.