Director, Plant Operations will lead a manufacturing team of approximately 500+ people across a three shift operation. The Director will play a key leadership role within the facility operations; build and lead a high-performing team with a key focus on delivering world-class safety, quality, cost effectiveness, and sustainability. This role will be a key support to the plant leader. This leader will create a positive culture that aligns with Peloton’s core values.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations
Lead and empower a high performing team
Increase production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards
Be responsible for production output, product quality and on-time shipping
Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results
Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus
Share a trusting relationship with workgroup and recruit, manage and develop plant staff
Commit to plant safety leadership, processes, & procedures
Stay up to date with latest production management best practices and concepts, WCM methodology knowledge and application a plus
Build collaborative relationships/partnerships with the broader manufacturing organization; including Human Resources, Legal, Demand Planning, Supply Chain & Logistics
Partner with product development teams to ensure the right technologies and processes to support new products and drive seamless product launches
Develop a culture committed to Lean practices and World Class Manufacturing methodology preferred
Develop specific short and long-term plans and programs to improve quality and optimal performance
Design, review and approve budgets throughout manufacturing operations
Prepare necessary budgets and justifications for short and long-term projects
Recruit, train, and inspire the best personnel ensuring balance staffing strength with profitability and growth, in alignment with the existing corporate culture
Build strong employee relations with open communication, consistent application of policies and procedures, and empowerment of all personnel
Actively participate in community boards, events, programs, etc representing the organization values
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
Champions Integrity and Trust: Is widely trusted; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesnt misrepresent him/herself for personal gain
Humility: Comfortable in own skin and wants credit to go to the team for business achievements. Not afraid to ask for help and seek guidance when needed. Receives criticism with grace and is willing to change direction when presented with a better solution. Practices servant leadership
Collaboration: Capable of developing strong relationships with leaders and employees at all levels and areas of responsibility within the company, and is able to work effectively across functional boundaries in a Matrix environment
Builds Effective Teams: Blends people into teams and inspires them to perform; creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team
Intellectual Prowess: Ability to grasp complex issues and understand the essence of the challenges at hand. Assimilates new information quickly and does not get overwhelmed when needing to move quickly from one topic to another
Change Agility: Ability to create effective plans that promote change in Real Time changing circumstances; strongly advocates an independent point of view, but can be counted on to execute management decisions and strategies before being told; and seizes opportunities
Customer Focus: Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gathers first-hand customer information and applies it towards improvements in products and services; leads with a customer centric focus; establishing and maintaining effective relationships with customers through trust and respect
Drive for Results: Action and goal oriented; focusing on producing safe and successful outcomes while promoting and inspiring a winning culture of top performing teams
Decision Quality: Ability to make sound, calculated and timely decisions based on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment without having all the necessary data upfront
Dealing with Ambiguity: Effectively cope with change, shifting gears comfortably to assess/mitigate risk and act without having the total picture. Maintaining a calm demeanor to ensure the trust of the team as well as operational performance
REQUIREMENTS :
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution; advanced degree is strongly preferred
7+ years of leadership within a progressive manufacturing environment
Demonstrate ability to recruit, develop, lead and manage management-level teams
Formalized process orientation. Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement expertise; using a practical/pragmatic approach to problem-solving. WCM methodology preferred
Demonstrate a keen understanding of strong metrics orientation; provide examples of influencing operations using formal problem solving methods, operational analysis, metrics and an analytical approach to problem-solving; ability to quantify work/outcomes
Demonstrate resilience and social IQ to develop, evangelize and create buy in for change initiatives in a complex environment
Demonstrate ability to thrive in ambiguous situations; ability to make calculated decisions when few facts are available; sees ambiguity as opportunity versus liability
Experience building and delivering against business plans that must address a variety of concurrent goals; able to think on feet and quickly adapt plans to business needs
Display strong executive poise and presence; proven skills to work fluidly with impact across all levels and functions from the plant floor to executive leadership
Proven skill to execute within a holistic framework connecting to corporate goals, mission and strategy
Strong applied project management skills; able to self-prioritize and manage concurrent competing priorities
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