Vice President, Manufacturing and Supply Chain

Role Overview

• Global operational responsibility for fabrication centers.
• Review rationalization of global manufactured products and make recommendations to the leadership team regarding global product manufacturing strategy.
• Work closely with Sales, Engineering and Project Management to manage/optimize production capacity, meet budgets and schedule.
• Identify opportunities and implement changes to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs using knowledge of manufacturing processes, safety, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, product design, materials, and parts.
• Establish production standards, develop budget and cost controls, and obtain and utilize strategic data regarding types, quantities, specifications, and delivery dates of products ordered.
• Direct and/or recommend the development and execution of manufacturing process plans, including personnel and safety requirements, purchasing needs, subcontract requirements, information technology needs, facility needs, and tooling and equipment needs.
• Coordinate manufacturing activities with all other functions of the organization and suppliers to obtain optimum production and utilization of personnel, machines, and equipment.
• Find opportunities for optimizing the supply chain through localization, verticalization, strategic agreements, leveraging economies of scale and other typical strategic initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree preferred in engineering business, manufacturing, industrial or related engineering discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience whereby requisite knowledge, skills and abilities have been demonstrated.
• Minimum 10 – 15 years of experience managing industrial equipment fabrication.
• Including P&L responsibility, meeting project budgets and schedule.
• High regard for quality and safety systems, ability to manage a team of safety and quality experts.
• Experience operating multiple production facilities, both domestically and internationally is preferred.
• Knowledge and/or experience in Supply Chain Management is a plus.
• Good commercial and technical acumen, knowledge of business and management principles involved with strategic planning, resource allocation, production methods and coordination of resources.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, production methods and coordination of resources.
• Knowledge of Supply Chain operations and experience developing a robust program to manage vendors, contractors, and service providers
• Knowledge related to reviewing contracts and agreements, ability to work closely with legal and technical team to evaluate proposals.
• Written communication skills: writes clearly and informatively, providing reports, documentation, detailed instructions, or specifications to others.
• Analytical skills: identifies complex problems and reviews related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions or corrective actions; considers the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate solutions or alternatives; determines how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes; identifies measures or indicator of performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance.
• Organizational skills: Manages and completes duties and projects on time and within budget; plans, prioritizes, and organizes work to achieve production goals and objectives with excellent follow through and follow up on assigned duties and projects.
• Interpersonal skills: Builds positive team spirit by developing constructive and cooperative working relationships and interdepartmental group commitments to effectively influence the actions of others to achieve production goals and objectives.
• Computer skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office software, MRP/ERP software, scheduling software.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, work independently, be detail-oriented and thorough.

Tech Stack

• Assembly
• ERP