Vice President, Operations

Role Overview

• Overall responsibility for Manufacturing activities across the established global business and developing presence in China, India, Mexico and the US
• Define and Implement manufacturing best practices bringing vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve business performance across the Motion platform
• Ensure that manufacturing strategies and processes are in place to meet the business objectives and demands of the Nidec Group
• Ensure that Environmental, Health and Safety, manufacturing and quality standards and procedures are adhered to
• Establish monthly, quarterly and yearly targets (KPI’s) for operating units
• Develop and champion risk mitigation strategies to guarantee continuity of operations and supply
• Build the quality system to ensure that manufacturing capabilities and quality levels meet or exceed company requirements and customer needs
• Collaborate with the sub-Business Operations Leaders to ensure continuous improvement goals and objectives are met and achieve operational excellence across the Motion platform
• Contribute to overall business strategy and annual budget process focusing on Base Line Profit (BLP)
• Lead, develop, and implement variable cost productivity programs across all areas of responsibility
• Formulate and deploy strategies to optimize the cost performance of the plant through capital investment programs

Requirements

• Bachelor of Engineering or Operations Management, or above, is required
• MBA is preferred
• 15+ years of progressive Manufacturing experience, at least 10 years in a leadership role
• P&L management experience strongly preferred
• Strong business acumen and a proven track record of achieving financial and operational results
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including problem solving, team building, coaching, and the ability to motivate people
• Must be a highly results-oriented and customer-focused individual
• Lean Six Sigma experience is preferred
• Willingness to travel both domestically and internationally 50%+
• English mandatory.
• Other language skills are helpful.

Benefits

• Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
• Encouraging diversity in the workplace