Director of Operations | Cheshire County, NH

• Hold overall responsibility for Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities, Continuous Improvement, Quality and Supply Chain activities across the business, including the monitoring and management of budgets and operational performance.
• Create an environment where everyone can thrive; providing feedback, mentoring and coaching to support continuous development and instill a culture of empowerment and accountability across your teams.
• Be responsible for ensuring a positive safety culture in collaboration with other senior leadership team members; ensuring that the health, safety and wellbeing of all personnel is our number one priority.
• Develop SMART objectives for and with your team to aid and improve business performance, whilst utilizing and promoting high levels of engagement with Self Directed Teams across all teams for which you have responsibility.
• Implement Operational Excellence and lean principles, along with the processes and procedures to drive improvements in business performance and best in class practice.
• Serve as a backup for the Business Manager during periods of absence and holidays and/or attend key meetings and events on their behalf as required.
• In collaboration with the Finance, Human Resources, Value Stream Managers and department leads, develop the annual budget and forecasts, along with all Capital Expenditure proposals and in line with all legal requirements and standards.
• Collaborate with leaders cross-functionally to measure product sales and optimize profitability through quality management and lean initiatives.
• Prioritize production to ensure that customer orders and expectations are consistently achieved.
• Proactively contribute to new business initiatives and projects and review and communicate the impacts on manufacturing.
• Identify what and where infrastructure improvements are required, developing the business case to achieve the required investment.

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