Senior Director, Operations

The Linear Motion Division (“LMD”) of AMC is seeking a Senior Director of Global Operations. Reporting to the VP/GM of the Division, this growth-focused leader will lead operations across 9 plants located across the United States, Mexico, St. Kitts, Sweden, Germany & China, and be a key member of the division leadership team.

Within each site, this leader will drive the discipline of SQDC (safety, quality, delivery, cost-competitiveness) and lean transformation, to allow the division to grow top line revenue growth and bottom line profitability.  They will develop and implement long and short-term strategic plans, drive significant plant Key Performance Indicator (KPI) improvements, drive a culture of Continuous Improvement – all with the intent of increasing throughput and productivity.

Location: This role is remote + up to 75% travel

Key Responsibilities

Operational Excellence & Effective Problem Solving

• Lead the Division operations team to deliver on Annual Operating Plan (AOP), monthly, quarterly, and annual targets.
• Set and achieve short and long-term SQDCG and financial objectives by implementing a strategic vision that is broken into actionable strategies and tactics. Direct activities across all plants, providing leadership to Production, Quality, Purchasing, Human Resources and Finance.  Knows what ‘world-class’ looks like and has the ability to coach and develop a leadership team.
• Ensure accountability and enable the predictability of the outcomes of each plant.  Determine root cause of delivery, quality or other issues quickly and effectively put counter-measures in place to support. 
• Skill and experience in decomposing a strategic vision into actionable strategies and plans, that can be cascaded to every manufacturing facility.  Drive a continuous improvement mindset, with clear future factory visions, to significantly improve productivity and efficiency across all plants and drive employee engagement.
• Establish and sustain strong plant floor visual and daily management, GEMBA culture, and problem solving methodologies.

P&L Leadership and Business Partnership

• Ability to work as a member of the leadership team to develop and communicate a future vision for the business.
• Build strong knowledge of operations P&L at plants and how each KPI affects P&L levers.
• Responsible for synthesizing action plans, timelines and budgets for project and product goals and adjusting these plans accordingly to effectively respond to changing demands of the business.

Talent Management

• Develop a high-performance team by engaging, coaching and developing team members, and by driving accountability and ownership at all levels.  Build a team where all site leaders are top talent, with a strong say/do and continuous improvement mindset.
• Establish a results-oriented management style that measures and evaluates individual performance against clearly defined accountable competencies, responsibilities and objectives
• Serve as an advocate for top talent, building strong succession plans to enable increased career velocity.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an Accredited University
• 10+ years manufacturing operations experience; including plant management with experience from a best-in-class manufacturer.
• Experience with manufacturing of highly engineered components
• Proven successful applications of multiple CI tools: 80/20, Value Stream Mapping, 6S, Flow, Standard Work, Visual Management, & Problem Solving
• Strong operational and financial acumen, executive presence, and the ability to lead multiple locations
• Critical thinking skills to properly identify problem area & potential solutions
• Demonstrate the Regal Rexnord Values; Integrity, Responsibility, Diversity, Engagement & Inclusion, Customer Success, Innovation with Purpose, Continuous Improvement, Performance, Passion to Win, and Sense of Urgency
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities independently.
• Must be able to travel at least 50% of the time domestically and internationally as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MS Engineering, MBA, etc.)
• Multi-Site Management Experience
• Global Management Experience
• General Management Experience
• Experience with High Mix / Low Volume and Low Mix / High Volume manufacturing
• Prior experiencing with crafting operations fulfillment strategy and with production line / value stream transfers.
• Experience in working with 80/20, Policy Deployment methodologies

Physical Demand and Work Environment

Physical Demands – while performing the duties in this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and sit.

Work Environment – the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a 'U.S. Person,' which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States.

Expected salary: $200,000 - $230,000 annually + incentives. The salary range provided is intended to display the value of the company's base pay compensation for all statewide locations across the United States. Salary is dependent on a multitude of factors, including but not limited to the physical worksite location, candidate's skill set, level of experience, education, and internal peer compensation comparisons.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a $6.5B publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.  If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email [email protected]. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail [email protected].

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