Director of Manufacturing

Job Tasks and Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for all aspects of technical performance, quality performance, and schedule performance.

• Ensure that, as the company grows, manufacturing capabilities meet or exceed all industry and customer requirements for cost, quality and responsiveness.
• Work closely with the COO and cross-functional partners on manufacturing plans, goals, and future product innovations.
• Play an active role in senior-level negotiations and relationship building with client companies and manufacturing partners.
• Strong leadership and management skills to enable the creation of a highly capable and sustainable Manufacturing and Operations Function.
• Action-oriented and innovative in leading the Manufacturing and Operations Function.
• Capable of driving change transformation and strategy execution to achieve specific business results.
• Skilled in manufacturing processes of Aerospace of Defense industry and knowledgeable in Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma process improvements.
• Direct the resolution of highly complex or unusual business problems, while applying advanced analytical thought and judgement.
• Develops plans for new areas of technology for the manufacturing functions to ensure and sustain leading edge capabilities.
• Oversee the management of employees and operations of the company's manufacturing function, whether in-house or sub-contracted.
• Evaluate the assignment of resources to meet the needs of the Production Facilities.
• Ensure enforcement of company policy and regulations relating to safety, attendance, conduct and other plant rules.
• Mentor and coach personnel and make recommendations to Human Resources for other training as needed or required.
• Perform timely annual evaluations of direct reports.
• Coordinate manufacturing activity to ensure that the total effort is directed toward optimizing the quality and cost effectiveness to meet company goals and objectives.
• Keep abreast of industry technical changes and make recommendations for training of supervisor personnel.
• Develop and submit annual capital expenditure and expense budget.
• Utilize budgeted resources, including, but not limited to manpower, equipment and facilities for the purpose of reducing costs and improving efficiency.

Education and Experience:

• B.S or M.S. Degree in Engineering, with minimum of 5 years' experience at a Director of Manufacturing.
• Demonstrated success in a highly collaborative environment with excellent English written and oral communications skills
• Strong subject matter background in aerospace manufacturing and Defense products.
• Demonstrated experience supporting Aerospace or Defense OEMs.
• Demonstrated experienced running aerospace of Defense manufacturing facilities in both prototype and series production programs.
• Charismatic Leader and Manager that can quickly develop constructive and positive working relations with peers, customers, and subordinates.
• Experience with ERP System design and implementation.
• Ability to achieve high-level results within a challenging environment.
• Proven ability to reduce manufacturing unit cost and increase contribution to gross margins.
• Strong planning, organization and communication skills
• High-level attention to detail.
• Must be a US Person as defined by ITAR (22CFR 120.15

The employee has the Responsibility and Authority to complete the job duties in this job description.