VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS

Job Description

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee all production related activities for all Yates plant locations both New and Repair.
• Oversee activities directly related to making products or providing services.
• Direct and coordinate activities of all departments concerned with production and distribution of products.
• Manage staff, prepare work schedules, and assigns specific duties to shop staff.
• Determine staffing requirements.
• Interview, hire, and train new employees or oversees those personnel processes.
• Review equipment and tooling annually to determine replacement or upgrade needs while improving capabilities and efficiencies.
• Manage ongoing maintenance request procedure.
• Guide maintenance personnel and ensures proper cadence assigned to maintenance issues.
• Ensure all employees are properly trained on equipment and on safety standards and regularly reports to management.
• Coach and train employees on all correction action request forms to find root cause.
• Responsible for process-flow manufacturing operation to ensure required materials/parts are available and ready as needed to complete order on time.
• Manage the flow of orders scheduled and in-process.*
• Fills in on various jobs or workstations as required to cover vacations or call in's.
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of all Yates production facilities. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Ability:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Math Ability:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Made2Manage, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Outlook.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, operations management, or a related field (master’s degree preferred).
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in operations management, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.

Specialized Training:

Machine shop experience

Knowledge, Skills and Other Abilities:

• Ability to read blueprints
• Hydraulic and pneumatic cylinder knowledge

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands, and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to wear safety glasses and hard sole/close toed shoes with a low heel when walking through the manufacturing shop and/or repair shop whether as part of performing their job or just passing through. In addition, long hair must be tied back when around hazards of flame, machinery, or equipment.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.