Operation Director

Operation Director – Remote

Come make the world and accelerate your success.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of more than 50,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, STANLEY® Engineered Fastening is the global leader in precision fastening and assembly solutions, with a history spanning nearly 100 years. Our portfolio features industry-leading brands such as Avdel®, Integra™, Nelson®, Optia®, POP®, and Tucker®. We empower engineers in Automotive, Aerospace, and Industrial sectors with innovative products that ensure efficiency, reliability, and quality in manufacturing processes. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of innovation and creativity. Our skilled team develops, manufactures, and distributes cutting-edge fastening and joining solutions to meet modern engineering and manufacturing challenges. Join us and be part of a company at the forefront of technological evolution, delivering solutions that shape the future of the fastening industry.

The Job:  

As a Operation Director, you’ll be part of our Industrial Global Supply Chain team working as a remote employee.    You’ll get to:  

• As the Operations Director – SEF Industrial, you will oversee the Hopkinsville, KY and Stanfield, NC facilities. 
• Partner with the Sr Operations Director – Global Industrial and apply your proven experience to determine efficiency goals and opportunities for waste elimination, equipment uptime improvement, manufacturing efficiency and cost reduction within the factory locations and distribution centers (DC).
• Embody the mindset of ensuring safety, quality, and productivity targets are achieved/exceeded to consistently meet/beat monthly, quarterly, and annual goals.
• Ensures a healthy and safe working environment, and compliance with federal and state regulations, through collaboration with environmental, health, and safety staff.
• Ensure the continued evolution of the customer experience by achieving On Time in Full (OTIF) deliveries through proper Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) and Production Master Scheduling, achieving/beating Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) targets, and collaborating with Product Engineering and the customer to find opportunities to innovate.
• Collaborate with all appropriate matrixed functional business partners in identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and develop a continuous improvement mindset/culture across the organization by leading site level studies in cost management techniques for productivity enhancement and operational process improvement.
• Monitor established site KPIs for span of responsibility, develop any additional site level KPIs needed and manage major projects to drive improvement in process metrics to achieve company cost reduction goals. Delivers progress and production reports to leadership team members as needed.
• Improve teamwork and the employee experience by providing direct leadership, mentorship, and development to Plant Managers, direct reports and dotted line matrix reports.
• Organizes management structure and teams for optimal, efficient operations.
• Participates in the recruitment, hiring, and training of operations leaders and conducts performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
• Lead the CAPEX implementation and ROI reporting across sites within span of responsibility through identification, proposal, execution, and measurement of projects in support of Stanley Black and Decker’s strategy.
• Ensure optimization of available resources through capacity planning and continuous improvement to maximize productivity.
• Drive best in class manufacturing capabilities which will focus on gaining efficiencies through optimizing product production at multiple plants, optimizing process flow, automation, overhead absorption, continuous improvement and instilling best practices.
• Work with matrixed business functional partners in the development of financial and budgetary plans.

The Person:  

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing, Management, Business, Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years' prior experience successfully managing a variety of departments including some combination OPEX, CAPEX, Procurement, Project Management, Quality, Safety, and Maintenance.
• Experience leading operations in a decentralized, multi-site manufacturing organization.
• Experience managing union manufacturing sites.
• Prior experience in capital expenditure management, capital approval processes, and installations.
• Ability to think strategically with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment.
• Proven presentation skills and ability to interact successfully with multiple levels of the organization.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally (30 to 50%).

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

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We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are 

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company. 

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development: 
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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