Director of Operations

Key Responsibilities

Operational Leadership

• Lead daily operations across CNC machining, fabrication/welding, metrology, assembly, production planning, procurement, engineering, maintenance, warehousing, and distribution.
• Ensure delivery, quality, cost, and safety performance meets and exceeds expectations.
• Implement structured operational systems, KPIs, and shop‑floor accountability.

Strategic Planning & Execution

• Develop short‑ and long‑range operational strategies aligned with corporate and financial objectives.
• Lead capacity planning, operational scaling, and productivity initiatives.
• Support global sourcing programs and supplier cost‑reduction initiatives.

Manufacturing Excellence

• Drive Lean, Kaizen, TPM, OEE, waste reduction, and continuous improvement.
• Lead development or acquisition of new equipment, tooling, plant layouts, and process optimization.
• Strengthen precision machining standards, metrology discipline, and process capability.

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure full compliance with customer specifications, internal quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead root‑cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous reduction of scrap, variation, and defects.
• Prepare for, support, and lead customer and regulatory audits.

Supply Chain & Logistics

• Optimize end‑to‑end material flow, planning, warehousing, and distribution.
• Coordinate with U.S. operations to optimize cross‑border supply chain and inventory levels.
• Strengthen supplier performance and negotiate cost‑effective procurement strategies.

Leadership

• Build, mentor, and develop high‑performance leaders across operations, engineering, and supply chain.
• Foster an environment of safety, accountability, discipline, respect, and continuous improvement.
• Provide executive representation for Mexico (legal, compliance, banking signatory when required).