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ALBANY INTERNATIONAL, CORP. Director of Operations in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah

Job Purpose The Director of Operations will have 10+ years of demonstrated leadership experience in a world class manufacturing environment including a regulated industry. He/she will have facility level leadership responsibility to bring materials management / supply chain, engineering, program leadership, quality, manufacturing, customer support, human resources and administrative functions together as a team in a single plant environment with a combination of dotted line and straight line reporting relationships.  The Director of Operations will have accountability for the safety, quality, cost, delivery and responsiveness performance, continuous improvement performance, employee engagement and teamwork of the facilities that they manage and will be responsible for the development of facility leadership team.

Job Responsibilities In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following values: Safety, Accountable, Fact Based, Ethical, Respectful, and Persistence. Put Safety first at all times, never compromise on safety for the obtainment of other objectives. Responsible for health and safety of themselves and coworkers. * Observe, support and contribute to Company safety programs, policies, and initiatives, ensuring a culture of safe work habits is prevalent within the organization. Work collaboratively with division level Health and Safety to drive Zero Incident mentality into the facility workforce. Reduce worker's compensation, incidents, near misses and raise awareness. * Responsible for the overall direction of the facility manufacturing operations, and accountable for achieving EBITDA growth targets and annual operating plan objectives. Achieve targets and communicate performance to all identified KPIs according to published intervals for review. This to include all related reasons and data. * Lead the development and execution of annual operational Business Plans including the effective communication and cascading of objectives. Identify capital equipment / building needs that correspond with business growth in advance of the need to maximize customer confidence, employee productivity and sales / EBITDA growth. * Work collaboratively with the Salt Lake City Leadership Team to successfully and seamlessly deliver to customers an integrated set of services and products while meeting the financial performance goals defined by the business plan and corporate strategies. * Work with the Director of CI to develop, interpret and implement the 3-5 year vision for Continuous Improvement in this facility within the context of the Albany Production System and divisional level CI leadership guidance. Establish a culture of Continuous Improvement including use of all appropriate tools such as standard work for shop floor and leaders, visual factory, value steam implementations, 6S implementation with audits, hoshin planning, continuous (but controlled and measurable) kaizen activities and an overarching management system implementation. * Identify and implement cost improvements through CI / Lean Manufacturing techniques on the shop floor. * Grow the distributed ownership and content of the Quality System within the context of the overall AEC Quality System. Be able to lead agency and registrar audits if necessary. Foster a culture of compliance to the quality system. * Plan and implement facility capability / capacity needs to support growth strategies and near term production needs. * Develop a positive relationship with all facility customers based upon operational excellence and consistent, dependable execution. Work with Program Management and customer support within the facility to improve customer satisfaction through better overall execution... For full info follow application link.

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