Corporate VP of Operations

Dallas, Texas OR Orlando, Florida







Corporate VP of Operations


Posted by: North American Recruiting and Consulting
Please refer to job: CRT0586


Job Description & Duties

Our client's parent has been in business since 1971 as a manufacturer of small school buses and ambulances built from modified cargo vans. The company's initial product was the first "Type A" school bus, designed to carry 16-20 passengers. Today the Corporate parent manufacturers specialty vehicles and accessories for various basic service niches of the transportation industry. The Parent Corporation's products include ambulances, small school buses, shuttle and min-size commercial buses, terminal trucks, commercial bus chassis, road construction equipment and industrial rental sweepers. In the US the Parent Corporation is the largest manufacturer of ambulances, the second largest manufacturer of terminal trucks and a leading manufacturer of small school buses, and sweepers used in the road construction industry.This client is considered a world class supplier, with units operating in all 50 states, and many foreign countries in addition to supplying a number of government agencies, including GSA, AAFES, DOD, and the Postal Service. In addition to the terminal tractors, they also produce a walk behind sweeper, a four-wheel road sweeper, a three-wheeled street sweeper, buses, ambulances, and a loader backhoe.My client is making significant changes in their manufacturing approach throughout all of their plants and are putting in place the appropriate professionals who will lead them into a very "lean manufacturing"/"six sigma" culture change. They need someone in this role who can evaluate, vision, and drive/implement the culture into a "lean world", establish the quality standards corporate wide which will continue and exceed their past level of excellence and work with established the metrics required to fully implement Six Sigma practices.This is a NEW position will report to the CEO who will be in Dallas. It is yet to be determined whether this position will be located in Dallas or Orlando. This candidate Should come out of the Auto or Truck Industry or Specialty Truck (RV, Dump Truck, Tow Truck, Fire Engine) Industry. This candidate will have the responsibility of creating/establishing a corporate wide level of Quality, which will then have to be fully implemented throughout the organization. In addition, this candidate will work to directly impact the operations in all plants throughout the US and will be traveling up to 60-80% of the time. This candidate will work with “plant” level “lean managers” to ensure that the proper processes are being implemented within each plant to comply with corporate policy. This organization is to have a Major “Lean Manufacturing” push during 2007 and this candidate MUST be very familiar with Lean Manufacturing processes as well as being a Six Sigma Black Belt.

From the CEO and the VP of HR: “Our ideal candidate would come from some type of industry that has a Fabrication Background (welding, painting, assembly) rather than a background where they manufactured a simple component or two that then went into a final product (or a background that is primarily an unrelated manufacturing process such - plastics and chemicals)”.


Requirements

* BS Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering* Masters/MBA would be a PLUS* P.E. or E.I.T would be a PLUS* Ideal if you have understanding of "Design Experience" for Chassis and experience in metal fabrication, welding, product development* 10-15 years of Management Experience* 8-10 years of Management Experience in a Manufacturing Environment* 5-7 years experience with Corporate Level responsibility in Quality or Lean or Six Sigma* Must be a Six Sigma Black Belt* Must Have Lean Manufacturing experience in a Manufacturing Environment (Kaizen, 5S, Poka-Yoke, Value Stream Mapping, etc.)* Ideal if you currently hold Certification in Quality (CQE)* Strong Leadership and Vision Skills/Talents* Solid Computer Skills* Excellent Team Leadership Skills* Demonstrated experience in either implementing or running a Quality/Lean Program in a manufacturing environment

* Experience taking a manufacturing organization into, through and retaining ISO Certification

* Must Have upper management experience in the truck/auto industry—with a major player in those industries

* 5-10 years of experience at the Corporate level (VP/COO) in the truck/auto industry

* Experience in mentoring Green Belts to Black Belts


Education: 4 Years college
Travel Percent: 60-80%
Experience:At least 5+ Years experience required.
Relocation Assistance?Yes
Security Clearance? No







Compensation Summary

$200000 - $275000 Annual; With Bonus this position should go well over $300 K

Contact Information

Bob Turner, Ed.D., PresidentNorth American Recruiting and Consulting10834 HarvestwoodTyler, TX 75703 USPhone: 903-561-6928Cell: 903-618-0066
E-mail: dr.bobturner@earthlink.net or bob.turner@narecruiting.net Web Site: http://www.narecruiting.net Please refer to job: CRT0586