Vice President-US Production Operations Transmission Switches
Vice President-US Production Operations Transmission Switches
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S&C is a global company providing equipment and services for electric power systems. Founded in 1911 the Chicagoheadquartered company designs and manufactures switching and protection products for electric power transmission and distribution. S&Cs Engineering teams design solutions for a portfolio of products for a wide range of customers including electric utilities and industrial/commercial power users. S&C offers broad opportunities for advancement excellent education and training programs a challenging work environment and a strong package of pay and benefits.
The Human Energy of S&C has been built on the principles of integrity enthusiasm and sustained energy. These are the traits that S&C has always looked for and found when seeking people to join our 100 employeeowned team.S&C would not be where it is today without the diversity of our team members and business partners. We consider our diversity to be a core strength of our company and we aspire to align our teammember demographics with the populations in which we live and work.To realize this vision we seek to facilitate the career development of minorities women and all team members.
At S&C we are dedicated to providing competitive and equitable compensation for all our team members and we are committed to transparency in our pay practices. The estimated annual base salary range for this position in the United States can be found in the JOB INFO section below. Individual pay within this salary range is determined by several compensable factors including performance knowledge jobrelated skills and experience and relevant education or training. This role is also eligible for S&Cs annual incentive plan (AIP) subject to eligibility criteria.
Join Our Team as a Vice PresidentUS Production Operations!
In US Production Operations we are responsible for maintaining S&Cs longstanding reputation for quality products while constantly striving for the elimination of waste through continuous improvement and lean sixsigma manufacturing best practices. S&Cs Production Operations bring a competitive advantage mixing state of the art technology proven manufacturing processes and a wordclass team. They combine to solidify the trust our customers have in us knowing that our products will be integral to solving tomorrows energy challenges. We strive for worldclass quality in everything we do knowing that our work impacts our customers our team members and our world but recognize that the safety of our team members comes before everything else.
As the Vice PresidentUS Production Operations the successful candidate will be responsible for the Palatine IL operations of our Transmission Switches value stream reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer. The value stream includes Assembly and Fabrication operations plus operations support functions. While the majority of time will be spent in our Palatine facility some travel will be required (estimated 20. They will work closely withinternal support functions and engineering to ensure the value stream meets targeted KPI metrics.As the overall leader of these product lines it is incumbent to have an endtoend view of the entire value chain.
The Vice President US Production Operations develops and executes annual strategic plans that connect to the fiveyear plans shared with the Board of Directors. The current strategic focus includes but is not limited to these areas:
- Strict focus and unwavering support of team member safety driving our culture to See Something Say Something and Do Something
- Data driven problem solving to reduce quality defects to ensure we Make it Right the First Time
- Drive adherence to standards where they exist and rapid development where they do not.
- Inspire a culture that works to a sequence and take time to deliver the expected results to our customers
- Relentlessly pursue continuous improvement initiatives that drive out waste in our processes while reducing costs
- Coach mentor and build a highly effective leadership team.
- Foster an environment of trust with the more than 200 team members in the Transmission Switches value stream where all team members are fully engaged in their work and accountable for their actions
- Partner with the commercial team to improve forecasting process to manage staffing and capacity levels which achieve better on time delivery result at competitive lead times
- Share best practices to other S&C value streams
- Develop and execute strategy to achieve aggressive growth targets in 5year plan
The Vice PresidentUS Production Operations is a critical leadership role for S&C. S&C leaders are held accountable for demonstrating the following essentialleadership behaviors:
- Models empowered leadership by taking ownership for the leadership of their function and decisions.Develops proactive empowered and engaged leaders. Coaches mentors and provides regular clear effective positive and constructive feedback to build future talent and grow highpotential team members.
- Thinks from a strategic enterprisewide perspective about the business taking a holistic enterprise perspective incorporating an international mindset possessing strong business acumen comfortable with complexity and a good financial steward of S&C resources.
- Collaborates crossfunctionally to create shared ownership as part of an integrated leadership team ensuring ongoing alignment with the Global Operations Leadership team owning each others successes and holding self and peers accountable for delivering.
- Maintains a culture of customercentered innovation bringing a sense of urgency to customer needs without sacrificing quality; balances speed and quality.Manages product line capacity balancing lead time and labor utilization. Develops sales and operations planning tools. Report on production related topics to various audiences including but not limited to the executive leadership team.
- Drives flawless of operational excellence; sets high standards and the tone for highquality products and services. Champions Lean Performance Systemto drive down costs and improve responsiveness. Fosters a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
What youll Need to Succeed:
- 8 to 10 years experience in leading a manufacturing operation or complex value stream in with highmix lowvolumeexperience preferred
- High level lean manufacturing skillset (Six Sigma green or black belt certification preferred)
- Demonstrated track record of building and leading highperforming teams
- Proven expertise developing communication strategies that drive value for the company
- Superb written verbal and interpersonal skills. Able to craft and promote a coherent strategic vision for advancing Transmission Switch Products.
- Deep experience with Assembly methods techniques equipment and best practices. Fabrication experience preferred.
- A persuasive influencer who can build consensus and momentum
- Ability to juggle heavy volume of diverse projects including both strategic and tactical assignments
- An energetic team player and driven selfstarter with a positive mindset and excellent work ethic
- Ability to operate with flexibility in a fastpaced environment to meet tight deadlines with resilience and intellectual flexibility
- Bachelors degree required; masters degree preferred
S&C Electric is committed to equalopportunity employment. All employees and applicants will be considered without regard to age color disability gender national origin race religion sexual orientation gender identity protected veteran status or any other classification protected by federal state or local law. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to complete the application please email us at.
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