Vice President of Operations

Leawood, KS - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Wilbert Funeral Services Inc.

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdingswhich is backed by Berkshire Hathawayyoull be doing things that matter leading at every level and winning a better way. Were committed to making a positive impact on the world providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities and fostering a culture where everyones empowered to be their best.

The Vice President of Operations is responsible for end-to-end operational excellence across all facilities in the U.S. including manufacturing procurement logistics/distribution quality safety and service. The role sets operational policy provides strategic and day-to-day leadership to site and functional leaders and drives a rigorous metrics-based operating system and continuous improvement (CI) culture to deliver sustainable productivity quality and customer-service results.

Company Overview:

Wilbert which is part of Marmon Holdings Inc. a Berkshire Hathaway Company and is a $300 million company with four industry-leading brands 1000 employee partners 100 licensee partners and 300 points of distribution. The Wilbert Group offers a range of manufactured concrete products including burial vaults monuments lawn crypts columbarium niches septic tanks retaining walls storm shelters and agricultural precast products. The company operates manufacturing plants warehouses monument production facilities a casket manufacturing plant and crematories. The monument division produces granite memorials and markers custom granite signage and engraved brick pavers and engages in wholesale monument sales.

Position Overview

Strategy Operating System & Transformation

Define implement and continuously improve a standardized company operating system (e.g. production system playbook standards and routines) to embed operational excellence behaviors and results enterprisewide.
Lead enterprise productivity to achieve annualized CI/EIP savings targets and yearoveryear conversioncost productivity improvements with clear quantifiable goals and quarterly tracking.
Serve as an organizational change agent advising senior leadership on business transformation priorities expected impact and adoption plans.
Analyze operations performance to identify opportunities for cost reduction policy/process changes and program improvements; implement corrective actions and administrative control systems to ensure sustainment.

Network Design Footprint & Capital

Sponsor and deliver footprint optimization programs that rationalize capacity mix and cost to achieve material annualized savings and profitability improvements; build the business case milestones and risk plan.
Approve budgets and capital allocations; coordinate budgetary control systems and reporting to fund operations and maximize ROI.

Continuous Improvement (Lean / Six Sigma)

Drive Lean maturity using a defined toolset including 5S MDI PDCA Standard Work Kaizen events A3 problem solving and Layered Process Audits; ensure daily management is in place and effective.

Manufacturing Engineering Quality & Maintenance

Lead Operations and partner closely with Engineering & CI leadership to standardize critical plant equipment and processes across the network to reduce variation and improve reliability.
Establish preventive maintenance (PM) programs and uptime dashboards; ensure maintenance planning and spareparts strategies support target OEE and availability.
Build capacity and utilization models to identify constraints and unlock excess capacity to support growth and service level targets.
Provide leadership for operational flow and product diversification initiatives to optimize throughput mix and margins.
Oversee quality and EHS performance; ensure compliance with relevant regulations (e.g. OSHA) and company standards.

Supply Chain S&OP & Customer Service

Lead or play a key role in establishing and maturing S&OP processes that align demand supply and inventory plans to meet customer needs at optimal cost.
Direct procurement and logistics to deliver cost quality and service objectives; develop supplier strategies that support resiliency and workingcapital goals.

Governance Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Appoint and develop department leaders; set clear responsibilities and cadence for performance reviews KPI routines and crossfunctional coordination.
Prepare and present operating reviews budgets and transformation progress to executive leadership and other stakeholders.
Represent Operations on executive committees and crosscompany project teams; network with engineering production planning and other functions to accelerate improvements.

Key Deliverables & Performance Metrics

Annualized CI / EIP savings: Deliver targeted savings per plan; track realized benefits vs. forecast (quarterly).
Conversion cost productivity: Achieve yearoveryear % improvement at or above target.
Footprint program benefits: Hit approved annualized savings and service/risk milestones from network rationalization.
Operating system maturity: Demonstrable adoption of daily management standard work layered audits and A3 problem solving across all sites.
Reliability: PM compliance planned vs. unplanned maintenance ratio and OEE/uptime meeting targets.
S&OP effectiveness: Schedule adherence ontime infull (OTIF) inventory turns and capacity adherence meeting plan.
Safety & Quality: TRIR recordables customer complaints/PPM and firstpass yield trending to targets.

Qualifications & Competencies

BS in Business Administration Operations Management Engineering or comparable experience; MBA preferred.
10 years in plant/operations management within manufacturing; 5 years in multisite operational leadership.
Lean/CI expertise; proven experience leading Kaizen A3 and layered audit routines.
Demonstrated success delivering quantifiable CI savings conversioncost productivity and footprint/network optimization outcomes.
Deep knowledge of OSHA policies/regulations; strong EHS and quality management acumen.
Strong financial literacy (budgets ROI cost/benefit) and KPI management.
Excellent leadership communication and stakeholdermanagement skills; ability to coach and develop teams at multiple levels.
Proficiency with core productivity tools and ability to learn companyspecific systems.

Work Environment & Travel

Mix of office production/warehouse and travel as needed; 75% travel expected based on business needs (domestic with ability to travel globally).

Physical Requirements

Role involves frequent standing/walking/sitting; constant speaking/hearing/visual acuity; occasional reaching climbing crawling squatting kneeling bending and limited lifting/pushing/pulling consistent with standard leadership roles in manufacturing environments. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process please email your request to and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.

Required Experience:

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Wilbert Funeral Services Inc.As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdingswhich is backed by Berkshire Hathawayyoull be doing things that matter leading at every level and winning a better way. Were committed to making a positive impact on the world providing you with diverse learn...