Director Operations

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Advanced Flow Systems (AFS) includes the Liquid Controls and Corken branded products that make fluid transfer safe accurate and Controls primarily provide metering fluid handling and data ecosystem for truck-based custody transfer of highly valuable fuels as well as product solutions to support other downstream oil & gas custody transfer applications. Corken offers a wide variety of industrial compression and pumping solutions for the process energy and transport industries. Applications include Autogas filling stations bulk plant pumps tank-car unloading delivery truck and transport. AFS is headquartered in Oklahoma City OK with a sales/service office in Chicago IL and an employee base of approximately 210.

The Director of Operations is responsible for leading and optimizing all manufacturing operations for a $120M industrial manufacturing business. This role owns day-to-day operational execution with the goal to strive for excellence in areas related to Safety Quality Delivery Inventory and Cost through the effective use of 80/20 and a servant leadership mindset.

Operational Leadership

• Lead all manufacturing operations including production materials management warehousing environmental health and safety (EH&S) shipping maintenance and facilities.

• Ensure consistent execution of daily operations to meet safety quality delivery and cost targets.

• Drive schedule adherence and throughput to support revenue growth and customer demand.

• Establish clear operating rhythms daily management and accountability across the facility.
  

Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence

• Champion Lean manufacturing continuous improvement and standard work across the value stream.

• Deploy operational excellence tools (e.g. Lean 80/20 Kaizen value stream mapping) to improve productivity working capital and margins.

• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for operational issues impacting performance.

• Ensure processes are documented repeatable and scalable to support growth.
  

People & Culture Leadership

• Build develop and lead a highperforming Operations leadership team.

• Set clear expectations goals and performance standards aligned with company objectives.

• Develop bench strength and succession plans for critical operations roles.

• Foster a culture of safety accountability continuous improvement and employee engagement.

Financial & Strategic Accountability

• Own operational performance against budget including labor efficiency overhead scrap and inventory.

• Partner with Finance and Commercial leaders to support forecasting capacity planning and margin improvement.

• Translate strategic priorities into executable operational plans.

• Support capital planning equipment investments and makevsbuy decisions.
  

CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Partner with Engineering Quality Supply Chain and Sales to meet business objectives.

• Ensure compliance with quality systems safety regulations and environmental standards.

• Lead operational readiness for new products volume changes and customer requirements.
  

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Business Administration Engineering Operations Management or other related field required. A Masters Degree is preferred.

• Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in industrial engineered products manufacturing required.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a management role with responsibility for manufacturing operations in different operating environments required.
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This role will directly manage a team of 8-10 operations leaders and is indirectly responsible for a team of approximately 115 full-time hourly production employees.

Physical Requirements:

• Proper use of safety equipment such as steel-toed shoes goggles safety glasses gloves apron and face shield must be observed.

• Noise level may vary from moderate office environment to louder production environment.
  

Travel

Up to 10% domestic travel may be required.

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