Manager of Operations

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems products services and digital applications Voith sets standards in the markets of energy paper raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867 the company today has around 20700 employees sales of 48 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Paper is hiring for:

Manager of Operations
Springfield OR

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Reasons youll love working here:

• Flexibility with Work/Life Balance
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package
• 401K with generous company match
• Climate-Neutral Footprint Worldwide
• Tuition reimbursement

Summary:

The Manager of Operations leads all aspects of the Springfield OR production facility which employs approximately 40 team members who support the paper industry by performing mechanical services and producing covers for paper machine rolls.

This role is accountable for achieving annual targets for safety quality efficiency production and profitability while ensuring that a clear strategy and operational plan are developed communicated and effectively executed. The Senior Manager also leads and develops the site leadership team to drive consistent performance and continual improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Culture

• Provide clear direction aligned with site strategy goals and commitments with a strong emphasis on safety quality and financial performance.
• Foster a highperformance professional collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Drive employee engagement through transparent communication on business objectives performance status and individual impact.
• Recognize and reward excellent performance while maintaining accountability for results.
• Maintain and execute succession plans including development actions for highpotential employees and corrective actions for performance gaps.
• Initiates the development of documented solutions to address gaps in safety quality or financial performance.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure consistent achievement of safety quality production and efficiency targets.
• Identify and optimize the critical aspects of the operation through timely datadriven decisionmaking.
• Lead the development of documented solutions that address gaps in safety quality or financial performance.
• Ensure standardized systems and continuous improvement practices (Lean OE) are embedded across the operation.

Customer & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with Sales and Product Management to understand and meet customer expectations for delivery and quality.
• Lead improvement projects at the site including capital projects.

Strategic Communication & Performance Management

• Communicate regularly with employees and the leadership team regarding business results performance levels and operational priorities.
• Promote clarity of expectations alignment to goals and understanding of performance drivers and hold the team to account for those an environment where employees are rewarded for excellent performance and corrective actions are developed for performance deficiencies.

Requirements:

Experience & Education

• Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience including at least 1 year in operations management.
• Bachelors degree in a technical or business discipline or equivalent experience required.

Technical & Analytical Skills

• Knowledge and experience with execution of operational excellence lean manufacturing and continuous improvement practices required.
• Familiarity with AI and lowcode technologies; experience with tools such as MS Copilot Power Apps or MS Forms preferred.
• Proficiency with MRP/ERP systems and data analytics tools including JD Edwards Power BI and Pyramid BI.
• Ability to extract analyze and interpret data to support decisionmaking.

Leadership & Interpersonal Skills

• Proven ability to coach mentor and develop employees at all levels.
• Demonstrated problemsolving and project management capabilities.
• Strong communication skills and customerservice orientation.
• High attention to detail and excellent peoplemanagement abilities.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Ability to talk and hear in an industrial environment with moderate noise levels.
• Frequent standing walking and sitting; occasional reaching lifting stooping and crouching.
• Visual requirements include close distance peripheral vision depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to work fulltime onsite at the Springfield OR facility.
• Occasional domestic and international travel required.

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin protected veteran status or any other classification protected by federal state or local welcome everyone to apply especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color LGBTQI community women individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen) Veterans people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.