Senior Operations Transformation Manager

Our work is guided by our purpose: creating an energy-resilient world for a better future. This purpose embodies the legacy we bring with more than 100 years as the global leader in energy resilience delivering solutions critical to sustain and improve life.

Our teams have the opportunity to provide a critical resource energy that ensures safety security and independence for people around the world. Our team members are focused on pushing boundaries continuing to innovate in an ever-changing landscape and keeping up with the pace required to create solutions for todays world demands.

Our product range includes engines generators power conversion UPS systems EV components and electrification solutions microgrid controls and management and clean energy solutions that serve a broad spectrum of OEM residential industrial and commercial customers. At Rehlko you have the freedom to identify create and deliver solutions large and small that help people and communities thrive in the moments that matter.

At Rehlko our team members are the essential energy that powers our organizations success. We are committed to fostering a safe and sustainable work environment where safety is everyones responsibility. We empower every team member to actively participate in our Zero Is Possible safety culture by encouraging open communication proactively reporting hazards following protocols and suggesting improvements. Join us in creating an energy resilient world for a better future!

What We Offer

At Rehlko our Total Rewards programs are designed to accelerate growth energize performance and support a culture of inclusion at every stage of life and work. We offer total rewards that are easily understood recognize results enable career mobility and reflect our commitment to valuing diverse needs in a fast-moving world. We provide:

• Competitive compensation and benefits

• Work-life flexibility

• Recognition and rewards

• Development and career opportunities

• A safe and inclusive workplace

Why You Will Love this Job

Location: Hybrid/Glendale or Kenosha WI

The Senior Operations Transformation Manager is responsible for transforming operational strategy into operational execution. This role bridges the gap between mid-to-long-term operational strategies and short to mid-term actions that enable sustainable profitable growth at the enterprise level.

This role is a key driver of global operational excellence leading improvements in cost quality delivery and safety. This role partners cross functionally with operational business product and plant team members to define the technical needs and current state of Rehlkos operations system so as to define how to improve refine and grow our operational capabilities. This role will be on the forefront of Rehlkos enterprise level strategies leading initiatives that enable sustainable profitable growth.

Specific Responsibilities:

Facility expansion and deployment

• Leads current facility expansions through cross functional partnerships with Operations Finance Supply Chain Commercial teams to drive capacity increases

• Partners with crossfunctional leaders and team members (Operations Finance Supply Chain Commercial) to translate product and market needs into requirements and capabilities for greenfield facilities

• Leads tactical development and deployment of new Greenfield facilities while maintaining timelines budgets and mitigating risks

• Engages on M&A initiatives aligning operational needs and capabilities in new business entities aligned to current company capabilities and process alignment

• Uses data and analytics to recommend areas and options to increase and improve operational output

Capital and value stream optimization

• Drives existing plant footprint optimization to drive scale and efficiency collaboratively with plant team members

• Leads new capital development deployment and standardization to increase capacity increase productivity or improve quality

• Defines innovative world class technology equipment and tools that drive the company forward in terms of capabilities and capacity

• Leads rationalization reviews on internal capital utilization and utilization

• Engages at the plant level to facilitate productivity and efficiency efforts in current value streams

• Leads with a continuous improvement mindset driving value stream and capital optimization

• Build business cases for new manufacturing capabilities including ROI modeling risk assessments and longterm capacity planning.

Demand leveling and process rationalization

• Leads initiatives to align internal manufacturing processes globally for consistency between all plants

• Participates in load balancing initiatives to best utilize all global facilities to maximize absorption and facility utilization

• Participates in DFM design and documentation initiatives to create a common globally manufacturable product to facilitate globalization of company product

• Defines best practices for processes used by the company and benchmarks with external suppliers to quantify make versus buy

• Partners with quality and supply chain to align company needs with world class partners and suppliers

• Leads make versus buy analysis for NPD as an operational representative

• Partners with all operational plant teams to create a common method of manufacturing processes

Leadership & CrossFunctional Influence

• Engage with and lead cross functional teams supporting complex manufacturing initiatives in a matrixed organization

• Serve as a tactical executor creating tangible work product through input and engagement across various business functions

• Extract analyze and present data to enable effective decision making across the enterprise

• Ability to think act and engage objectively

• Ability to facilitate cross functional virtual and in person meetings driving engagement effectiveness resulting in decisions and actions as the output

• Act with urgency clarity and purpose driving defined projects initiatives AIPs Steercos and priorities forward to secure committed timelines and deliverables

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Manufacturing Industrial Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

• 15 years of experience in Manufacturing/Industrialization/Continuous Improvement Engineering in an OEM of complex assembled product

• 10 years of defining and implementing capital equipment new value stream layout and facility expansion or construction

• 5 years of product transfers in a multi-location company

• 5 years or manufacturing process improvement or continuous improvement

• Proven track record of leading project level manufacturing initiatives increasing capacity capability or process optimization.

• Demonstrate strong financial acumen providing robust analysis ROI modeling capital planning margin analysis and scenario modeling to inform strategic decisionmaking.

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage with strong business acumen at all levels of the organization.

• Demonstrated ability to engage with crossfunctional teams in operations Engineering and business functions so as to drive projects and programs forward with stakeholder and core team member buy-in and engagement

• Ability to travel domestically up to 20%

• Ability to travel internationally up to 10%

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

About Us

Rehlkoproudly offers a rich history steeped in creativity and commitment to our associates and communities along with competitive benefits and PurposeCreating an energy resilient world for a better futureand Values: Curiosity Trust Pace and Excellence are important cultural components that shape the way we work and relate to one another. Learn more about Rehlko at addition to the investment in your development Rehlko offers a benefits package including a competitive salary health vision dental 401(k) with Rehlkomatching and more!

Rehlko is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and will make decisions regarding employment opportunities including but not limited to hiring job assignment compensation promotion benefits training discipline and termination without regard to race creed color ethnicity religion sex pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions genetic information age national origin citizenship ancestry caste mental or physical disability marital or familial status sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetic information political belief or affiliation union membership status military status veteran status or any other characteristic protected by national state local or other applicable laws.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

It is the policy of Rehlko to comply with all applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and corresponding national state local or other applicable laws. Rehlko will not discriminate against any qualified associate or applicant with respect to any terms privileges or conditions of employment because of a persons physical or mental disability. Rehlko will provide a reasonable accommodation to associates or applicants with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require an accommodation in the application process or during the course of employment please contact Rehlko is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Our Values

Curiosity Seek learn share

Trust Go farther together

Pace Focus to go faster

Excellence Find the win every day