Job Description
Role Overview
The Director Operations will oversee ClearCorrect US Operations – a Straumann Group owned manufacturing plant in RoundRock, TX. This role lives our customer centricity by delivering patient specific medical devices to our customers all over North America and selected APAC countries. Leading a team of 250 motivated employees with state-of-the-art processes, highest quality raw materials and excellent IT infrastructure provides best success criteria for future growth. International exchange within the Operations community will further expand the scope of this role. The position is reporting into the SVP Operations OBU in Straumann’s Headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.
Responsabilities
Overall responsible for daily operations including site management, planning, logistics, process development, supply chain, quality, and productivity
Proactively strives for zero accident, deploying a world class Safety Operating System, meeting internal and external safety standards
Supporting Straumann’s sustainability and ESG strategy and driving towards zero landfill and 100% green energy utilization in all activities
Define transparent and KPI driven leadership environment, where people are key and transparent communication are self-evident
Ensure a high focus on continuous improvements and implementation of Lean Operating System
Translates customer requirements into state-of-the-art strategies and processes, resulting in cost-effective processing and profitable manufacturing
Create a united team with a common vision for the site; ensure motivation and clear focus in further skill and talent development, deploying a culture of development, succession planning and our culture journey
Control of the multi-million USD capital, allocating investments and overseeing successful installation and payback
Review and reports performance data that includes financial, sales, and activity reports to monitor and measure departmental productivity, goal achievement, and overall effectiveness
Embeds a pragmatic and disciplined approach to compliance with medical device regulations, standards and norms and lives such mindset in front of his/her employees
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, supply chain management or related engineering field
10 years of experience working on projects involving process improvement and leading cross functional global teams
Demonstrated ability developing and defining NPI strategies, and KPIs for safety, quality, delivery and cost
Demonstrated ability aligning Operations and Product Development to establish deliverables
- Demonstrated ability working with lean methodologies to reduce project life cycle time, mitigate risks, and launch products on timely and cost- effective basis