Program Lead (Operations Program Manager)Provides leadership for large-scale, cross-functional business initiatives spanning multi-site manufacturing operations, engineering, supply chain, finance, and commercial teams. Drives successful execution of enterprise-wide operational transformation programs that improve safety, quality, delivery, inventory, productivity, and profitability.
This role requires strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills to effectively collaborate with production teams, cross-functional stakeholders, senior leadership, customers, and external partners. The successful candidate will consistently deliver projects on schedule and within budget while leading teams to achieve strategic and operational objectives.
Responsibilities:- Lead large scale strategic initiative deployment from ideation to project closure in the North American manufacturing network.
- Align remote stakeholders around common business objectives and maintain accountability
- Develop project plans that include scope, resourcing, timing, and budget
- Effectively monitor and communicate performance status and escalations across various levels of leadership
- Develop countermeasures for missed milestones and expedite issue resolution
- Foster a collaborative environment to continuously develop employees and ensure long-term operational stability
- Accountable for realization of business benefits and operational performance improvements.
- Influences senior leaders and site leadership teams without direct authority.
Qualifications:- Minimum 5 years operations management and/or large-scale manufacturing capital project management responsibility; Prefer 8-10+ years of manufacturing, operational excellence, or program management experience.
- Documented Lean-Six Sigma Greenbelt or Blackbelt training required; however, other comparable LSS certifications or training may be considered
- Experience with Lean Material Replenishment, Flow Systems (eg. Replenishment Pull Systems, CONWIP, Heijunka, Tugger Train use, etc) and Total Productive Maintenance
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations management, supply chain, or other comparable field required
- Advanced degree preferred but not required
- PMP certification preferred but not required
- Significant finance experience, especially P&L responsibility, is a PLUS
- Experience in discrete and continuous manufacturing environments, make to order and build to stock business models
- Bilingual is a plus
- Geographic preference: Resident office; Proximity to OC Doors site and major airport hub desired. Charlotte or Dallas area preferred
- Percentage of travel 25-50%
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