Chief of Staff, Operations
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JobgetherManufacturing
Based in the United StatesFull-TimeSenior
Salary not disclosed
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Job Details
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementData AnalysisOperations ManagementData visualizationChange Management
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field.
- 3+ years of professional experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or similarly operationally complex environment.
- Strong analytical, systems-thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, plant teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong financial acumen, including familiarity with budgets, capital expenditures, operational costs, and performance drivers.
- Experience with operational performance management, KPI development, and data-driven decision-making.
- Knowledge of Lean, Operational Excellence, engineering, or project management methodologies.
- Ability to work effectively across multiple sites, functions, and stakeholder groups.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and taking ownership of execution.
- Experience with AI-enabled analytics, dashboards, data visualization, or other digital tools for operational decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic partner and second-in-command to the Head of Operations, providing support across the North American manufacturing footprint.
- Backfill Plant Manager responsibilities when required, helping maintain operational continuity and performance.
- Drive financial and operational KPIs across plants and translate performance data into actionable priorities.
- Leverage AI, analytics, dashboards, and visual management tools to improve decision-making and operational visibility.
- Lead Operational Excellence initiatives using Lean, engineering, and project management methodologies.
- Analyze complex or ambiguous operational challenges, identify root causes, and translate them into practical, measurable solutions.
- Support budgeting activities, monthly performance reviews, forecasting, and variance mitigation.
- Coordinate strategic initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions and other enterprise-level operational projects.
- Facilitate the sharing of best practices across sites and influence cross-functional teams to implement sustainable improvements.
- Champion change management, accountability, continuous improvement, and a culture centered on a 100% Safe Everywhere mindset.
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