This position leads a 150+ employee aerospace bearings plant with total revenues in excess of $25 Million annually. This position is responsible for all functions required to manage a manufacturing plant. The primary responsibility of this position is to ensure that we satisfy our customers by profitably and safely delivering high quality products on time. The position reports directly to the Vice President of Operations for the Aerospace Division and reporting to the position are Manufacturing, Quality, Production Planning, Purchasing, Human Resources, Finance, and Regal Rexnord Business Systems (Lean Manufacturing). The plant, which is located in Monticello, IN, manufacturers high quality Bearings used for Aerospace applications.

Major Responsibilities:

• Plans, organizes, and controls plant operations, utilizing the RegalRexnord Business System and lean principles to achieve divisional objectives for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Cash Flow.
• Design and implement necessary improvements to maintain a safe, clean, energy efficient and well-organized facility
• Through the RegalRexnord annual Strategic Planning and Strategy Deployment processes, define improvement priorities which have the greatest impact to customers, stakeholders and associates; deploy strategy to team and engage team
• Represents operations in the Sales, Inventory, Operations, Planning (SIOP) process
• Leads the business including the Engineering, Operations, Quality, Human Resources, Customer Service, RBS, and Finance functions consistent with the annual operating plan for the RegalRexnord Aerospace Group
• Pro-actively analyzes operational metrics, making and driving process improvements within manufacturing, supply chain, and sourcing
• Supports divisional growth strategy through improved manufacturing cost, capacity, and process flexibility.
• Fosters a culture of Total Associate Engagement
• Manages and improves salaried and hourly performance through exceptional utilization of the performance ownership process through goal setting, training, development, and performance evaluation.
• Responsible for ensuring overall adherence by all associates to site quality systems and AS9100 specification

• This position requires the applicant to be a US Person with a US permanent residence. A US Person is a US Citizen or green card holder.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering or Operations; an MBA/MBO or ME required
• 8-10 years of direct experience in business and operations leadership within a large, professionally managed metal manufacturing and assembly company.
• Strong track record of implementing operations Continuous Improvement using lean tools such as Value Stream Maps, 5S, Standard Work, Kanban, Single Piece Flow, Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED), Production Preparation Process (3P), Strategy Deployment, Visual Management, and Daily Management
• Demonstrated senior level experience leading operational teams to achieve significant and quantifiable business results
• Strong team building skills and the proven ability to work with a diverse group of people
• Ability to develop high levels of credibility and forge solid and positive professional relationships with subordinates, peers, and executive management
• Ability to drive accountability within the organization
• Formally and informally communicates to achieve a shared understanding and build alignment with all levels of the organization including executive management
• Key personality traits include high energy, self-motivated; results driven with a bias for action
• Strong computer skills and experience with Excel, Word, MS Project, and PowerPoint, and ERP Systems
• Good understanding of financial reports and analysis