Director, Operations Management

About This Role

Lead large-scale operational change across a multi-site aerospace manufacturing enterprise by modernizing planning and execution systems and elevating operational thinking. This role drives strategic transformation and ensures predictable delivery of mission-critical aerospace products.

Responsibilities

• Operate at the intersection of enterprise MRP and digital manufacturing transformation, continuous improvement strategy, and manufacturing execution
• Set strategy, challenge legacy thinking, and deliver results through influence, rigor, and leadership presence
• Serve as a key architect of the sector’s operational future, partnering directly with senior operations, production, supply chain, quality, engineering, and business leaders
• Oversee Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing Engineering, and Industrial Engineering capabilities
• Lead enterprise-level MRP, SAP, MES, and PES system overhauls, ensuring integration with information technology, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and hangar, dock & line
• Lead and evolve the sector’s e3 / Continuous Improvement organization, challenging teams to think beyond traditional lean tools and drive strategic, cross-functional impact
• Develop multi-year e3 roadmaps, kaizen strategies, and transformation portfolios tied to financial commitments
• Grow the next generation of lean leaders through training, mentoring, and structured capability development
• Provide strategic leadership and direction to Manufacturing Engineering and Industrial Engineering teams
• Partner closely with production, supply chain, and quality to deploy standard work, product flow improvements, and operational analytics

Requirements

• Deep expertise in manufacturing, industrial engineering, and operations transformation within aerospace and defense
• Ability to drive enterprise-level continuous improvement beyond tools—shaping culture, behaviors, and decision-making
• Strong strategic thinking with ability to translate vision into execution across multiple locations
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and change-leadership skills
• Ability to provide transformational change and sustained lean deployment
• Strong background in supplier performance improvement and supply chain integration
• Expertise with AS9100, ISO standards, and aerospace regulatory environments
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to influence at all organizational levels
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 15 years; Graduate degree with 13 years; or 19 years experience in lieu of degree
• 13-19+ years of leading continuous improvement organizations and operating systems, with deep expertise in manufacturing, industrial engineering, and operations transformation within aerospace and defense.

Nice to Have

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent certification

Skills

* Required skills