Vice President, Operational Excellence (Maintenance)
What you will do:
The VP of Operational Excellence is responsible for driving and implementing operational excellence initiatives across the organization that effectively improve and stabilize our KPIs. This role will ensure best practices are created and adopted to drive consistency across the plants within the US network while collaborating internationally. This position involves strategic planning, process optimization, and ensuring efficient execution to meet business objectives. The primary goal is to improve efficiency, productivity, and overall performance across operations.
This role will provide leadership over various strategic projects, including but not limited to the following:
Definition and implementation of the US/CAN operating system
Lead Value Analysis/Value Engineering project ideation and implementation within operations, meeting specific program targets
Optimization through Digital Enhancements
Cost reduction project leadership and tracking
New model Launch introduction to our manufacturing sites leveraging best practices
This role will be leading and mentoring teams of directors, managers, and staff, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and transforming our business. This role will lead a team responsible for conducting thorough assessments to uncover opportunities for process improvements, cost savings, and increased productivity. This involves collaborating with stakeholders across the business, collecting and analyzing performance data, and developing data-driven recommendations for optimization. Developing people and driving process, ensuring maturity model assessment and coaching to foster the mindsets and behaviors required to become operationally capable and competitive.
How you will do it:
Assess and build the Operational Excellence culture, model, and organization in the US & CAN region, including the translation of the principles and values of our Operating System to the floor.
Drive the adoption and improvements of our maturity model, objectives, and standards at our plants, through partnering with leaders in other regions.
Able to operate and lead effectively from the shop floor to the boardroom.
Implement Operational Excellence tools and culture into other critical business processes like Safety, Maintenance, Operations Management and others, partnering with the rest of the USCAN Leadership team.
Drive, jointly with other functional leaders, the development goals in the region, based on year-over-year improvements and supporting the short- and long-term company objectives.
Identify, prioritize, and leverage high-impact best practices and ensure alignment with the business unit strategy. This includes building and managing a process to identify, share and maintain benchmarking inside and outside the region as well as outside Clarios.
Develop and conduct objective Assessments to ensure a sustained improvement in maturity.
Selection, development, and succession of Operational Excellence professional resources.
Ensure the proper and consistent use of tools aligned with regional standards for identifying and eliminating waste through effective Problem-solving methods. Build this as part of our Culture for Operational Excellence.
Define, decide, and implement processes to help ensure technical competencies of the plant teams and across the organization.
Drive enthusiasm and passion for continuous improvement and Operational Excellence within the Operations team.
Coach plant teams on proper usage of Best Business Process metrics to ensure data integrity and compliance.
What we look for:
A Bachelors Degree is required, with an MBA prefeered.
15 – 20 years of proven joint operational plant experience, operations leadership, and operational excellence – large region/global.
Been part of a leading multiregional – global company with an Operational Excellence Model that has been proven to be successful.
Expertise on Lean, Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing Excellence principles, supported by a disciplined approach of execution
Transformational mindset – Open to new ways to do things and drive to transform the organization.
Strategic thinking, able to provide a long-term vision and roadmap of Operational Excellence and capabilities needed by the organization.
Displays strong listening and communication skills, capable of communicating with different audiences (C suite and Plant Operators)
Engaging Leadership, with the ability to motivate and drive execution and results across an organization that will not depend directly on him/her. Leading with humility and respect.
Flexibility to expand his/her accountabilities to support or overseas other regions.
Bachelor's degree, master's degree.
Ability to travel up to 50%.
What you get:
- Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching – all starting on date of hire
- Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts
- Parental and caregiver leave programs
- All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, Employee Assistance Program, and domestic partner benefits
- Global market strength and worldwide market share leadership
- HQ location earns LEED certification for sustainability plus a full-service cafeteria and workout facility
- Clarios has been recogizned as one of 2024's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere. This prestigious recognition marks the second consecutive year Clarios has received this distinction.
Who we are:
Clarios is the force behind the world's most recognizable car battery brands, powering vehicles from leading automakers like Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. With 18,000 employees worldwide, we develop, manufacture, and distribute energy storage solutions while recovering, recycling, and reusing up to 99% of battery materials—setting the standard for sustainability in our industry. At Clarios, we're not just making batteries; we're shaping the future of sustainable transportation. Join our mission to innovate, push boundaries, and make a real impact. Discover your potential at Clarios—where your power meets endless possibilities.
We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please apply. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is key to challenging the status quo. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process by emailing Special.Accommodations@Clarios.com. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity in our teams in terms of work experience, area of expertise, gender, ethnicity, and all other characteristics protected by laws in the countries where we operate. For more information on our commitment to sustainability, diversity, and equal opportunity, please read our latest report. We want you to know your rights because EEO is the law.
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