Senior Operations Manager - Chain & Components

Summary

The Senior Operations Manager – Chain & Components is responsible for championing operational excellence for the Chain & Components business unit, including safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people leadership. This role drives execution of the BU operating plan, improves operational capability through continuous improvement, and partners cross-functionally to ensure customer requirements are met while optimizing efficiency and profitability. The Senior Operations Manager coaches the BU’s operational leaders on building strong teams, establishing performance management discipline, and ensuring standardized processes and controls are in place to deliver sustainable results.

Key Outcomes

• Deliver cost savings across the division
  • Increase the number of Kaizen and other improvement activities by 10x annually within the first two years
  • Increase total Variable Cost Productivity (VCP) / Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE) savings by 2x year-over-year across the division by the end of year two
• Develop the Lean roadmap for our division
  • Partner with local leadership to complete Policy Deployment / X-Matrix / Hoshin Kanri development at each manufacturing site by the end of year two
• Train, coach, and mentor staff on RBS processes and methodology
  • Coach plant managers and other site leadership on manufacturing best practices
  • Standardize and drive consistent operations management practices at all sites
  • Partner with local leadership to create development plans for all local RBS leaders by the end of year 1

Critical Competencies

To excel in this role, you should possess the following competencies:

• Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and articulately
• Collaboration: Reaches out to peers and cooperates with leaders to establish an overall collaborative working relationship
• Persuasion: Able to convince others to pursue a course of action
• Proactivity: Acts without being told what to do. Brings new ideas to the company.
• Strategic Thinking/Visioning: Able to see and communicate the big picture in an inspiring way. Determines opportunities and threats through comprehensive analysis of current and future trends
• Analytical Skills: Able to structure and process qualitative or quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it. Exhibits a probing mind and achieves penetrating insights.
• Persistence: Demonstrates tenacity and willingness to go the distance to get something done.
• Organization and Planning: Plans, organizes, schedules, and budgets in an efficient, productive manner. Focuses on key priorities
• Attention to Detail: Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project

Minimum Requirements

• Ability to travel---including international travel---up to 75% of the time. Frequency of required travel may increase or decrease based on active CI initiatives.  
• 7+ years of operations leadership experience in Industrial Manufacturing required
• 3+ years of experience leading leaders
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related field required; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong working knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies
• Understanding of ERP systems in a large organizational environment

Preferred Requirements

• Multi-site leadership experience preferred
• Six Sigma certification preferred

Organizational Fit

At Regal Rexnord, our associates live our values. Please review our Regal Rexnord Values on our website at https://www.regalrexnord.com/about-regal-rexnord/our-company/regal-values 

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.  If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email [email protected]. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail [email protected].

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