operations vice-president - goods production, utilities, transportation and construction

Education:

Bachelor's degree.

Work setting:

Manufacturing or production. Food and beverage plant.

Budgetary responsibility:

$500,001 - $1,500,000.

Tasks:

• Allocate material, human and financial resources to implement organizational policies and programs.
• Authorize and organize the establishment of major departments and associated senior staff positions.
• Co-ordinate the work of regions, divisions or departments.
• Establish financial and administrative controls; formulate and approve promotional campaigns; and approve overall human resources planning.
• Establish objectives for the organization and formulate or approve policies and programs.
• Represent the organization, or delegate representatives to act on behalf of the organization, in negotiations or other official functions.
• Select middle managers, directors or other executive staff; delegate the necessary authority to them and create optimum working conditions.
• Recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality.
• Propose improvements to methods, systems and procedures.
• Analyze operating costs and other data.
• Recommend measures to improve productivity .
• Develop quality management and quality assurance standards.
• Develop performance standards.

Supervision:

More than 20 people. Staff in various areas of responsibility.

Computer and technology knowledge:

• MS Excel.
• MS Office.
• MS Outlook.
• MS PowerPoint.
• MS Windows.
• MS Word.
• Lean Six Sigma.
• Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.
• Lean Manufacturing.

Area of work experience:

Operations. International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Area of specialization:

Quality improvement. Operations management. Process improvement.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Fast-paced environment.
• Work under pressure.
• Tight deadlines.
• Attention to detail.
• Large workload.

Personal suitability:

• Excellent oral communication.
• Excellent written communication.
• Interpersonal awareness.
• Team player.

Experience:

5 years or more.

Other benefits:

Free parking available.