Operations Manager

Company Summary: Be part of a more sustainable future with Greenworks Tools. We’re looking for dynamic leaders who are excited and eager to help us bring cutting-edge green technology to the marketplace. Greenworks Tools is the leader in battery-powered outdoor power equipment (OPE) for DIY consumers and landscaping professionals. Our company develops and manufactures Greenworks vehicles products ranging from commercial and residential riding mowers to off-road vehicles—side-by-sides and utility vehicles. Greenworks Tools offers the right tool for every job. Utilizing best-in-class battery, control, and drive technologies, Greenworks Tools deliver the power and performance of comparable gas-powered tools without the mess, noxious fumes, pollution, vibration, and noise associated with gas products. Position Summary: The Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of vehicle assembly production line in Morristown, ensuring that production goals are met efficiently, safely, and within budget. This role involves managing staff, overseeing production processes, ensuring quality, productivity, on time delivery, and maintaining compliance with safety and regulatory standards. The Operations Manager will also be tasked with implementing continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity and reduce costs. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Safety - Leads the expectation and culture of zero workplace injuries through behavior based safety, daily shop floor safety inspections, prompt root cause investigation of all safety incidences, review of all HSE projects and non-conforming issues report, monthly review of all internal HSE initiatives, Recordable Safety Incident review and reporting, management systems and CI activities and support of all budgetary requirements. Quality - Drives strict adherence expectations of all quality management systems, review of quality metrics, conducting random system checks for procedural compliance, ensure internal and external issues are effectively charted and posted for entire plant review and engagement into the Quality CI initiatives and deliverables. Reviews the scrap levels and ensures mitigation measures are implemented to reduce costs. Must be certain that all operational systems and procedures adhere at all times to ISO standards and any other established company or industry quality standards. Directs the activities of the Site Quality Manager in close coordination with the Corporate and Regional Quality teams. Maintenance - Ensure that all equipment and machinery are properly maintained and in good working order. Develop and implement preventive maintenance programs. Coordinate with maintenance teams to minimize downtime and address any equipment issues promptly. Distribution - Ensures all daily shipments are managed effectively and any shortfalls are resolved as quickly as possible, provides daily re-enforcement of sites responsibility to supply customers with required product (internal and external customers), ensures shipping and distribution metrics are established, posted and managed. Budget and Cost Management-Develop and manage the plant’s operating budget. Monitor expenses and implement cost-saving measures without compromising quality. Prepare and present financial and operational reports to senior management. Performs all other duties as required. Required Education and Experience: Requires a Bachelors Degree, preferably in Engineering. Must have extensive manufacturing experience, most of which was acquired in a senior managerial capacity and ideally within a lean manufacturing environment. Requires fluency in English. Requires at least ten years of specific managerial experience. Prefer automotive industry background. Requirement: Maintain a flexible work schedule to manage the demands of a manufacturing facility and unexpected customer or production needs. Supports other global initiatives as business needs.