Vitalia, Inc.
Director of Manufacturing
Vitalia, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida, us, 32318
Director of Manufacturing: Blinds, Shades and ShuttersA bespoke, Florida-based manufacturer of blinds shades and shutters with a 6-decade+ track record of success is looking for a Director of Manufacturing to join us at our plant in Tallahassee!What You’ll Do:Act as our ideal change agent! Lead a large team of talented and hard-working manufacturers, spearheading our journey into the next era by modernizing systems and tweaking + building processes for efficiency– all while keeping our core values of community, positivity, and humble leadership!What You’ll Get:Generous Compensation:
$100k base salary + bonus structure.First Year Earning:
$106-112k , with performance-based bonuses.Generous Health Plan: 80% of cost covered by us!Dental and vision insurance provisions.Retirement Planning:
401k
available!PTO: 2 weeks+3 days in year 1. PTO grows over time!Short term disability and critical care plans availableLife insurance coverage: initial 15k covered by us!Tech and tooling for role provided.Reimbursement for long-distance travel.A Day in the Life:Join us at the D.C. from
7:30am-5pm, M-F.Oversee manufacturing processes of blinds, shades and shutters, including but not limited to sanding, painting, PVC work, woodworking, and machine and hand assembly.Provide strategic leadership to our 3 manufacturing managers, overseeing an overall team of 20-40 individuals.With a careful focus on manufacturing, you’ll interface with sales and marketing leadership as well as the purchasing team.Gain and apply insights into purchasing and logistics data via SAP.Interface with finance on P&L’s.Work to streamline processes, providing strategic feedback and implementing innovative tooling to expedite products out of our hands and into the hands of our shipping partners.Define creative, low-cost solutions to cut down on lead times for our end users.Define and implement best practices for improvement on ETA’s given to end users and business partners.Travel 1-2 times per year to our other distribution centers. (No expectation of travel in year 1.)Modernize us! Create a welcome amount of polite, necessary disruption.Contribute to efficiency of labor by identifying redundancies and making strategic recommendations and implementing new processes when-needed based on data patterns and realtime observations.What You Bring:Our ideal candidate has 6+ years of experience in blind/shades/shutter manufacturing or a similar industry. Focus on wood or PVC products.You thrive on efficient logistics, with a love for processes, tooling, and systems!Experience with SAP or a similar ERP system is required.You have experience and comfortability reporting to and consistently interfacing with C-Suite individuals.You have 4+ years of experience leading a team.Ideal candidates have previously led a team of 20+ individuals.You’ve led a team of people managers before.HR soft-skills come easily for you and are second-nature.You put others first and lead with humility and empathy– but also efficiency– keeping things goal-minded while also people-oriented.You’ve hit the niche tripwire before and know how to actively solve the problems.Experience in industrial engineering is a plus, while plant leadership is required.Ability to interface with a hands-on distribution team with ease.Not afraid to get into the hands-on work yourself on occasion or when needed.Keen process development and innovation skills.Eye for and proven track record with quality and efficiency.Previous management of a quality assurance team.Knowledge of applicable regulations per D.C. and processes to maintain them.Does this role sound like it was crafted for you? Apply today! We can’t wait to learn more about you!Behind the Design and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers.
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$100k base salary + bonus structure.First Year Earning:
$106-112k , with performance-based bonuses.Generous Health Plan: 80% of cost covered by us!Dental and vision insurance provisions.Retirement Planning:
401k
available!PTO: 2 weeks+3 days in year 1. PTO grows over time!Short term disability and critical care plans availableLife insurance coverage: initial 15k covered by us!Tech and tooling for role provided.Reimbursement for long-distance travel.A Day in the Life:Join us at the D.C. from
7:30am-5pm, M-F.Oversee manufacturing processes of blinds, shades and shutters, including but not limited to sanding, painting, PVC work, woodworking, and machine and hand assembly.Provide strategic leadership to our 3 manufacturing managers, overseeing an overall team of 20-40 individuals.With a careful focus on manufacturing, you’ll interface with sales and marketing leadership as well as the purchasing team.Gain and apply insights into purchasing and logistics data via SAP.Interface with finance on P&L’s.Work to streamline processes, providing strategic feedback and implementing innovative tooling to expedite products out of our hands and into the hands of our shipping partners.Define creative, low-cost solutions to cut down on lead times for our end users.Define and implement best practices for improvement on ETA’s given to end users and business partners.Travel 1-2 times per year to our other distribution centers. (No expectation of travel in year 1.)Modernize us! Create a welcome amount of polite, necessary disruption.Contribute to efficiency of labor by identifying redundancies and making strategic recommendations and implementing new processes when-needed based on data patterns and realtime observations.What You Bring:Our ideal candidate has 6+ years of experience in blind/shades/shutter manufacturing or a similar industry. Focus on wood or PVC products.You thrive on efficient logistics, with a love for processes, tooling, and systems!Experience with SAP or a similar ERP system is required.You have experience and comfortability reporting to and consistently interfacing with C-Suite individuals.You have 4+ years of experience leading a team.Ideal candidates have previously led a team of 20+ individuals.You’ve led a team of people managers before.HR soft-skills come easily for you and are second-nature.You put others first and lead with humility and empathy– but also efficiency– keeping things goal-minded while also people-oriented.You’ve hit the niche tripwire before and know how to actively solve the problems.Experience in industrial engineering is a plus, while plant leadership is required.Ability to interface with a hands-on distribution team with ease.Not afraid to get into the hands-on work yourself on occasion or when needed.Keen process development and innovation skills.Eye for and proven track record with quality and efficiency.Previous management of a quality assurance team.Knowledge of applicable regulations per D.C. and processes to maintain them.Does this role sound like it was crafted for you? Apply today! We can’t wait to learn more about you!Behind the Design and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers.
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