Director of Operations

Policy formulation: 

• Develop local roadmap and deploy OPS 2.0 leading the lean transformation of the sites and team.
• Converting sales forecasts into policy and plans for assembly and logistics
• Drawing up policies and budgets for operations incl. assembly, material management and logistics including operational plans to meet monthly and yearly P&L targets applicable to Tijuana facility Drawing up an inventory plan, working together with Procurement, Finance and the Management Team.

Control and implementation of the process: 

• Ensuring Quality Management Systems processes are followed to produce and ship product to ensure compliance and customer satisfaction.
• Assure compliance to FDA compliance, ISO 13485 compliance, CTPAT, and compliance to over Maquiladora policies and procedure applicable to TJ plant. 
• Implementing and fostering lean manufacturing principles such as e.g., Work Stand Sheets, Gemba and Kaizen philosophy, Kanban, 6S
• Guaranteeing the service level agreement at optimum cost, taking the budget, quality requirements and conditions and the relevant purchasing agreements into account
• Providing guidance to production, material management and logistics within the organization, particularly with regards to the deployment of employees and resources in order to ensure the availability of materials
• Providing guidance to supervisors regarding assembly, material management and logistic processes and reports
• Supporting the other Operations Directors to aim for operational (improvement) projects within the Sunrise Medical sites.

Communication: 

 Communication with/for Sunrise Medical global operations team, Sunrise Medical Senior Leadership Team, Experts with respect to logistic issues, NA commercial team leaders and key customers as needed,

Management: 

Is ultimately responsible for the following departments: Manufacturing incl. Assembly, Warehouse, Logistics, Adaptations (B4M), Process Engineering and Material Management.