Read a paramedic’s true story of survival, strength, and the importance of ambulance design.
Read a paramedic’s true story of survival, strength, and the importance of ambulance design.
Department:
Administration
Role Profile & Pay Grade:
Exempt,
Location:
Van Wert, Ohio
We make life better, one relationship
and one vehicle at a time.
To be the partner of choice, dedicated to
safety and innovation, delivering an exceptional
customer experience through empowered employees.
Summary of Responsibilities
The Director of Operations is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing daily operations, driving operational excellence, and ensuring alignment with the organization’s strategic objectives. This role leads cross-functional teams to improve efficiency, quality, cost performance, and customer satisfaction while supporting long-term growth and scalability.
Participates in strategic planning for the greater organization. Shared responsibility for strategic execution within the multi-site locations. Shared responsibility for sales/engineering team dynamics and relationship, operations/sales/dealer team dynamics and relationship, as well as coordination of operational efforts with all other site locations (U.S. and Canada).
Member of U.S. leadership team; member of Van Wert senior leadership team. Direct responsibility for all Braun I/III operations, including P&L, culture, cost, safety and delivery.
Summary of Activities
| Responsibilities | Activities |
| Leadership | *Member of the U.S leadership team, member of Van Wert senior leadership team – developing and executing on strategic and operational plans. *Leadership of the Braun operations teams, planning and production. *Establish a plan to eliminate legacy build, design and order errors to improve truck output per week. *Manage the manufacturing operations concurrent with business growth, introduction of new products, cost objectives and various product mix. *Development and executive of strategic planning to improve technology, quality, safety and production output. *Participate in the implementation of advanced manufacturing technology to improve production cots and promote on-time delivery. *Evaluate front line leadership/lead and develop succession planning to achieve current and future performance targets. *Set and achieve operational objectives through planning, implementing, evaluating, and forecasting. *Maintain operations within budget. *Create and effective production team through written and verbal communication. |
| Workforce Management | *Ensure safe work practices and Decrease workplace injuries. *Develop practices to improve work flow efficiencies in the office and in operations *Establish a visual plant of metrics through written and verbal communication. |
| Operations Management | *Manage the operations concurrent with business growth, introduction of new products, cost objectives and various product mix. Evaluate and implement capital expenditure projects *Develop and provide appropriate training of leaders. *Participate in the implementation of advanced manufacturing technology to improve production costs and promote on-time delivery. |
Technical Skills/Competencies (Technical Knowledge, Education and Experience)
Personality Traits / Core Skills
Essential Functions/Physical Requirements
