COO / Vice President Operations - Relocation to USA

We are assisting our client, a leading producer of components used in defense, security and transportation markets, in their search for a COO / VP Operations to lead their plant and operations in the United States. The COO/VP operations is tasked with planning, organizing, leading, managing, and controlling the overall business of the company in the United States.

Responsibilities:

General Management

• Ensure implementation of the company’s yearly business plan.
• Full responsibility for company’s business activities and results – sales, operation, HR and finance.
• Coordinate with the group CEO’s yearly KPIs.
• Develop the needed resources to pursue targeted goals and objectives.
• Monitor marketing and sales activities.
• Ensure the overall delivery and quality of products to customers.
• Engage with/in key strategic customer activities.
• Share and report key results to corporate officers (CFO, VP Marketing, COO Corporate) and to the company’s executive management board.
• Determine staffing requirements of the company.
• Establish and maintain controls.
• Apply strategic planning to determine company, department, or unit objectives.
• Set and monitor employee goals and performance.
• Maintain a risk management policy.
• Be responsible for all the external relations of company with regards to legal, government, County, business approvals, ITAR, CMMC, etc.
• Build and maintain the management team.

Operational Management

• Together with the VP of operations, plan and implement procedures and systems to maximize operating efficiency and outputs.
• Monitor and assist staff with work progress.
• Evaluate investments in equipment and infrastructure to stand the strategic plan of the company.
• Set department/division/unit productivity and quality goals to be implemented and supervised by VP of operations.
• Maintain a company safety policy.

Financial Management:

• Coordinate financial and budget activities for maximum operational efficiency.
• Facilitate the preparation and analysis of reports.
• Review performance data (financial, sales and activity reports) to monitor and measure productivity, goal progress and activity levels.
• Maintain a fraud risk policy.
• Responsibility for monthly reporting to the board of the company according to agreed formatting.

Requirements:

• US citizenship/Green Card - MUST (don't apply if you don't have)
• Relocation to the United States
• At least 10 years of experience in senior management of an industrial business company in the US.
• Advantage - experience in senior management position in companies from the defense or railway industry.
• Advantage - experience in business/sales management and development.
• Advantage - experience in conducting negotiations with OEM companies and/or with the DOD.
• Advantage - knowledge of ITAR rules.
• Experience in managing finances and budgets.
• Experience with ERP information systems.
• Experience and understanding of project management.
• Leadership abilities and responsibility for performance and results
• Committed, devoted and honest.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Willing to travel within the United States and outside as needed.