Director Operational Excellence

Roles and Responsibilities: Develop and lead implementation of the KBS Operational Excellence strategy, roadmap, standards, and multi-year improvement agenda across all sites Lead, coach, and develop the CI Manager team and other improvement resources; establish clear site coverage, priorities, and deployment expectations Partner with GMs and Plant Managers to identify the highest-impact opportunities and build robust, financially validated site-level improvement pipelines that deliver sustained results in safety, productivity, delivery, lead time, quality, inventory, cost, and working capital Establish and sustain common Lean / KBS operating practices, including daily management, visual management, standard work, problem solving, RCCM, value-stream improvement, kaizen, and leader standard work Create a practical maturity assessment for Operational Excellence and use it to prioritize coaching, capability building, and site support; track improvements in maturity and consistent adoption of core operating practices Drive measurable productivity and capacity improvements through flow, labor optimization, constraint removal, setup reduction, layout improvement, and waste elimination Partner with Industrial Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, EHS, Finance, Engineering, HR, and other enterprise functions to quantify benefits and ensure improvements are sustained Build CI capability within site leadership and frontline teams through training, coaching, kaizen leadership, and development of local change agents Establish common operational KPI definitions and review routines that enable benchmarking and the sharing and scaling of best practices across Komline Support acquisition integration by assessing operational maturity, identifying improvement opportunities, and integrating acquired sites into Komline’s operating system Provide regular enterprise-level reporting to the COO on CI pipeline, benefits realization, site maturity, risks, and resource priorities Promote a culture of accountability, structured problem solving, and continuous improvement while maintaining strong partnership with decentralized business leadership

Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing operations, continuous improvement, operational excellence, industrial engineering, or related leadership roles Demonstrated success leading Lean / continuous improvement across multiple sites or business units Strong knowledge of Lean manufacturing, daily management, kaizen, standard work, value-stream mapping, structured problem solving, and performance management Proven ability to influence GMs, Plant Managers, and functional leaders without relying on direct authority Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to translate operational improvements into measurable financial impact Excellent leadership, coaching, facilitation, communication, and executive presentation skills Ability to travel approximately 50%+, depending on site and project needs

Preferred Qualifications: Lean leadership certification or equivalent and/or Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Experience in multi-site industrial, engineered-product, capital-equipment, or process-equipment manufacturing Experience integrating acquired businesses or deploying a common operating system across decentralized businesses Experience with plant layout, flow optimization, capacity improvement, and working-capital initiativesMBA or advanced technical/operations degree Equal Opportunity Statement: Komline is an EEO employer – M/F/Vets/Disabled