Basic Job Function
The Director of Operations for Tijuana will lead and manage the operational activities across Tijuana operations to drive growth, efficiency, and quality in line with the organization's strategic goals. This position has the objective to achieve the targets for production and logistics in terms of Quality, EBIT(DA), Output, Working Capital (Inventory), Delivery Reliability, Delivery Times, and all aspects of FDA, ISO as well as country specific local compliance for the manufacturing sites in Tijuana. This position is also responsible for site supervision of any personnel with dotted line reporting responsibility (Human Resources, Finance, IT, supply chain and logistics etc.)
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, 6 S
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 (B4 M), Process Engineering and Material Management.
