Vice President of Operations

Join Avery Dennison's Vestcom leadership team as Vice President of Operations, responsible for strategic direction, operational excellence, and customer experience in a global materials science and digital identification solutions company.

Location: Mentor, Ohio, United States

Responsibilities

• Represent the Operations, Supply Chain, Machine group and Customer Experience functions on the Vestcom Leadership team.
• Accountable for on time and in full delivery, year-to-year improvement of business operations results: financial, quality, service, safety, employee engagement, inventory, organizational development.
• Lead the function to meeting or exceeding all financial and operational goals & KPI’s.
• Implement world-class practices to drive capabilities to world-class levels.
• Maintain organizational focus on environmental, health and safety.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with inside and outside organizations to bring leading edge improvements into manufacturing processes.
• Support innovation through technology, service and culture.
• Maintain a culture that embraces a safety-first mentality with employee engagement with trust, teamwork and respect.
• Develop an operating model to meet the needs of the business; develop successors and implement succession plans; lead multi-function, multi-site operation leadership team.
• Conduct regular business reviews, working with business and financial management to develop, evaluate and monitor action plans that lead to profitable growth.
• Participate in, coordinate and align the division's strategic plan and annual plan process; establish and manage targets for key financial metrics.
• Drive consistent and improved employee engagement across Vestcom Service bureaus.

Requirements

• 12+ years Operations experience including site management, management of multi-functional and organizational initiatives.
• Requires a four-year college degree in Business Administration or related degree. Master’s degree preferred.
• P&L management experience.
• Experience in planning & forecasting.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills required; ability to hold teams accountable for performance imperative.
• Solid leadership skills with a proven track record of motivating and inspiring a workforce required.
• Demonstrated planning, organizing, project management and strategy implementation skills, including capital and expense budgeting.
• Ability to lead through Vestcom/Avery Dennison Values.
• Excellent oral, written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to travel around 50% of the time.

Benefits

• Health & wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment.
• Paid parental leave.
• 401K eligibility.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health Advocate.
• Paid vacation and paid holidays.

Additional Information

• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other protected status.
• EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled.
• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
• If you require accommodations to view or apply for a job, alternative methods are available to submit an application. Please contact 440.534.6000 or na.ta.operations@averydennison.com to discuss reasonable accommodations.