Vp, Operations Jobs

About Voyis:
Voyis designs and manufactures high performance underwater optical sensors (lasers, cameras, lights) for underwater vehicles that expand capability and enhance understanding in underwater surveys and exploration. Our products have enabled our customers to survey more than 10,000km of ocean floor across all 7 continents, helping people better understand those remote, challenging environments. Our mission is to push the limits of what’s possible subsea and enable every underwater vehicle to see the depths like we see the surface.
All our products are proudly designed and built in Waterloo.
What you’ll do:
As the VP Operations you will provide strategic vision and direct oversight to all operations functions in organization to ensure that the company can scale to attain its growth goals. This will encompass championing continuous improvements in manufacturing methods & processes and finding efficiencies to deliver on time whilst improving product quality and reliability standards. This role will oversee production, supply chain, quality, manufacturing engineering, and facilities.
We are looking for someone who is motivated by the challenge of shaping a small company’s operational systems into a world class manufacturing organization. We are a small, technical team that has delivered repeated year-on-year growth which now needs a leader with the vision and execution to take the company into its next stage. We are seeking a person that has a proven track record in building operational excellence, someone that takes initiative, is open to change, and can collaboratively work within the organization to achieve our goals, together.
Responsibilities

• Manage department leads of Production, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality, including oversight of their responsibilities:

• Experience with and high-tech manufacturing (assembly calibration and test), and methodologies such as Lean and 6S
• Work closely with Finance and the CEO to own the operations budget
• Technical background in Engineering or a related field; understanding of electronics, mechanical, or production engineering
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to motivate and gain buy-in
• Work with the Quality manager to develop our quality systems and achieve ISO 9001 certification
• Implement a plan for manufacturing facility improvements to enable growth
• Proven organisation skills: planning, prioritization, multi-tasking, execution
• Quality: Compliance to international standards, Quality Management System, staff training, NCR & ECN implementation
• Experience in optics and/or sensor manufacturing
• Profit-sharing within to celebrate our successes together
• Experience with logistics, procurement, and supply chain management
• Manufacturing: Management of production processes & equipment, COGs analysis, production scheduling, monitoring key business KPI’s
• Proven track record in scaling a manufacturing organization
• 7+ years experience in manufacturing, personnel, and operations management
• Demonstrable management experience in a similar sized organization
• Supply Chain: Order processing, material requirements planning, work order creation, purchasing, supplier management
• Regular company-wide social events
• Flexible work hours, generous vacation, and a dedication to work-life balance
• Experience working in environment with high quality standards and regulations (E.g. Aerospace, Defense, etc).
• High-level oversight of production resourcing and schedule to ensure alignment with the rolling 12-month Sales Forecast and weekly demands
• Employee-directed personal education funds to drive continuous learning
• Direct, develop and motivate the operations teams, applying the most appropriate management style to achieve peak work performance while ensuring clear understanding of objectives, roles and responsibilities
• Tenacity and emotional resilience with a proven ability to cope under pressure
• Lead the operations team in providing on time delivery of high-tech products to the required cost & quality standards
• RRSP Matching
• Health and vision benefits
• Build a culture rooted in continuous improvement and collaboration
• Definition of operations vision and strategic objectives in collaboration with the individual managers to achieve the forecasted revenue growth
• High degree of initiative and ability to make well informed and analytical decisions
• Good business, commercial, health & safety, and financial knowledge
• Strong multi-disciplinary project management skills