operations vice-president - goods production, utilities, transportation and construction

Education

• Bachelor's degree

Work setting

• Manufacturing or production
• Food and beverage plant

Budgetary responsibility

• 500,001 - $1,500,000

Tasks

• Allocate material, human and financial resources to implement organizational policies and programs
• Authorize and organize the establishment of major departments and associated senior staff positions
• Co-ordinate the work of regions, divisions or departments
• Establish financial and administrative controls; formulate and approve promotional campaigns; and approve overall human resources planning
• Establish objectives for the organization and formulate or approve policies and programs
• Represent the organization, or delegate representatives to act on behalf of the organization, in negotiations or other official functions
• Select middle managers, directors or other executive staff; delegate the necessary authority to them and create optimum working conditions
• Recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
• Propose improvements to methods, systems and procedures
• Analyze operating costs and other data
• Recommend measures to improve productivity
• Develop quality management and quality assurance standards
• Develop performance standards

Supervision

• More than 20 people
• Staff in various areas of responsibility

Computer and technology knowledge

• MS Excel
• MS Office
• MS Outlook
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Windows
• MS Word
• Lean Six Sigma
• Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
• Lean Manufacturing

Area of work experience

• Operations
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Area of specialization

• Quality improvement
• Operations management
• Process improvement

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Large workload

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Interpersonal awareness
• Team player

Experience

• 5 years or more

Other benefits

• Free parking available