Trex Pte Ltd - Winchester, VA
posted 3 months ago
When you work at Trex, you're helping to grow and enhance a true original. You join a company that boldly launched an entire industry and still leads the way. We are looking for our Vice President, Operational Excellence to help us meet production and quality goals. As the VP, Operational Excellence you'll spearhead our journey towards world-class operational performance. This pivotal role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution, driving continuous improvement across our supply chain and manufacturing operations. You'll lead a diverse team of directors, championing safety, efficiency, and innovation to expand our gross margins and strengthen our competitive edge. The Vice President, Operational Excellence is responsible for leading Operational Excellence initiatives at Trex Company. The candidates we are seeking must demonstrate strong strategic and technical leadership as well as industry leading vision to maintain and improve sustainability and optimization of Supply Chain as well as influencing closely working teams such as Engineering and Manufacturing departments. Key Duties and Responsibilities include leading the development and implementation of the Trex Company's Operating System, utilizing industry-proven methodologies across 7 pillars to drive sustainable continuous improvement. You will provide 3-5 year strategic direction for the Operational Excellence Team, setting goals and developing execution plans with clear milestones and metrics. Additionally, you will facilitate Trex Company's annual strategic planning process, aligning operational excellence initiatives with overall business objectives, and manage the Manufacturing Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Program Management, and Safety Teams. You will also lead with influence to implement solutions across business functions and teams, orchestrate impactful governance and change management processes, ensuring smooth transitions and sustained improvements. Directly leading and mentoring the Operational Excellence Team, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning within the team and across the organization will be crucial. You will communicate the Trex Company's Operational strategies to investors, the board, management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders, creating strong partnerships with business areas within Trex, such as peers in manufacturing, quality, R&D, supply planning, sourcing, and logistics. In terms of Supply Chain, you will lead the development and implementation of the Trex Operating System, championing innovative working methods, guiding the Supply Chain Organization through transformative changes with clear, inspiring communication. You will set the strategy and lead the optimization of Trex's Supply Chain (Plan, Source, Make Deliver) to drive sustainable continuous improvement in safety, quality, operating performance and gross margin expansion. Finally, you will manage budgets and develop Operating Plans to balance Operational Excellence resources with strategic objectives, driving change & transformations, working collaboratively with Supply Chain colleagues, cross-functional business leaders, as well as senior leaders to deliver actionable solutions to resolve complex challenges.