VP of Operations

International Search Partners
-Port Huron, MI, United States

VP of Operations/NA BU Director - ceramics

Oversee the entire fiber business in the USA and Canada, including plant operations, sales, market development, administration, legal, financial performance and support areas, according to the company strategies and values; collaborates in the definition of the company goals and strategies for the short and long term. Owner and responsible for the P&L.

• Provide the vision, leadership and direction of the organization and uphold and promote its corporate values.
• Contribute to the overall definition of the company strategies and goals.
• Owner of the P&L
• Lead the manufacturing operations in the US plants, to assure health and safety, quality and productivity goals are continuously reached.
• Lead, define and implement the sales strategy for US and Canada; is accountable for the achievement of the sales goals with the defined rentability for the company.
• Responsible for the definition and execution of the business development efforts in the territory.
• Define and implement actions to foster the customer satisfaction in the US and Canada.
• Oversee the financial security, including the preparation and revision of annual budgets, monitoring of expenditure and cash flow and annual audit of accounts.
• Lead cross-functional teams with personnel from Production, Quality, Marketing, R&D on projects relating to Process Development, Improvement and Optimization.
• Assure that the talent management corporate initiatives are implemented in the territory.

• Oversee the manufacturing plants performance.
• Define short- and long-term plans based on the strategy defined by the company.
• Define and monitor KPI´s of all areas reporting to this position; oversee actions to ensure all of them are achieved.
• Oversee the sales plans performance; holds regular meetings with the sales team, as well as current and potential customers.
• Oversee the financial and accounting activities to ensure the company has reliable and timely financial information; define actions required to improve financial performance; assure compliance with the corporate and government requirements regarding financial information.
• Define the required company structure to achieve goals.
• Monitor the overall business unit performance and report results to the company holding.
• Lead cross functional project teams.
• Communicate with key suppliers to ensure availability of products/services on time.
• Explore opportunities for the company growth