<p>We are only accepting applications through verified recruitment websites listing our job postings (i.e. LinkedIn, Workable, Indeed, etc). Dymax will only contact potential candidates from email addresses in @dymax.com.</p> <p>About Us</p> <p>Dymax, part of the Bachmann Chemical & Engineering family of brands is based out of Torrington, Connecticut. Dymax is globally recognized as a pioneer in the development of light-curable adhesives and curing equipment. Today, our expansive portfolio of innovative adhesives, coatings, and maskants are supported by dispense solutions and cutting-edge UV and LED light-curing equipment. Unlike our competitors who supplying standard products, Dymax focuses on the customer experience by tailoring solutions that help customers lower costs, reduce their carbon footprint, improve efficiency, and drive profitability. Our focus on being a customer intimate organization has led us to where we are today: a rapidly expanding force within our industry, an innovative product portfolio, extraordinary employees, and a bright future based on creating quality offerings with a dedication to business growth.</p> <p>About You</p> <p>We're seeking a result-focused, innovative, self-driven, and well-qualified individual to join our talented team as our Director of Production, North America. In this role, you will ensure that North American products and services meet product excellence, LSOT requirements, and multi-brand business objectivesby driving continuous improvement activities to achieve efficiency, quality, safety, reliability, and cost reduction programs throughout the production value streams of formulations, assembly, packaging, and shipping. Also, by partnering with commercial teams to enhance synergy between the functions, which entails both improving production support mechanisms for brands and establishing clear accountability measures for customer facing teams in relation to operations, and cascading expectations throughout.</p> <p>You will:</p> <ul> <li>Manage the North America facilities to deliver on business performance metrics by formulating, developing, and overseeing regional operations goals, objectives, policies and procedures, systems and outcomes pertaining to production output and performance while maintaining full control over production costs, inventory management, and variable production flows. Also, by establishing and sustaining facilities that support a productive on-site work environment for our workforce and an engaging experience for our customers. </li><li>Develop innovative, customer-advocating, high-performing production management teams by exercising strong leadership and judgment skills to acquire, develop, train, coach, cultivate, and manage talented, responsive regional Production leaders and visionaries </li><li>Develop a strong culture of safety awareness, accountability, collaboration and cohesion amongst functions by ensuring manufacturing operations comply with safety standards, that team members regularly demonstrate our five focused roles, and by proactively identifying and managing areas of improvements with proper escalation of issues through the EOS system. </li><li>Champion data-driven decisions to achieve the mutual success of North America operational excellence and commercial growth by driving the implementation and integration of continuous improvement tools, programs, and processes, and by identifying operational accountability across company functions and implementing methods to follow and monitor actions, both internally and externally, to drive collaboration. </li><li>Continuously improve the production planning, scheduling and forecasting processes by liaising with Supply Chain, Business Development and Sales to review and develop demand and product forecasting processes that meet customer delivery expectations while driving cost control and efficiency within the region </li><li>Continuously improve yields and productivity by evaluating and managing product quality, through-put, rework/scrap and manufacturing processes, helping the team(s) identify opportunities for improvement and creating action plans to resolve issues supported by metrics, reports, and performance dashboards </li><li>Continuously improve North America production processes, production efficiencies and quality by managing the investigation and testing of new processes, equipment, maintenance, and capital projects and facilitating rework, scrap, and downtime managing systems and by championing standardizing individual and team learning and development based on documented standard processes </li><li>Execute capital planning projects that improve performance and achieve operational goals by driving implementation teams to ensure successful achievement of project milestones and objectives. </li></ul>