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Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCyber SecurityERP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Develop and execute a global operations strategy aligned with corporate objectives and the Company's long-term growth plan
- Establish enterprise-wide operational priorities and performance metrics
- Foster operational excellence, collaboration, innovation, safety, quality, and employee engagement
- Lead organizational change initiatives improving efficiency, scalability, and competitiveness
- Build and lead a multi-site leadership team through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and talent development
- Provide executive leadership for global manufacturing operations
- Ensure safe, efficient, cost-effective production and customer delivery commitments
- Optimize manufacturing capacity, production scheduling, labour utilization, workflow efficiency, load balancing, and technology transfer
- Drive productivity, waste reduction, profitability, and continuous improvement
- Establish global operating standards, common KPIs, and shared best practices
- Ensure a consistent global quality management system and regulatory compliance
- Improve first-pass yield, reduce defects, and enhance customer satisfaction
- Lead corrective and preventive actions
- Lead global procurement, sourcing, inventory management, production planning, logistics, and supplier performance
- Develop resilient multi-region supply chain strategies and optimize inventory
- Strengthen supplier relationships and identify strategic sourcing opportunities
- Lead global trade, logistics, and customs strategy
- Own the global ERP business strategy and operational effectiveness
- Drive common processes, data standards, digital transformation, workflow automation, and decision-making improvements
- Manage global operational budgets and capital expenditure plans
- Monitor productivity, quality, inventory, cost, safety, delivery, and customer satisfaction KPIs
- Support capacity expansion, site strategy, capital investment, make-or-buy, and footprint decisions
- Lead operational risk management and business continuity planning
- Ensure readiness for government and defence customer contractual obligations
- Support cybersecurity and compliance initiatives
- Ensure compliance with export control, trade, and defence-industry regulations including ITAR, EAR, and Canada's Controlled Goods Program
- Foster cross-functional collaboration across departments and regions
- Partner with Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, Business Development, and Program Management
- Advise the Founder & CEO on operational strategy, growth investments, and enterprise risk
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field
- Minimum of 18 years of progressive manufacturing and operations leadership experience, including at least 8 years in a senior executive role
- Experience within defence, aerospace, precision manufacturing, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment
- Excellent command of English, both written and verbal
- Demonstrated success leading multi-site, multi-country manufacturing operations and cross-functional teams
- Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, capital planning, and operational cost management
- Experience supporting organizational growth, change management, and business transformation
- Executive leadership within growth-oriented, global manufacturing organizations
- Strategic and systems thinker
- Inspirational and collaborative leader
- Decisive with sound judgment
- Results-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills
- Customer-focused and quality-driven
- Resilient and adaptable in a dynamic, global manufacturing environment
- Frequent required travel across global operations in Canada, U.S., UK, and Poland, as well as partner and supplier locations
Benefits
Comp & perks- Opportunities for professional growth
- Challenging work
- Opportunity to contribute to products that make a real-world difference
- Innovation, collaboration, and purpose-driven work