Senior Manager, Operations

Are you a dynamic leader ready to drive operational excellence?

Join Day & Zimmermann as a Senior Manager of Operations, where you’ll lead high-impact initiatives across our manufacturing and production lines.

What You’ll Do:

• Oversee Manufacturing: Manage all production lines and key areas like planning and logistics to meet company objectives efficiently and at top quality.
• Lead Performance: Set and monitor performance indicators to ensure timely, cost-effective, and high-quality results.
• Foster Innovation: Partner with modernization teams to develop next-generation manufacturing talent and integrate best practices across locations.
• Champion Lean Practices: Implement Lean strategies and continuous improvement in every area of manufacturing, ensuring best practices are shared across our plants.
• Collaborate for Safety: Work closely with Health, Safety, and Environmental teams to address and prioritize safety in every aspect of operations.

This role is for you if you have these skills:

• Decision-Making Skills: Proactively make strategic choices and involve the right people in the process.
• Business Insight: Strong understanding of profitability and market dynamics, aligning decisions with strategic goals.
• Operational Excellence: Experience in Lean Manufacturing (Six Sigma, Kaizen) and a drive to achieve ambitious goals.
• Problem-Solving Abilities: Resolve issues quickly and thoughtfully, fostering effective group solutions.

And if you have these qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 10+ years in leadership and operations management, including experience with US Government contracting.
• Knowledge of ammunition manufacturing is a plus.
• Valid driver’s license, clean background, and drug screening required.

If you’re ready to lead with impact, innovate, and drive operational success, we’d love to meet you!

In compliance with this state’s pay transparency laws, the wage range for this role is $104,080.00 - $ 156,120.00. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. (The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements).

We care about our employees and it shows. 

Our staff receive a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical/Rx, dental and vision coverage; life, AD&D and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; 100% paid maternity leave for up to 12 weeks, parental leave, family leave, other paid time off; voluntary benefits and discount programs to meet our employees’ individual needs including pet insurance for our furry family members!

 To ensure a safe work environment while meeting the physical demands of the job,

you must be able to perform the following physical and mental tasks, with or without a reasonable accommodation:

•    Visual acuity (e.g., needed to prepare and analyze data, to transcribe documents, to view a computer, to read, to inspect objects, to operate machinery. 
•    Balancing (e.g. maintaining equilibrium when walking, climbing, crouching, etc.) 
•    Stooping (e.g. bending the spine at the waist) 
•    Reaching (e.g. reaching the arms or legs in any direction) 
•    Lifting motion or lifting objects more than 15 pounds 
•    Walking 
•    Repetitive motion of any part of the body 
•    Kneeling, crouching or crawling 
•    Pushing or pulling (e.g. using a part of your body to press against something in a downward or outward direction or in a dragging or hauling motion) 
•    Manual Dexterity (e.g. picking, pinching, typing, or other working that uses fingers) 
•    Grasping (e.g. use of hand to apply pressure) 
•    Feeling (e.g. perceiving an object’s size, shape, texture, etc.)  
•    Climbing (e.g. ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, pole, etc. using feet and legs and hands/arms to climb) 
•    Hearing 
•    Talking 
•    Capacity to think, concentrate and focus for long periods of time. 
•    Ability to read complex documents in the English language. 
•    Capacity to reason and make sound decisions. 
•    Ability to write complex documents in the English language. 
•    Capacity to express thoughts orally. 
•    Expertise in:  
•    Ability to wear a mask, respirator, bullet proof vest, or other equipment. 
•    Ability to regularly perform all job functions at Company’s office or worksite. 
•    Ability to withstand environmental conditions (e.g. extreme heat or cold, grass, wind, sand, fumes, odors, gases, extreme noise, etc.)