Vp Manufacturing

6 days ago

Waterloo, Canada Voyis Full time

**About Voyis**:
Voyis designs and manufactures high performance underwater imaging systems (lasers, cameras, lights) for underwater vehicles that generate incredible 3D models in underwater surveys and ocean exploration. Our products have enabled our customers to survey more than 10,000km of ocean floor across all 7 continents, producing 3D reconstructions of famous shipwrecks like the Titanic and Shackleton's Endurance. Our mission is to push the limits of what’s possible subsea and enable every underwater vehicle to see the depths like we see the surface.

All our products are proudly designed and built in Waterloo.

**What **you’ll** do**:
As the VP Manufacturing you will provide strategic vision and direct oversight to all manufacturing functions in organization to ensure that the company can scale to attain its growth goals. This will encompass championing continuous improvements in manufacturing methods & processes and finding efficiencies to deliver on time whilst improving product quality and reliability standards. This role will oversee production, supply chain, quality, manufacturing engineering, and facilities.

We are looking for someone who is motivated by the challenge of shaping a small company’s operational systems into a world class manufacturing organization. We are a small, technical team that has delivered repeated year-on-year growth which now needs a leader with the vision and execution to take the company into its next stage. We are seeking a person that has a proven track record in building operational excellence, someone that takes initiative, is open to change, and can collaboratively work within the organization to achieve our goals, together.

**Responsibilities**:

- Manage department leads of Production, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality, including oversight of their responsibilities:

- Manufacturing: Management of production processes & equipment, COGs analysis, production scheduling, monitoring key business KPI’s
- Quality: Compliance to international standards, Quality Management System, staff training, NCR & ECN implementation
- Supply Chain: Order processing, material requirements planning, work order creation, purchasing, supplier management
- Definition of operations vision and strategic objectives in collaboration with the individual managers to achieve the forecasted revenue growth
- Lead the operations team in providing on time delivery of high-tech products to the required cost & quality standards
- Build a culture rooted in continuous improvement and collaboration
- High-level oversight of production resourcing and schedule to ensure alignment with the rolling 12-month Sales Forecast and weekly demands
- Work closely with Finance and the CEO to own the operations budget
- Implement a plan for manufacturing facility improvements to enable growth
- Work with the Quality manager to develop our quality systems and achieve ISO 9001 certification

Note this is an in-person role at our headquarters in Waterloo.

**Your skills**:

- 7+ years experience in manufacturing, personnel, and operations management
- Demonstrable management experience in a similar sized organization
- Proven track record in scaling a manufacturing organization
- Technical background in Engineering or a related field; understanding of electronics, mechanical, or production engineering
- High degree of initiative and ability to make well informed and analytical decisions
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills to motivate and gain buy-in
- Experience with logistics, procurement, and supply chain management
- Experience with and high-tech manufacturing (assembly calibration and test), and methodologies such as Lean and 6S
- Strong multi-disciplinary project management skills
- Good business, commercial, health & safety, and financial knowledge
- Proven organisation skills: planning, prioritization, multi-tasking, execution
- Tenacity and emotional resilience with a proven ability to cope under pressure

**Bonus Points for**:

- Experience working in environment with high quality standards and regulations (E.g. Aerospace, Defense, etc).
- Experience in optics and/or sensor manufacturing

**The Perks**:

- Flexible work hours, generous vacation, and a dedication to work-life balance
- RRSP Matching
- Health and vision benefits
- Profit-sharing within to celebrate our successes together
- Employee-directed personal education funds to drive continuous learning
- Regular company-wide social events

**Why you should join Voyis**:
Our team is made up of problem-solvers, passionate about pushing the boundaries of what’s possible underwater. We get excited about building cool stuff and working on exciting projects like capturing the Titanic, Shackelton's Endurance (and lots of other shipwrecks too). We are a small and closely-knit team. Each member of our team makes a significant impact not just on our business, but on our customers as well.

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