VP Operations - EMEA

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add an experienced VP Operations - EMEA.

The VP Operations - EMEA will be responsible for leading strategic operations for our Critical Power, engineer-to-order business, ensuring safe, predictable and profitable delivery of complex, customer-specific electrical infrastructure solutions for data centre and mission-critical environments. The role drives operational excellence across engineering release, procurement, production, project execution, quality, site readiness and customer delivery, while building scalable processes, leadership capability and cross-functional accountability across sites and functions.

This is an EMEA role and can be based in any of our European power facilities – UK, Ireland, Poland, Austria.

What a typical day looks like:

• Drive accountability for all results related to operations, including safety, quality, delivery, cost, cash, customer commitments, project margin and operational performance across complex engineered programmes

• Participate in the development of business strategy and operating plans, translating growth objectives, customer demand and capacity requirements into executable operational roadmaps

• Lead implementation of business plans and ensure delivery through clear metrics, governance routines, escalation paths and disciplined performance management

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with strategic customers, hyperscale/data center clients, consultants, suppliers and industry experts to maintain a clear pulse on market expectations, competitive positioning and customer delivery standards

• Coordinate with Engineering, Product Management, Sales Operations, Project Management, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance and other Flex / Anord Mardix sites to deliver integrated, end-to-end operational excellence

• Establish procurement, production, engineering services and project execution practices that support engineer-to-order variability, controlled design changes, material readiness, build sequencing and customer-specific specifications

• Create robust operating mechanisms for Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning, capacity planning, order intake readiness, engineering release, long-lead material management, production scheduling and on-time customer delivery

• Drive operational discipline in configuration management, change control, design-for-manufacture, non-conformance reduction, lessons learned and continuous improvement across engineered solutions

• Coach, mentor and develop operations leadership, building accountability, succession strength and the capability to operate in a fast-growth, project-led manufacturing environment

• Leverage industry practices, lean methodologies, digital tools, automation opportunities and standard work to improve productivity, lead time, cost competitiveness and repeatability without compromising customer-specific engineering requirements

• Establish strong relationships with top customers and service partners, ensure proactive communication, credible recovery planning and executive-level responsiveness on critical programmes

• Influence change management through collaboration, >

  Job Category

  Operations

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