Site Manager

Title: Site Leader

Segment:   Voyager Space - Exploration (ZIN Technologies)

Location:  Middleburg Heights, OH

Job Type: Full Time  - Hybrid

Company Description: Voyager Space is dedicated to building a better future for humanity in space and on Earth. With over 35 years of spaceflight heritage and over 2,000 successful missions, Voyager is powering the commercial space revolution. Voyager delivers exploration, technology, and defense solutions to a global customer base that includes civil and national security agencies, commercial companies, academic and research institutions, and more.

Position Description:

Reporting to the Vice Preside of Enterprise Manufacturing Operations, the Site Lead  has responsibility to drive continuous and significant improvements in safety, quality, delivery and cost by developing an excellent organization, and methodically & aggressively implementing a lean operating Culture  This position works closely with Voyager BD and Segment   Leaders , to understand fulfilment requirements  for each Segment The  Program Management relentlessly drives achievement of agreed-to deliverables and communicates status to internal  customers.

Responsibilities: 

• Maintaining a culture where safety, quality, productivity and cost are the main focal points with a continuous improvement mentality. 
• Strategic planning for annual reviews to ensure that the business complies with all quality and safety standards as well as other legal requirements.
• Manges all aspects of Supply Chain including Procurement, Planning and Inventory management 
• Drive rapid, significant and sustainable improvement in SQDC
• Provide the leadership necessary for the development and execution of a strategy that supports the development and sustainment of a Manufacturing Centre OF Excellence 
• Lead regular KPI reviews for the COE   to ensure attainment of results and a sense of urgency with respect to implementation priorities
• Passionately drive a lean operating system mentality and culture in a highly structured and prescriptive way leading the development and implementation of the roadmap to achieve best in class operating performance (Kaizen 5S, VSM, Visual Management Gemba, etc.)
• Provides leadership by promoting team concepts, coaching, counseling, retaining, mentoring, training, talent management, and individual development.
• Ensure key operational metrics and key performance indicator systems are consistently tracking the appropriate and actions are persuaded to close any gap in performance 
• Periodically present plans and results
• Continually evolve operational efficiency and assess opportunities to reduce cost, taking action to drive financial performance in the areas of direct and indirect labor, and manufacturing overhead cost, as well as inventory levels
• Ensure effective allocation of resources across all areas of the COE to accomplish Segment Driven delivery goals 
• Coordinate effectively with Segment Leaders, BD, Programs, Marketing, Design Engineering, and other functional organizations
• Partner with the broader Voyager management team to ensure the best possible product, and customer satisfaction
• Continually benchmark best practices and drive effective implementation.       
• Help evaluate new opportunities for manufacturing business acquisition.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related discipline
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Lean Manufacturing
• A minimum of 5 years of developing people and teams, believing it a critical component in driving organizational change and effectiveness.
• Business and cost accounting experience
• Demonstrated track record of significant performance improvement through the successful development of a lean culture, and implementation of the tools. 
• Highly customer responsive and entrepreneurial
• Very resourceful, combining strong manufacturing and technical abilities with good overall management acumen
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and the ability to effectively communicate throughout all levels of the organization
• Possesses a high sense of urgency

Preferences:

• Master’s degree in a related discipline
• Lean practitioner and/or Six Sigma certification preferred
• Experience with program management

Voyager Space offers a comprehensive, total compensation package, which includes competitive salary, a discretionary annual bonus plan, paid time off (PTO), a comprehensive health benefit package, retirement savings, wellness program, and various other benefits. When you join our team, you’re not just an employee; you become part of a dynamic community dedicated to innovation and excellence.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Voyager Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. 

Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran

The statements contained in this job description are intended to describe the general content and requirements for performance of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.