Company Overview

Young Innovations is a manufacturer and marketer of high quality dental equipment and supplies. With an outstanding reputation for quality, our company has a broad portfolio of market leading products across a variety of categories.

Role Overview
We are seeking a talented, self-led, and energetic Operations Manager to join our team. The Operations Manager will provide both tactical execution and project management leadership to critical operations initiatives focused primarily around M&A (i.e. diligence, integration, divestiture, etc.) and organization-wide projects and activities (i.e. strategic capacity increases, facility footprint review and new facility selection, private label bid review, etc). The Operations Manager will play a key, intersectional role which will require strong partnership with the operations leaders/teams across all Young facilities as well as the managers and staff for several cross-functional work areas.

Responsibilities

• Partner with internal corporate development, finance, IT, HR, QRA and operations teams to ensure acquisition diligence and integration are executed smoothly and effectively; this will encompass ‘buy and hold’ and ‘buy and move’ integrations and will include:
  • Diligence review
  • Integration project planning
  • Supply chain and sourcing support/integration
  • Manufacturing (IFS) or distribution systems (Numina) integration
  • Ensuring proper regulatory fit and appropriate quality measures are set up at each manufacturing location.
  • Physical facility moves; inventory transfers to current or sourced sites
  • Short-term team and/or contractor management (as needed)
• Provide corporate operations project management leadership and support to organization-wide and/or site-specific operations projects, including but not limited to working with local teams to prioritize work, drive due dates, and ensure execution
• Partner closely with New Product Development, Commercial and Operations teams to provide strategic engineering support across all Young facilities to identify and execute solutions which align with broader company goals.
• Provide assistance and insight to operations and supply chain teams regarding make/buy decisions.
• Assist in the development and implementation of ad hoc process improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in operations, engineering and supply chain
  • Prior experience in diligence/integration required
  • Balanced experience in distribution, manufacturing and engineering strongly preferred; supply chain a plus
  • Demonstrated experience successfully scoping, leading, and executing operations projects required
• Bachelor’s degree in operations, engineering, supply chain or other related field; MBA a plus
• Ability to partner internally to influence/drive internal partners
• Ability to move quickly while managing multiple projects and deadlines
• Strong project management skills
• Strong systems knowledge and capability; preference for those with prior knowledge in ERP (IFS), warehouse/distribution systems (Numina), and Microsoft products (expert level Excel and advanced PowerPoint)
• Strong financial acumen with a proven ability to link operations activities to bottom-line financial results
• Experience in a regulated environment, preferably FDA and Medical Devices, with knowledge of ISO 13485 standards, FDA guidelines, current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), and European Medical Device Directive
• Ability to travel 50%+

Young Innovations, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and E-Verify participating employer