VP Operations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida.

📋 Description

• Oversee group-wide operational performance and execution for a manufacturer specializing in ambulance and fire apparatus vehicles.

• Create and lead KPI-focused operating systems with real-time dashboards across various programs, functions, and locations.

• Enhance on-time delivery, build cycle times, schedule adherence, cost per unit, gross margin, quality, rework, and warranty/field defect rates.

• Establish structured daily and weekly operational rhythms, ensuring accountability and escalation processes are in place.

• Identify and address performance gaps in custom, low-to-mid volume production settings.

• Facilitate root-cause analysis for delivery, quality, and cost-related issues.

• Collaborate with plant and functional leadership to boost throughput, minimize rework, and stabilize production schedules.

• Align engineering, supply chain, and operations towards common KPIs and program milestones.

• Assist in the launch of new apparatus and customer-specific configurations.

• Enhance coordination between design modifications, material availability, and production timelines.

• Ensure compliance with relevant industry and regulatory standards.

• Strengthen quality systems while promoting accountability for documentation, testing, and certification processes.

• Standardize operational and program management methodologies across the organization.

• Remove bottlenecks in engineering releases, material flow, and production readiness.

• Improve ERP/MRP and digital tools for real-time tracking of order status, materials, and production progress.

• Contribute to capacity planning and scalability to meet the growing demand for emergency vehicles.

• Support the integration of new product lines or acquisitions.

• Establish repeatable and predictable execution in a highly customized production environment.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or a related field.

• MBA is preferred.

• 12–15+ years of leadership experience in specialty vehicle manufacturing, including fire apparatus and ambulances, or similar build-to-order environments.

• Proven history of achieving measurable improvements in cost, quality, and delivery metrics.

• Experience overseeing operations in highly customized, compliance-oriented production settings.

• Strong expertise in KPI systems, performance management, and cross-functional leadership.

• Familiarity with engineering and supply chain processes.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive benefits package in addition to attractive compensation.

• Pay-for-performance philosophy that enables top performers to increase their earnings based on sustained success.