DEX Site Mgr. - Advance
Manufacturing & Production · Production & Assembly · Production Management · Manufacturing Engineering · Logistics Management
In short
Seeking a DEX Site Manager in Advance, NC, to lead local operations for heavy-duty parts, focusing on safety, quality, delivery, and financial performance. This role involves managing staff, implementing operational excellence, and driving continuous improvement within a global manufacturing and transport solutions environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead daily operations at an assigned DEX Heavy Duty Parts site, managing supervisory staff and site operations.
- Ensure products and processes are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with company, customer, and quality standards.
- Develop, implement, and enforce health, safety, environmental, OSHA, EPA, and company requirements.
- Plan, organize, and execute site remanufacturing, renovation, dismantling, and maintenance programs.
- Manage production resources, processes, and quality systems to improve delivery precision, reliability, cost, cash flow, and efficiency.
- Lead and report on site activities related to warehousing, scrap, inventory, overstock, and disposition programs.
- Drive implementation and continuous improvement through lean manufacturing practices and operational excellence initiatives.
- Manage site budgets, operating costs, facility maintenance, waste reduction efforts, and cash flow.
- Recruit, train, supervise, mentor, and develop site employees.
- Prepare site-level reporting for DEX governance, business reviews, and corporate programs.
- Support landfill-free and recycling initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business, operations, accounting, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 5 to 7 years of plant, shop, or site management experience in automotive, heavy equipment, commercial trucking, manufacturing, remanufacturing, or a related industrial environment.
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing operations, remanufacturing, component recovery, core management, production processes, and inventory control.
- Knowledge of heavy-duty vehicles, capital equipment, dismantling, renovation, remanufacturing, aftermarket parts, salvage, and component refurbishment.
- Experience applying lean manufacturing principles, the Volvo Production System, or comparable production systems.
- Strong understanding of quality systems, delivery precision, cost management, cash flow, operational performance metrics, and shop-floor execution.
- Ability to lead through visual management and a go-to-gemba leadership approach.
- Strong professional oral and written communication skills.
- Strong PC skills, including Windows and Microsoft Office applications.
- Demonstrated leadership, motivational, organizational, interpersonal, and team-oriented skills.
Desired Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience within operations, manufacturing, remanufacturing, or related industrial environments preferred.
- 7+ years of management experience preferred.
- Experience in heavy-duty trucks, commercial vehicles, manufacturing, automotive, aftermarket parts, salvage, remanufacturing, or component renovation/refurbishing preferred.
- Demonstrated success leading plant operations, management teams, organizational development, and operational transformation at the site level.
- Collaborate across local, regional, and global teams to support assigned site performance.
Benefits
- Base pay is set at $111,100 - 137,200 annually.
- Bonus eligible.
- Competitive medical, dental and vision insurance.
- Generous paid time off.
- Competitive matching retirement savings plans.
- Working environment where your safety, health and wellbeing come first.
- Focus on professional and personal development through Volvo Group University.
- Programs that make today’s challenging reality of combining work and personal life easier.
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Company
Volvo Group
Job Posted
1 month ago
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
On Site
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
Advance, United States
Qualification
Bachelor
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