Director – Commercial & Operations

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🕒 October 5

🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

💵 $171.4k - $235.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

⚙️ Operations

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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1920

🏥 Healthcare

🏨 Hospitality

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Hospitality • Logistics

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions is a leading provider of clean water solutions that focus on sustainability and health. The company manufactures a wide range of sustainable building products, including engineered water solutions, plumbing products, commercial sinks, bottle fillers, water coolers, and drinking fountains. With a strong commitment to environmental impact, Zurn Elkay aims to deliver products that provide safety and reliability with the lowest total cost of ownership. Their innovations are widely used in commercial, municipal, healthcare, and industrial markets worldwide. The company is highly regarded for its dedication to social impact and sustainable growth, as evidenced by its numerous accolades, including recognition as one of America's most responsible and greenest companies.

📋 Description

• Lead operational excellence initiatives to deliver relevant business objectives • Act as a strategic thought partner to business leaders • Drive commercial and financial performance in revenue, EBITDA, and other financial metrics • Provide strategic leadership and hands-on implementation of Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies • Serve as a key member of the Business leadership team to identify opportunities, share best practices, and standardize commercial and manufacturing processes • Define current-state situations, assess process, capability, and talent gaps, and help develop future-state plans • Define and execute large, cross-functional improvement initiatives tied to annual strategic priorities • Conduct on-site workshops, Kaizen events, and training; guide teams through transformation • Develop roadmaps for sales growth, share gains, value propositions, new product launches/commercialization, and problem solving • Coach and mentor managers and associates on ZEBS commercial processes and relevant tools • Identify and share best practices across Zurn Elkay businesses and drive process adherence • Develop and execute site-wide continuous improvement roadmaps using Lean principles and methodologies • Partner with Plant Managers and functional leaders to align daily execution with strategic goals • Champion operational excellence through coaching, training, mentoring, problem-solving, and waste elimination • Partner with Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to improve production flow, equipment uptime, and resource utilization

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred • 10+ years of experience with at least 5 years in operational excellence with demonstrated success in both commercial and operations • Line experience in commercial (5+ years sales, product management, marketing) or manufacturing (5+ years manufacturing leadership) preferred • Proven track record implementing Lean methodologies and driving measurable operational improvement • Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills • Ability to lead through influence, engage teams, and drive cultural change • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills • Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher) preferred • Travel up to 50%

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Salary • Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, and Life Insurance • Matching 401(k) Contribution • Health Savings Account • Up to 3 weeks starting Vacation (may increase with tenure) • 12 Paid Holidays • Annual Bonus Eligibility • Educational Reimbursement • Matching Gift Program • Employee Stock Purchase Plan – purchase company stock at a discount!

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