Vice President, Global Operations

About NU Advisory Partners

NU Advisory Partners is a pioneering executive search and advisory firm focused on senior-level roles in private capital-backed companies. Leveraging AI, data, and technology, they offer accelerated and intelligent recruitment services to deliver exceptional leadership talent and enhance client and candidate experiences.

Role Overview

The Vice President of Global Operations will spearhead all operational activities across an extensive and complex global manufacturing footprint for a leading electrical and infrastructure solutions provider catering to commercial and industrial markets such as Data Centers, Healthcare, and Automotive. This critical leadership position demands a results-driven leader adept at scaling manufacturing environments with a focus on quality, customization, responsiveness, and operational excellence. The incumbent will establish operational infrastructure, processes, and capabilities to support significant growth while ensuring superior customer service.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead the global operations strategy to support a technology-driven, expanding manufacturing business.
• Create comprehensive long-term and annual plans for scalable manufacturing spanning diverse product lines.
• Align operational capacity with commercial targets to fulfill changing customer needs and maintain outstanding service levels.
• Enhance manufacturing capabilities across multiple locations balancing efficiency and tailored customer demands.
• Promote standardization, process improvement, and scalable practices to elevate quality, output, and agility.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams for seamless new product launches and manufacturability improvements.
• Deliver on annual operational targets including safety, quality, timeliness, cost, and inventory metrics.
• Advocate Lean principles and continuous improvement to shorten lead times, heighten productivity, and increase operational agility.
• Deploy KPI-based management tools for data-driven decision-making across functions.
• Develop an agile global supply chain that supports growth, variable demand, and evolving customer requirements.
• Formulate sourcing strategies that ensure supply chain resilience, cost efficiency, and risk mitigation.
• Lead integrated planning aligning demand, capacity, inventory, and production enterprise-wide.
• Manage budgets and capital investment aligned with strategic growth plans.
• Drive cost optimization, productivity enhancements, and working capital improvements.
• Oversee capacity planning and capital allocation to support future expansion.
• Build and guide high-achieving global teams promoting accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous development.
• Foster organizational capabilities through coaching, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Partner cross-functionally with commercial, engineering, finance, and corporate leadership to ensure operational readiness for growth, launches, and customer commitments.
• Maintain exceptional Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) standards across all operations.
• Support sustainability and corporate responsibility aligned with company values and stakeholder expectations.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience serving dynamic markets such as data centers, critical power, or mission-critical infrastructure.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline required; MBA is strongly preferred.
• 12 to 15+ years of progressive global manufacturing operations leadership experience.
• Proven capability managing multi-site global operations at $1B+ scale, ideally in data center or electrical infrastructure sectors.
• Expertise in managing complex, high-mix, low-to-medium volume, or customized manufacturing environments.
• Strong financial management skills, including budgeting and profit optimization.
• Deep knowledge of global supply chain, manufacturing operations, and logistics.
• Advanced mastery of Lean methodologies such as Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, TPM, 5S, pull systems, takt time, and standardized work.
• Capability to grow operations balancing customization, speed, and cost-effectiveness.
• Excellent cross-functional leadership and stakeholder collaboration abilities.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% both domestically and internationally.

Application Process

• Submit your resume for consideration.
• The recruitment team will assess your qualifications and reach out if aligned.
• Candidates not fitting this role will be added to a talent network for future opportunities.