VP of Operations

The role

The VP of Operations will build and lead factory operations to support company growth. This person will set up new factories, hire and train teams, and manage operational execution across facilities.

What you will do

• Own new factory setup and launch including site readiness, layout, equipment installation, staffing, training, and production ramp
• Build the organization each facility needs by hiring plant leaders, supervisors, operators, and support teams
• Lead hiring at scale with clear staffing plans
• Establish hands-on onboarding, training, and qualification programs
• Hire, coach, and manage leaders who can run large teams
• Own day-to-day factory performance across sites for safety, quality, throughput, productivity, and on-time delivery
• Build staffing models, shift structures, and management routines
• Set practical operating standards, work instructions, shift handoffs, and daily and weekly reviews
• Work directly with teams on the floor to resolve bottlenecks and address performance issues
• Partner with engineering and software teams to implement tools and automation

Required qualifications

• Proven record of opening and ramping factories, or hiring at significant scale and leading large operational teams
• Experience building teams and management structures through rapid growth
• Strong at identifying talent, making hiring decisions, training people, and developing effective managers
• Comfortable owning operations across multiple facilities while staying close to the details on the floor
• Uncompromising about safety, quality, and accountability
• Direct, decisive, and calm under pressure
• Practical and organized
• Fluent in operational metrics

Nice to have

• Experience launching or scaling a network of factories or industrial facilities
• Experience building high-volume hiring, onboarding, or workforce training programs
• Experience leading teams across multiple sites or shifts
• Familiarity with metals, machining, aerospace, defense, logistics, or other demanding industrial environments
• Experience introducing automation or improving factory workflows with software

About the company

Nox Metals is a technology company supplying raw metal to frontier American manufacturers using software and automation.