Operations Manager - vendor management (Little Rock, AR)

Nova Sable Manufacturing Group makes precision components in Little Rock. We are hiring an Operations Manager to take on vendor management. You would join a large organisation of about 565 people based in Little Rock. What you will do • Manage vendors, contracts and budgets. • Manage a team of supervisors and coordinators. • Track performance measures for work orders and act on them. • Lead safety and compliance routines and follow up on incidents. • Plan daily and weekly work and keep it moving when things change. What we are looking for • Comfort with numbers, schedules and reports. • Good judgement under pressure. • Four or more years in operations, with some people-management. Nice to have • Lean or continuous-improvement training. • Experience with production lines. Working arrangement • Contract for nine months, with clear deliverables from the first week. • On site in Little Rock. • Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.