Vice President, Operations

Nidec Corporation Global

Vice President of Operations managing global manufacturing activities and driving operational excellence. Leading strategic initiatives across the Motion platform while ensuring quality and cost efficiency.

Posted 4/10/2026full-timeSt. Louis • Montana • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Overall responsibility for Manufacturing activities across the established global business and developing presence in China, India, Mexico and the US
Define and Implement manufacturing best practices bringing vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve business performance across the Motion platform
Ensure that manufacturing strategies and processes are in place to meet the business objectives and demands of the Nidec Group
Ensure that Environmental, Health and Safety, manufacturing and quality standards and procedures are adhered to
Establish monthly, quarterly and yearly targets (KPI’s) for operating units
Develop and champion risk mitigation strategies to guarantee continuity of operations and supply
Build the quality system to ensure that manufacturing capabilities and quality levels meet or exceed company requirements and customer needs
Collaborate with the sub-Business Operations Leaders to ensure continuous improvement goals and objectives are met and achieve operational excellence across the Motion platform
Contribute to overall business strategy and annual budget process focusing on Base Line Profit (BLP)
Lead, develop, and implement variable cost productivity programs across all areas of responsibility
Formulate and deploy strategies to optimize the cost performance of the plant through capital investment programs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor of Engineering or Operations Management, or above, is required
MBA is preferred
15+ years of progressive Manufacturing experience, at least 10 years in a leadership role
P&L management experience strongly preferred
Strong business acumen and a proven track record of achieving financial and operational results
Demonstrated leadership skills, including problem solving, team building, coaching, and the ability to motivate people
Must be a highly results-oriented and customer-focused individual
Lean Six Sigma experience is preferred
Willingness to travel both domestically and internationally 50%+
English mandatory.
Other language skills are helpful.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Encouraging diversity in the workplace

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Hard Skills & Tools

Manufacturing best practicesEnvironmental Health and Safety standardsQuality standards and proceduresKPI developmentRisk mitigation strategiesCost performance optimizationLean Six SigmaP&L managementOperational excellenceVariable cost productivity programs

Soft Skills

LeadershipProblem solvingTeam buildingCoachingMotivating peopleResults-orientedCustomer-focusedBusiness acumenCollaborationContinuous improvement

Certifications

Bachelor of EngineeringOperations ManagementMBA