Vice President Operations - MPO

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Materion’s Precision Optics business unit is positioned as a leading supplier of optical solutions in fast growing markets including Space, Defense and Semiconductor.  The business unit is winning new business and growing profitability with a truly global footprint including operations in US, EMEA and APAC.  The Vice President of Operations is a transformative global operations leader responsible for driving performance, scalability, and operational excellence across five international manufacturing sites. This executive will architect and execute a global operations strategy that supports accelerated organic growth and margin expansion while enabling inorganic expansion through targeted M&A integration.

As a key member of the Business Unit Leadership Team, the VP Operations champions a culture of safety, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. The leader will evolve the global footprint, strengthen Centers of Excellence, and ensure world‑class execution to support customers in high‑performance, high‑growth optical markets.

To accelerate operations excellence, the incumbent will work closely with the MPO Leadership Team members, including Commercial Leaders, T&I and Functional Leaders.  As a senior Materion leader, this individual will also be responsible to make the One Materion strategy, mission and vision come to life – identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to scale and drive efficiency throughout the organization.

Qualifications

Education – University degree in engineering/ physics / related field of study in combination with training in economics or economics combined with a technical experience

Experience –

• Minimum 15 years’ professional experience including senior leadership positions with significant interaction in the executive suite

• 5 years’ experience in multinational companies in a management role desirable

• Extensive manufacturing and engineering experience

• Experience in a B2B setup manufacturing custom components is critical in this role.

• Optics industry experience is highly desirable

• Experience leading operations, implementing strategies and setting priorities for a business with at least $100M in sales

• Demonstrated ability to profitably grow a business and drive enhanced profitability

• Demonstrated track record of meeting or exceeding revenue and margin targets

• Track record of success leading across matrixed organizations through both direct leadership and persuasion

• Ability and willingness to support US government clearance requirements

Salary range: * $192,900-250,500
*The salary range listed is a guide for this position and may vary depending on experience, education, geographic location, and other qualifications. The final offer will be determined based on the candidate's individual merits and the company's compensation policies.

The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on Materion’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with Materion’s business requirements.

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