The operations manager leads the launch and long-term success of the company's new production facility in queretaro. The plant is currently in the early stages equipment installation. Over the next several years it will move through prototype, ppap, and full rate production with strong year over year growth. This person will build the leadership team, strengthen capability, and ensure the operation safely produces high-quality parts on time and at the right cost. This role sets the culture, builds community reputation, and helps the site become a trusted part of the company's global operations.core values:honesty: communicates with transparency, clarity, and fairnessexcellence: sets high standards and builds processes that deliver strong resultsaccountability: takes ownership for outcomes and follow throughrespect: treats every person with dignity, patience, and fairnessteamwork: builds trust, collaboration, and shared success across shifts and functionssupport: helps people grow, removes barriers, and ensures a safe workplacekey responsibilitiesleadership and plant culturebuild a manufacturing team that works with clarity, trust, honesty, respect, teamwork, and supportdevelop supervisors, engineers, and key leaders through coaching and competence-based growth planscreate a safe and welcoming environment where people can develop long-term careersstrengthens community reputation by modeling fairness, presence on the floor, and steady leadershipoperational planning and daily executionlead daily manufacturing operations including production, manufacturing engineering, maintenance, quality, and materials flowtranslate goals into simple routines, priorities, and measures that guide each shiftbuild labor models and capacity plans that support significant year over year growthmaintain stable production while preparing for higher volumes and customer demandgreenfield launch and ramp uplead start-up activities including equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, training, and readiness reviewsestablish standard work, visual controls, and disciplined production systems from the ground upcollaborate with global operations, engineering, quality, and commercial teams to align global standards with local executionguide the team through fast learning curves while protecting safety, quality, and schedule commitmentssafety, quality, and compliancemaintain a strong safety culture aligned with stps expectations and flexfab standardsensure all operations meet customer, regulatory, and internal quality requirementssupport audits, certifications, and environmental permitsstrengthen process control and reduce variation as volume growslabor environment and employee relationsbuild positive labor relations through fairness, consistency, and clear communicationsupport the development of employee committees and compliance with mexican labor regulationsensure accurate and timely compliance with imss and all required labor practicescreate stable work rules and shift structures that support attraction and retentioncontinuous improvementuse lean tools, value stream thinking, and disciplined problem solvingbuild root cause capability across operators, technicians, and leaderspromote daily improvement that strengthens flow, cost, and qualitycost, budget, and resource managementbuild budgets and operating plans aligned with commercial demand and growthmanage labor, scrap, overtime, material efficiency, and productivityrecommend capital investments that improve safety, capacity, and cost positioncommunication and collaborationpartner with commercial, engineering, finance, it, hr, quality, and supply chain teamscommunicate risks, needs, and progress with honesty and claritystrengthen alignment with flexfab's global operationsqualificationsrequiredbachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, operations, or related fieldten or more years of experience in automotive manufacturingfive or more years in plant or multi-area leadershipbilingual spanish and englishvisa to travel to the us (required)direct experience launching new operations or scaling high-growth facilitiesstrong planning, budgeting, and problem-solving skillsknowledge of mexican labor law, imss processes, and stps safety regulationsexperience working in multiple-shift operations.preferredexperience in hose, rubber, plastics, extrusion, or forming operationsexperience in global or multi-plant manufacturing environmentsmaster's degreejob type: full-timepay: $1.00 - $2.00 per monthapplication question(s):do you have a valid visa to travel to the us?Are you able to have a fluent conversation in english?Willingness to travel:25% (required)work location: in person