**Operations Manager** **Description** Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc\. is a leading global manufacturer of golf cars, utility and personal transportation vehicles, professional turf\-care equipment, and ground support equipment\. Textron Specialized Vehicles markets products under several different brands\. Its vehicles are found in environments ranging from golf courses to factories, airports to planned communities, and theme parks to hunting preserves\. Responsibilities: * Responsible for overall management of a focused area of operations of a production site\. * Adhere to established weekly/monthly/annual metrics to support operation productivity, quality, delivery, safety, cost, employee morale and operations systems including report out of performance\. * Responsible for continuous improvement, developing best practices/benchmarking, documenting standard work, promoting 5S activities, and ensuring highest possible levels of productivity\. * Ensure focus areas are appropriately staffed for shifts and operations with headcount analysis, demand planning, and forecasting\. * Responsible for hiring and retention of shop floor employees, supervisors, and leaders in the operations system\. * Maintain performance measurement system, metrics, and output\. * Understand customer critical success factors and initiate corrective actions for process quality, internal ppm, service back orders, and assembly line disruptions\. * Ensure quality service by fostering a positive, productive team environment\. * Communicate with production control, logistics, assembly team, fabrication team, engineering, and parts and accessories to support production demand, growth initiatives and customer service\. * Foster talent development by supporting career path planning, management of performance objectives, engagement, training, and onboarding of new hires\. **Qualifications** Qualifications: * Education: Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, or related field required, OR in lieu of degree a HS Diploma/GED and 8 or more years of experience required\. * Years of Experience: 4 or more years of experience with degree, OR 8 or more years’ experience with HS Diploma/GED, manufacturing experience with supervisory experience preferred * Software Knowledge: Microsoft Office Applications, SAP, inventory management systems * Experience in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma preferred **EEO Statement** Textron is committed to providing Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex \(including pregnancy and sexual orientation\), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law\. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements, including US Citizenship, for access to classified information\. Preference given to Veterans of the U\. S\. Armed Forces\. **Recruiting Company:** Textron Specialized Vehicles **Primary Location:** US-Georgia-Augusta **Job Function:** Manufacturing **Schedule:** Full-time **Job Level:** Manager with Direct Reports **Job Type:** Standard **Shift:** Compressed Work Week (9x80) **Travel:** Yes, 5 % of the Time **Job Posting:** 03/09/2026, 9:02:19 PM **Job Number:** 340121