If you have manufacturing operations leadership experience and the leadership savvy to drive positive change, this position offers you some very compelling opportunities. You will:

• Play a key role on the Chesapeake Labs executive team, and work closely with the General Manager in developing and implementing strategies to support significant growth.
• Expand your experience in a broad position overseeing operations in shipping, lens and frame inventory, customer service and finishing.
• Showcase your potential to move up; we are proactive about succession planning and looking for an individual with the bandwidth to move up in the foreseeable future.
• Come on board at an exciting and dynamic time. Our 2018 merger with Luxottica has given us an unmatched global footprint in the eyewear industry and is driving positive change.
• Join an organization driven by a threefold mission: Improving lives by improving sight, Innovating for better vision, and Reaching the 2.7 billion underserved.

Chesapeake Optical Lab is one of the newest additions to the family of Essilor Industrial Hub labs. It currently produces 3,000 orders a day, supplying labs across the country. The facility has recently been approved for multiple future expansions that will bring growth across all departments and expand the daily processing capabilities to 6,000 orders a day.

Improving Lives By Improving Sight. Essilor of America, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of eyeglass lenses in the United States, employs more than 10,000 people and operates the largest and most comprehensive optical laboratory network in the U.S. Essilor of America, Inc. is a subsidiary of Paris-based Essilor International. Essilor manufactures optical lenses under the Varilux®, Crizal®, Transitions®, and other brands, and our products are worn by one billion people daily.

To meet the basic qualification for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship. In addition, to be a good fit for the Supply Chain Manager opportunity, you will have:

• A master's degree or business related degree.
• 7 to 10 years of experience in operations management.
• Solid managerial and leadership experience, with a proven ability to raise teams to the next level of performance.
• The ability to work with departments across the organization.
• General knowledge of financial analysis and accounting.
• Experience with ERP systems.
• Experience managing change.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with experience working with data.
• The ability to organize, prioritize and meet established deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and motivate others.
• Experience in the procurement of raw materials or packaging is strongly preferred.
• Experience in lean principles and tools, including lean implementation, is preferred.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will play a critical role in providing leadership and direction to all departments associated with logistics and supply chain. This will include overseeing and helping department leaders establish priorities, in shipping, lens and frame inventory, customer service and finishing.

You'll focus on on-time delivery and service to the customer while growing and developing the team to solve operational challenges and achieve the performance targets. With the upcoming expansions of the facility, you will work one-on-one with the General Manager to develop strategies to support the growth of the facilities production, optimize operational efficiencies, and ensure smooth transition of product to the consumer.

More specifically, you will:

• Ensure customer satisfaction.
• Control operational performances of receiving, warehousing, shipping, stock accuracy.
• Ensure lean and continuous improvement are embedded as a standard way of work.
• Lead 50+ people with different levels in the hierarchy operating 24/5.
• Develop and organize key performance indicators with Chesapeake lab priority, customer needs and organization requirements.
• Support collaboration of all teams within department.

Professional development
As you can see, this role will give you broad exposure to our organization, and demonstrate your ability to lead teams and deliver results. These are precisely the characteristics we look for when opportunities open up. Your career path may include advancing with Chesapeake Optical or in other areas of global leader Essilor-Luxottica.

Great environment
You will join a team that includes dedicated, sharp and mutually supportive professionals. Our culture is entrepreneurial and fluid, so success will depend on your ability to build relationships, but you'll find people open and willing to help. In addition, we are proactive about promoting unity and teamwork, and about recognizing and celebrating successes.

Truly living our values
At Essilor, we believe everyone deserves to see life and all its detail with the best vision possible. That's why, in addition to designing, manufacturing and distributing quality vision care solutions worldwide, we invest in raising awareness of the importance of good vision, support eyecare professionals, invent new technologies and products, and support philanthropic initiatives. We also are committed to robust standards for environmental sustainability. These are just a couple of reasons we were one of the 52 companies named to Fortune magazine's 2019 Change the World list.

Excellent compensation
In addition to a competitive salary and bonus potential, we offer an exceptional mix of first-rate benefits, including medical, dental and vision plans; a 401(k) plan with company match; tuition reimbursement; comprehensive training through Essilor University; lens and frame benefits for you and your family; an employee stock purchase plan with company match; and more.

To excel in this role you'll need high energy along with a strong sense of ownership and accountability. Strategic thinking and vision will be essential, but just as important will be your ability to take charge and make things happen. At the same time, a bull-in-the-china-shop approach won't work here. You'll need to influence and motivate people to buy in on your ideas by showing them why it's the right thing to do.

If you're the person we're looking for, you are proactive about moving the needle. You should see the value in establishing solid relationships with the managers of other departments, preventing "silos" and supporting smooth, seamless flow through the entire facility. In addition, in order to be an outstanding Supply Chain Manager, you will:

• Promote a high-performing culture across all your teams, including reinforcing Lean and continuous improvement thinking.
• Take a proactive approach to getting up to speed quickly with our industry, market and operations.
• Combine analytical thinking with creativity when solving problems.
• Set clear expectations and hold people responsible, while also promoting an upbeat atmosphere.
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