Driven? Passionate? Do you want to perform meaningful work free from too many rules and too much bureaucracy? Are you obsessed with building better things in a supportive and collaborative environment? Do you want to be recognized and rewarded for your workplace contributions?
If so, Kofile is for you.
We are looking for change agents: those who bring groundbreaking ideas, insights, and vision to the workplace. Professionals who excel at identifying inefficiencies and developing solutions to overcome them. Where some see problems, you see a roadmap to a future - and better – state for the company and our stakeholders.
At Kofile, you will help design the processes, create the systems, and define the plans to ensure individual, team, and organizational success.
Kofile employees are empowered and encouraged to work as a team while allowing for individual achievement and recognition. Kofile’s culture is one of cooperation and coaching; we realize mistakes will be made and we will learn from them by working together, paving the way for ongoing success.
If you want to have a lasting impact at work, have your voice and ideas heard, and contribute to a high-performance organization, then we want YOU on our team!
We need YOU to be part of that journey by filling a new and critical role at Kofile.
We are seeking a leader that is a change agent who brings groundbreaking ideas, insights, and vision to the workplace. A professional who excels at identifying inefficiencies and implementing solutions to overcome them. Where some see problems, you see a roadmap to a better future.
Kofile is a leading growth-oriented company helping modernize local governments with document digitization, restoration, preservation, and storage solutions. We hire those who are thought leaders in their respective fields, professionals who are looking for an opportunity to lead positive change, create and manage a healthy work culture, and to develop skills for themselves and their staff. Those who are interested in a career, not a job.
The VP Operations – Digital Services, serves as a hands-on leader of change within the business. To be successful in this role, you must impact profitable, sustainable growth by engaging employees and leveraging tools and methodologies that drive excellence at all levels of the enterprise.
The ideal candidate will possess a mastery of transformational change, operational efficiency, Lean principles, data-driven decision-making, and delivering on results.
Further, understanding the numbers behind the business (e.g., P&L statement, balance sheet, net working capital, et al.) is critical to realize the full potential of delivering measurable results. You must know which levers to pull to ensure the right outcomes.
This role will have high visibility across the business, including the Executive Leadership Team, while working to deliver significant financial benefits.
Responsibilities
- Set the vision, direction, and priorities for digital services operations across Kofile.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, execution, and delivery.
- Develop an efficient and effective department through strategic planning, assessment, performance management, and optimal use of people, technology, time, and budget.
- Execute delivery on time, on budget, and with the highest standards.
- Design workflows to achieve scalable and efficient throughput.
· Establish operations KPI’s and scorecards to drive performance improvement, including safety, quality, on-time delivery, productivity, lead time, throughput, and EBITDA.
- Partner with IT to evaluate and implement software/technology to automate production and Quality Control/Assurance processes.
· Continuously remove waste, friction, and frustration from operational processes.
· Apply visual management techniques to improve transparency of status, priorities, and results.
· Leverage a deep understanding of tools and systems to advance processes and automation.
· Drive changes needed within and across systems to support optimal workflow.
· Identify and implement emerging technology to be incorporated into operational capabilities.
Experience, abilities and education
- 10+ years of relevant experience resulting in outstanding organizational performance.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Master’s Degree preferred.
- Track record of successfully implementing Lean methodologies.
- Experience working in a production environment with both physical and digital workflows.
- Success managing complex, time-sensitive projects, evaluating workflows, and successfully designing or enhancing production-oriented work processes.
- Ability to identify, analyze, and solve problems affecting production.
- Effective communication and influencing skills, from shop floor to Board room.
- Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize organizational workload, and respond to changing business demands.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective collaborative relationships with team members, management, and internal/external partners.
- Comfort utilizing an ERP system, ideally NetSuite.
- Demonstrated expertise with imaging and/or indexing software is preferred.
Must live in the the Dallas area or have the ability to travel each week to Dallas.
Benefits: In addition to offering a culture of inclusivity and empowerment, Kofile offers a full range of benefits including:
• Paid overtime available for non-exempt employees
• Low-cost insurance (medical, dental, vision, life & disability)
• Maternity and paternity benefits
• 401(k) plan (company matching)
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time
• Educational assistance
