Division Vice President, Operations
AMETEK · Eden Prairie, MN
- Level
- Director+
- Team
- Production
- Travel
- 40%
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 15+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A director-level production role at AMETEK (industrial) in Eden Prairie, MN. Confident, credible, and approachable—comfortable engaging at the shop floor or executive level.
- They ask for
- 15+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Capacity planning
- Day to day
- about 40% travel
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Minnesota: typical posted base $105k–$195k.
Median of the low and high ends of 14 live postings that list pay, out of 19 production engineer openings in Minnesota, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Minnesota plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 18 other live production postings in Minnesota.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (15+ vs 8+)
Typical $105k–$125k, from 10 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 8+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 63%
- ✓ Lean 42%
- EHS / safety 32%
- Six Sigma 26%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at AMETEK
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Send a short, curious note
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- The posting says about 40% travel. Between which sites?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Bring proof to the interview
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Requirements
- ✓Proven expertise in multi site plant management and operational leadership.
- ✓Significant global manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
- ✓Minimum of 15 years of progressive business experience, including at least 3 years in a comparable senior operational leadership role.
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required; MBA or Master’s in Engineering strongly preferred.
- ✓Demonstrated success growing operations organically, scaling capacity, and entering new markets.
- ✓Strong background in asset management, budgeting, and profit plan attainment.
- ✓Ability to simplify complex organizations, eliminate redundancy, and drive enterprise alignment.
- ✓Thrives in a lean, performance driven culture with high expectations and autonomy.
- ✓High personal accountability; places team success above individual recognition.
- ✓Confident, credible, and approachable—comfortable engaging at the shop floor or executive level.
- ✓High integrity, strong work ethic, and respect for people at all levels.
- ✓Executive presence and judgment to engage effectively with senior customers and corporate leaders.
- ✓Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
- ✓Willingness to travel 30–40% domestically and internationally.
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This position is not just about running plants—it is about building a scalable, resilient global operations engine that enables AMC and AMETEK to win in highly regulated, high value medical markets.
The Divisional Vice President of Operations (DVP Operations) is a key senior leader responsible for end to end global operations across the Advanced Medical Components business. This role leads Safety, Quality, Manufacturing, Maintenance, Continuous Improvement, Engineering, and Supply Chain across a multi site, international footprint.
The DVP Operations is accountable for delivering sustainable, profitable growth while ensuring world class safety performance, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction. As a highly visible leader within both the Business Unit and AMETEK Corporation, this role sets the operational standard and drives alignment with long term strategic objectives.
Operational Leadership & Safety
- •Champion a zero injury safety culture and ensure full compliance with environmental, health, and safety regulations across all locations.
- •Lead global operations spanning six U.S. plants, Mexico, and Taiwan, with direct responsibility for Plant Managers, Engineering leaders, and the Supply Chain organization.
- •Establish clear accountability and execution discipline to consistently achieve operational, financial, and quality targets.
Strategy, Growth & Execution
- •Define and execute Plant Operations strategies that support profitable growth, capacity expansion, and entry into new markets.
- •Enable new product development and sustaining engineering across the AMC Business Unit, ensuring speed to market, design robustness, and manufacturability.
- •Partner with Sales & Marketing to align operations capabilities with commercial strategy and customer commitments.
Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement
- •Drive a culture of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement, improving quality, reducing cost, and enhancing on time delivery.
- •Standardize best practices across sites, eliminate redundancy, and scale processes to improve efficiency and agility.
- •Establish and maintain robust capacity planning and resource alignment to support demand variability and growth.
Supply Chain & Capital Stewardship
- •Create and continuously improve best in class strategic sourcing and supply chain capabilities across the Business Unit.
- •Own capital investment strategy and execution, ensuring Capital Appropriation Requests meet ROI and strategic objectives.
- •Support plant leadership in implementing preventive and predictive maintenance programs to protect uptime, assets, and performance.
People & Leadership Development
- •Assess, develop, and strengthen the Operations leadership team through objective talent evaluation, succession planning, and targeted development.
- •Build a high performance culture rooted in accountability, teamwork, and continuous learning.
- •Lead with humility, integrity, and a hands on mindset—engaged at all levels of the organization.
Business Management & Reporting
- •Provide accurate and timely forecasts, operating plans, budgets, and performance reports (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual).
- •Translate data into insight to guide decision making and course correction across the organization.
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