Description Who We Are: Integrated Power Services (IPS) opened its doors in 2007 to become the industry's leading service provider, offering single-source electromechanical and power management solutions to enhance the reliability of critical infrastructure. Today, IPS has the industry's largest network of remanufacturing locations, distribution centers, and field service offices across North America and the United Kingdom, serving over 30,000 customer locations across a wide range of end uses, including power generation, utilities, water and wastewater, petrochemicals, air separation, oil and gas, metals, mining, paper, aggregates, cement, hospitals, universities, commercial buildings, and data centers. IPS offers excellent career growth opportunities and is expanding its talented workforce to meet rising demand. By joining IPS, you'll learn from industry experts and discover your potential while being part of a team committed to our shared values: Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Accountability, Customer Focus, and Entrepreneurial Spirit. Responsibilities and Expectations: IPS is seeking an experienced leader with a strong background in operational excellence within a manufacturing/services atmosphere. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the strategic direction and execution of operational excellence across IPS, driving cost out and improving operational productivity. This role demands a blend of technical expertise, industrial operations, lean/Six Sigma, and leadership skills. This role will play a pivotal role in driving the growth and expansion of IPS in addition to delivering cost-out across all P&Ls. He or she will collaborate closely with the service center management, regional leaders, engineering, and other functional teams managing overall risk and impact to IPS success. Unmatched Customer Service Assess current business performance, identify gaps, and establish/implement plans. Monitor progress and facilitate sharing of best-in-class ideas and processes. Encourage a culture of continuous improvement across business areas and service centers. Provide operational excellence support to IPS teams and service centers to include Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and operational layout. Assist with implementation of quality improvement actions based on standard work planning and warranty claims. Enforce strict safety protocols and compliance in all shop activities. SoftSkills Innovative Thinking: Embracing innovation and creativity is key to staying competitive in today's dynamic business environment. Adaptability: A successful IPS leader must pivot quickly in response to changing market conditions, emerging trends, and unexpected challenges. Collaborative Leadership: Effective leadership involves fostering collaboration and teamwork across departments. Resilience and Persistence: Should demonstrate resilience, perseverance, and a willingness to learn from failures to ultimately drive success. Ethical Conduct: Upholding high ethical standards and integrity is essential in all business dealings. Should prioritize honesty, transparency, and fairness in their interactions with clients, partners, and team members to build lasting trust and credibility. Continuous Improvement Mindset: Always seeking to make things better and drive efficiency driving cost out of the business. Practical Approach: Ability to apply theoretical lean understanding building unique plans for each shops to ensure optimized ROI on investment. Responsibilities Identify gaps leveraging standard work plans and data to create improvement plans and conduct monthly OPEX reviews with service centers and broader leadership Facilitate project selection, prioritization, and execution driving improvement teams and addressing barriers to success. Collaborate across the organization with supporting functions to include the CIP