[Hiring] Corporate Operations Specialist @Champion Homes

Role Description

The Corporate Operations Specialist is a rotational leadership development role designed for high-potential manufacturing professionals from outside the manufactured housing industry. Working closely with Regional Directors, this position provides hands-on operational support across multiple manufacturing facilities while developing the capabilities needed for future advancement into a Regional Director role. The position drives manufacturing excellence, continuous improvement, quality performance, and operational execution through direct engagement on the production floor.

Position Details:

• Reports to Regional Director
• High travel requirement, up to 80% of the time
• Remote within US

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with Regional Directors to improve operational performance across multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Spend at least 50% of field time on the manufacturing floor coaching production teams, group leads, and supervisors on workflow, workstation pacing, labor utilization, and standard work.
• Apply proven discrete-manufacturing practices, including Lean sequencing, 5S, visual management, error proofing, cycle-time balancing, and standardized work, to off-site homebuilding operations.
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks affecting line velocity, throughput, labor balance, subassembly staging, and schedule adherence through structured root cause analysis.
• Strengthen in-process quality controls, inspection gates, upstream verification, and defect containment while reinforcing a next-station-is-the-customer mindset.
• Coach Production Managers and plant leaders on labor management, daily production execution, supervisor accountability, and sustained performance improvement.
• Focus plant engagements on real-time coaching, hands-on problem solving, and high-impact tactical improvements rather than administrative auditing.
• Progress from supporting assigned operational projects to independently leading plant turnarounds, regional continuous improvement rollouts, and facility interventions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Industrial Technology, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Four to eight years of manufacturing, operations, production leadership, industrial engineering, process improvement, or related experience in a high-volume environment outside manufactured housing.
• Practical experience with Lean manufacturing, root cause analysis, Kaizen, line balancing, and continuous improvement tools.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and influence frontline employees, supervisors, and plant leaders without direct reporting authority.
• Ability and willingness to travel regionally up to 50% to 80%, including overnight travel.

Requirements

• Experience in automotive, aerospace, industrial equipment, consumer products, building products, or other discrete manufacturing environments.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent continuous improvement certification.
• Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations.
• Experience leading plant improvement workshops, Kaizen events, or operational turnaround initiatives.

Benefits

• 401k Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Medical
• Rx
• Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

Company Description

For decades, Champion has served as a leader in the manufactured housing industry and one of the largest mobile and modular home builders in North America. Champion offers many factory-built solutions, from single-family and multi-family homes to commercial and government buildings. Our manufactured homes, modular homes, mobile homes, park models, and commercial modular buildings can be found throughout the United States and western Canada.

Throughout the organization, we act with integrity and respect. We take pride in our craftsmanship and build strong relationships with our customers, suppliers, and our employees. We know that we would not be successful without our team. In return for hard work and dedication, our goal is to provide a safe, productive, and enjoyable workplace for every employee.