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VP of Operations

Nox Metals · Los Angeles · On-site

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About Nox Metals

Buy aluminum plate and bar cut to size from NOX METALS. Compare 6061, 7075, 7050 and cast tooling plate, then get current pricing and delivery options online. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

We’re hiring a VP of Operations to build and lead the factory operations behind Nox Metals’ growth. You will set up new factories, hire the teams they need, train people to do the work well, and build the leadership structure that keeps every facility running at a high standard. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • An operator with a proven record of opening and ramping factories, or hiring at significant scale and leading large operational teams
  • Experienced building teams and management structures through rapid growth, with concrete results to show for it
  • Strong at identifying talent, making hiring decisions, training people, and developing effective managers
  • Comfortable owning operations across multiple facilities while staying close to the details on the floor
  • Uncompromising about safety, quality, and accountability
  • Direct, decisive, and calm under pressure, you make the call and follow through
More about this role

American factories deserve a supply chain that moves as fast as they do. Nox Metals is building it, along with the tools that run it. We’re a technology company supplying raw metal to frontier American manufacturers. We use software and automation to supply metal to factories faster than the industry thought possible.

We’re hiring a VP of Operations to build and lead the factory operations behind Nox Metals’ growth. You will set up new factories, hire the teams they need, train people to do the work well, and build the leadership structure that keeps every facility running at a high standard.

This is one of our most significant leadership roles. You will own factory launches and operational execution across our facilities, from getting a new site ready to produce to developing the managers and teams who run it every day. We need someone who has built factories before, or who has hired at significant scale and led large operational teams through rapid growth.

You will spend real time on the factory floor. You will make decisions, remove bottlenecks, develop leaders, and stay close to the work as the organization grows.

Own new factory setup and launch, including site readiness,...

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