Director Operations / MST - Data
Core
Shape how data and AI create value across Manufacturing and Supply Chain operations, partnering with senior leaders to define vision and turn ambition into action.
Role type
Director Operations/MST - Data (Individual Contributor with team-building ambition)
Builds
A clear data and AI vision, prioritized roadmap with business cases, early proof points, and an operating model for an embedded data organization.
Domain
Manufacturing and Supply Chain operations within the toy industry
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Applied data and AI in manufacturing/supply chain, translating business challenges to practical solutions, technical depth in data science/engineering, data governance and modeling, connecting business strategy to technology investment
Preferred skills
Predictive maintenance, production scheduling, demand planning, quality control, yield optimization, digital twins, IoT/sensor/streaming/MES/ERP environments, building new data/AI capabilities from scratch, cloud-native or lakehouse architectures
Technologies
IoT, sensor, streaming, MES, ERP, cloud-native platforms, lakehouse architectures
Responsibilities
Partner with senior leaders to define a clear vision for data and AI in operations, identify high-impact opportunities, establish credibility with data science and engineering teams, develop business cases linked to operational outcomes, implement data governance and quality practices, deliver results where physical operations intersect with digital capabilities
Seniority
Director level, Individual Contributor with team-building ambition
