Sr. Director of Operations, Middle East

2 weeks ago

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Lucid Motors Full time

**Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility**

At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.

We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design - where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.

Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.

The Senior Director of Operations, Middle East (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) is Lucid Motor’s prime lead for vehicle and battery manufacturing in the region. This position will lead the team through various strategic stages of business start-up and growth over the next several years, with major timing milestones comprised of volume, quality, and cost. This is a venture that will significantly expand the regional competencies of vehicle assembly, contributing to economic growth and diversity.

**The Role**

**Factory Readiness**:

- Ensure the ‘voice of the Plant’ is considered during factory design, construction and readiness activities.
- Play an active role in Launch activities including the installation and prove-out of equipment, tooling, and parts
- KD (Knock Down) Assembly
- In concert with the Global Skill Team, develop and implement a plan to perform KD assembly in the region for US-built units

**People Plan**:

- Develop a people staffing plan aligned to manufacturing capabilities and key milestone timing
- Leverage Operational Excellence standards for lean manufacturing and continuous improvement

**CBU (Complete Build Unit) capabilities**:

- Develop a multi-year roadmap to strategically ramp up towards full CBU assembly and volume
- Play a proactive role in future product design to ensure the Plant’s ability to consistently achieve key KPI’s once in series production

**Leadership**:

- Design and staff an organization that is capable of performing the work necessary to achieve Lucid’s manufacturing goals
- Provide professional development, oversight, coaching, and mentoring of staff to ensure engaged world-class talent
- Collaboratively represent the region within the Global Skill Team and advocate for global solutions that are regionally relevant to KSA market needs
- Lead a balanced scorecard approach to KSA manufacturing performance that achieves volume, quality, cost, and timing

**Qualifications**:

- Strong time management skills
- Ability to prioritize competing requests and needs
- Highly collaborative; comfortable working with people in a matrixed environment
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to foster and support a culture of diversity, inclusivity, collaboration and teamwork; able to build and maintain positive relationships with colleagues across all departments
- Able to analyze data to guide strategic planning
- Comfortable to give effective presentations to and facilitate meetings with all levels of the organization
- Able to travel frequently and internationally

**Education and Experience**:

- 15+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing with a global automotive OEM or Tier I automotive supplier
- Experience building and leading a team of professionals
- Undergraduate degree

**Preferred**:

- Above-mentioned experience in an emerging market, preferably in the MENA region
- Business-based graduate degree - Master’s in business administration or similar (economics, commerce, marketing)

At Lucid, we don’t just welcome diversity - we celebrate it Lucid Motors is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, and any other characteristic protected under applicable State or Federal laws and regulations.

**Notice regarding COVID-19 protocols**

At Lucid, we prioritize the health and wellbeing of our employees, families, and friends above all else. In response to the novel Coronavirus all new Lucid employees, whose job will be based in the United States may or may not be required to provide original documentation confirming status as having received the prescribed inoculation (doses). Vaccination requirements are dependent upon location and position, please refer to the job description for more details.

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