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Get Access To All JobsAt Dexter, we manufacture and distribute axles, accessories, and towing components primarily serving the commercial trailer, RV, marine, agriculture, and manufactured housing markets. We’re building products and systems that are rooted in a culture of safety, collaboration, and innovation.
Headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana, Dexter has manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Employing state-of-the-art robotics, precision welding equipment, and automated machining processes, Dexter has achieved over 65 years of success through a commitment to the principles of superior quality, continuous improvement, and unparalleled customer service.
Make a measurable impact across a growing manufacturing network.
Position Summary
Dexter Upfit is seeking a high-impact Senior Director to define and lead the operational strategy and transformation agenda across nine U.S. manufacturing locations.
This enterprise leadership role will establish the multi-site operations strategy, transformation roadmap, capital priorities, performance-management discipline, and organizational capabilities required to improve current performance and support sustainable growth. The Senior Director will work across sites and functions to identify structural constraints, challenge assumptions, prioritize investments, strengthen operating discipline, and ensure strategic initiatives deliver measurable results.
This is not a traditional site operations role. It requires a leader who can connect strategy to execution through a combination of strategic perspective, operational depth, financial discipline, and hands-on leadership.
The position is located near the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas region, with a remote home office and significant travel to Dexter Upfit locations.
Scope
- Network: Nine Dexter Upfit U.S. manufacturing locations
- Primary mandate: Operations strategy, transformation, productivity, capital effectiveness, performance governance, organizational capability, and growth readiness
- Business impact: Revenue enablement, capacity, cost, quality, safety, delivery, customer performance, execution discipline, and leadership strength
Key Responsibilities
Operations Strategy and Transformation
- Define and lead the multi-site operations strategy and transformation roadmap in alignment with business growth priorities.
- Translate business, market, and growth objectives into capacity, capability, investment, technology, and organizational priorities.
- Assess the current operating model and establish a scalable future-state model that improves consistency, accountability, and performance.
- Identify structural barriers to growth and lead initiatives addressing productivity, capacity, quality, delivery, cost, safety, technology, process, and talent constraints.
- Serve as a senior operational advisor, presenting fact-based recommendations, alternatives, risks, and required decisions.
Multi-Site Performance and Governance
- Establish a network-wide performance framework with common KPIs, standards, reporting, and operating-review cadences.
- Evaluate site performance and ensure significant gaps have clear owners, actions, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
- Lead reviews of strategic initiatives, operational risks, capital projects, and benefit commitments.
- Standardize processes where scale creates value while recognizing legitimate differences in products, customers, and site requirements.
- Establish escalation and intervention processes for major performance issues or missed commitments.
Capital Strategy and Investment Governance
- Develop and maintain the multi-year capital strategy and investment roadmap.
- Prioritize investments based on safety, capacity, productivity, quality, customer requirements, growth, risk, and financial return.
- Establish consistent business-case standards covering scope, alternatives, ROI, payback, implementation requirements, risks, and expected benefits.
- Partner with Finance, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and site leadership to validate assumptions and recommend priorities.
- Oversee implementation governance and post-investment reviews to confirm delivery of committed results.
Strategic Initiative Portfolio
- Own and govern the portfolio of strategic operational initiatives across Upfit.
- Establish priorities, ownership, resource requirements, milestones, performance measures, and executive reporting.
- Resolve cross-functional barriers and competing priorities that impede execution.
- Align initiatives with commercial, product, supply chain, engineering, financial, and organizational priorities.
- Track and validate productivity, capacity, cost, quality, revenue, and other business benefits.
Organizational Capability and Leadership
- Partner with Upfit and HR leadership to define the leadership, functional, and technical capabilities required for growth.
- Assess organizational structure, leadership effectiveness, role clarity, succession depth, and critical capability gaps.
- Recommend organizational and leadership changes that improve accountability, execution, and scalability.
- Coach site and functional leaders in performance management, structured problem-solving, change leadership, and operational discipline.
- Build capability in Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, capital planning, project execution, and data-based decision-making.
- Lead and develop direct and matrixed resources supporting transformation, operational excellence, engineering, and strategic projects.
Operational Intervention and Business Continuity
- Lead responses to significant operational disruptions, capacity constraints, performance breakdowns, and leadership transitions.
- Deploy focused resources, interim governance, and recovery plans to stabilize performance and protect customer commitments.
- Assess underperforming operations and establish recovery plans with clear accountability and timelines.
- Maintain a hands-on presence at manufacturing sites and engage directly with employees, supervisors, site leaders, and functional experts.
Measures of Success
Success will be measured through:
- Improvements in productivity, labor efficiency, throughput, capacity utilization, quality, safety, delivery, and cost
- Achievement of validated financial and operational benefits
- Execution of the approved capital plan and realization of committed returns
- Greater consistency and operating discipline across the network
- Resolution of significant operational constraints and performance gaps
- Increased organizational capability, leadership strength, and succession readiness
- Completion of strategic initiatives supporting revenue and growth
- Development of a scalable operating model that supports future Upfit growth
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business, Supply Chain, Industrial Technology, or a related field
- 12+ years of progressive manufacturing operations experience, including successful plant leadership with responsibility for safety, quality, delivery, cost, talent, and P&L performance.
- Significant senior leadership experience in complex, multi-site manufacturing environments
- Demonstrated success defining and executing operations strategies or large-scale transformation programs
- Proven results improving productivity, cost, quality, safety, delivery, capacity, working capital, or revenue enablement
- Extensive experience developing and governing capital projects and multi-year investment plans
- Strong financial and analytical skills, including ROI, payback, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting, forecasting, KPI management, and benefit realization
- Experience establishing performance-management systems, operating cadences, and accountability across multiple facilities
- Practical expertise in Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root-cause problem-solving, and change leadership
- Experience assessing organizational capability, developing leaders, and influencing structure and talent decisions
- Executive-level communication and influencing skills
- Ability to travel regularly to all Dexter Upfit locations
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or relevant master’s degree
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, PMP, or comparable certification
- Experience in trailers, vehicles, automotive, specialty equipment, metal fabrication, assembly, upfitting, or industrial manufacturing
- Experience leading growth enablement, operational turnarounds, acquisition integration, site expansion, network optimization, or organizational transformation
- Experience establishing a common operating system across decentralized or previously independent operations
Leadership Profile
The successful candidate is a strategic operator who can move effectively between the plant floor and the executive leadership table. This leader can diagnose complex performance issues, distinguish symptoms from structural constraints, build credible business cases, align leaders around difficult decisions, and establish the accountability required to deliver results.
The Senior Director will bring operational urgency, financial discipline, sound judgment, and the leadership maturity to improve current performance while building a more integrated, capable, and scalable Dexter Upfit organization.
We care for our people. Here are some of our great, comprehensive Benefits:
- Dexter offers a competitive wage
- Full benefits package including Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, FSA, HSA
- 3% profit sharing in our Safe Harbor program
- 401(k) Plan with company contributions
- Opportunities for internal career development and growth
Apply now to join an industry leader and make a difference in what we do for the customers we serve!
Dexter is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining a highly qualified, dedicated workforce. We hire and promote individuals based on their qualifications, performance, and abilities.
It is the policy of the Company to provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, veteran status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by applicable U.S. and Canada equal rights legislation protected by federal, state, province or local law.
At Dexter, we manufacture and distribute axles, accessories, and towing components primarily serving the commercial trailer, RV, marine, agriculture, and manufactured housing markets. We’re building products and systems that are rooted in a culture of safety, collaboration, and innovation.
Headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana, Dexter has manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Employing state-of-the-art robotics, precision welding equipment, and automated machining processes, Dexter has achieved over 65 years of success through a commitment to the principles of superior quality, continuous improvement, and unparalleled customer service.
Make a measurable impact across a growing manufacturing network.
Position Summary
Dexter Upfit is seeking a high-impact Senior Director to define and lead the operational strategy and transformation agenda across nine U.S. manufacturing locations.
This enterprise leadership role will establish the multi-site operations strategy, transformation roadmap, capital priorities, performance-management discipline, and organizational capabilities required to improve current performance and support sustainable growth. The Senior Director will work across sites and functions to identify structural constraints, challenge assumptions, prioritize investments, strengthen operating discipline, and ensure strategic initiatives deliver measurable results.
This is not a traditional site operations role. It requires a leader who can connect strategy to execution through a combination of strategic perspective, operational depth, financial discipline, and hands-on leadership.
The position is located near the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas region, with a remote home office and significant travel to Dexter Upfit locations.
Scope
- Network: Nine Dexter Upfit U.S. manufacturing locations
- Primary mandate: Operations strategy, transformation, productivity, capital effectiveness, performance governance, organizational capability, and growth readiness
- Business impact: Revenue enablement, capacity, cost, quality, safety, delivery, customer performance, execution discipline, and leadership strength
Key Responsibilities
Operations Strategy and Transformation
- Define and lead the multi-site operations strategy and transformation roadmap in alignment with business growth priorities.
- Translate business, market, and growth objectives into capacity, capability, investment, technology, and organizational priorities.
- Assess the current operating model and establish a scalable future-state model that improves consistency, accountability, and performance.
- Identify structural barriers to growth and lead initiatives addressing productivity, capacity, quality, delivery, cost, safety, technology, process, and talent constraints.
- Serve as a senior operational advisor, presenting fact-based recommendations, alternatives, risks, and required decisions.
Multi-Site Performance and Governance
- Establish a network-wide performance framework with common KPIs, standards, reporting, and operating-review cadences.
- Evaluate site performance and ensure significant gaps have clear owners, actions, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
- Lead reviews of strategic initiatives, operational risks, capital projects, and benefit commitments.
- Standardize processes where scale creates value while recognizing legitimate differences in products, customers, and site requirements.
- Establish escalation and intervention processes for major performance issues or missed commitments.
Capital Strategy and Investment Governance
- Develop and maintain the multi-year capital strategy and investment roadmap.
- Prioritize investments based on safety, capacity, productivity, quality, customer requirements, growth, risk, and financial return.
- Establish consistent business-case standards covering scope, alternatives, ROI, payback, implementation requirements, risks, and expected benefits.
- Partner with Finance, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and site leadership to validate assumptions and recommend priorities.
- Oversee implementation governance and post-investment reviews to confirm delivery of committed results.
Strategic Initiative Portfolio
- Own and govern the portfolio of strategic operational initiatives across Upfit.
- Establish priorities, ownership, resource requirements, milestones, performance measures, and executive reporting.
- Resolve cross-functional barriers and competing priorities that impede execution.
- Align initiatives with commercial, product, supply chain, engineering, financial, and organizational priorities.
- Track and validate productivity, capacity, cost, quality, revenue, and other business benefits.
Organizational Capability and Leadership
- Partner with Upfit and HR leadership to define the leadership, functional, and technical capabilities required for growth.
- Assess organizational structure, leadership effectiveness, role clarity, succession depth, and critical capability gaps.
- Recommend organizational and leadership changes that improve accountability, execution, and scalability.
- Coach site and functional leaders in performance management, structured problem-solving, change leadership, and operational discipline.
- Build capability in Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, capital planning, project execution, and data-based decision-making.
- Lead and develop direct and matrixed resources supporting transformation, operational excellence, engineering, and strategic projects.
Operational Intervention and Business Continuity
- Lead responses to significant operational disruptions, capacity constraints, performance breakdowns, and leadership transitions.
- Deploy focused resources, interim governance, and recovery plans to stabilize performance and protect customer commitments.
- Assess underperforming operations and establish recovery plans with clear accountability and timelines.
- Maintain a hands-on presence at manufacturing sites and engage directly with employees, supervisors, site leaders, and functional experts.
Measures of Success
Success will be measured through:
- Improvements in productivity, labor efficiency, throughput, capacity utilization, quality, safety, delivery, and cost
- Achievement of validated financial and operational benefits
- Execution of the approved capital plan and realization of committed returns
- Greater consistency and operating discipline across the network
- Resolution of significant operational constraints and performance gaps
- Increased organizational capability, leadership strength, and succession readiness
- Completion of strategic initiatives supporting revenue and growth
- Development of a scalable operating model that supports future Upfit growth
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business, Supply Chain, Industrial Technology, or a related field
- 12+ years of progressive manufacturing operations experience, including successful plant leadership with responsibility for safety, quality, delivery, cost, talent, and P&L performance.
- Significant senior leadership experience in complex, multi-site manufacturing environments
- Demonstrated success defining and executing operations strategies or large-scale transformation programs
- Proven results improving productivity, cost, quality, safety, delivery, capacity, working capital, or revenue enablement
- Extensive experience developing and governing capital projects and multi-year investment plans
- Strong financial and analytical skills, including ROI, payback, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting, forecasting, KPI management, and benefit realization
- Experience establishing performance-management systems, operating cadences, and accountability across multiple facilities
- Practical expertise in Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root-cause problem-solving, and change leadership
- Experience assessing organizational capability, developing leaders, and influencing structure and talent decisions
- Executive-level communication and influencing skills
- Ability to travel regularly to all Dexter Upfit locations
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or relevant master’s degree
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, PMP, or comparable certification
- Experience in trailers, vehicles, automotive, specialty equipment, metal fabrication, assembly, upfitting, or industrial manufacturing
- Experience leading growth enablement, operational turnarounds, acquisition integration, site expansion, network optimization, or organizational transformation
- Experience establishing a common operating system across decentralized or previously independent operations
Leadership Profile
The successful candidate is a strategic operator who can move effectively between the plant floor and the executive leadership table. This leader can diagnose complex performance issues, distinguish symptoms from structural constraints, build credible business cases, align leaders around difficult decisions, and establish the accountability required to deliver results.
The Senior Director will bring operational urgency, financial discipline, sound judgment, and the leadership maturity to improve current performance while building a more integrated, capable, and scalable Dexter Upfit organization.
We care for our people. Here are some of our great, comprehensive Benefits:
- Dexter offers a competitive wage
- Full benefits package including Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, FSA, HSA
- 3% profit sharing in our Safe Harbor program
- 401(k) Plan with company contributions
- Opportunities for internal career development and growth
Apply now to join an industry leader and make a difference in what we do for the customers we serve!
Dexter is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining a highly qualified, dedicated workforce. We hire and promote individuals based on their qualifications, performance, and abilities.
It is the policy of the Company to provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, veteran status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by applicable U.S. and Canada equal rights legislation protected by federal, state, province or local law.
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Search COO Jobs in TexasCOO Jobs in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies sponsor visas for COOs in Texas?
Large multinationals with Texas headquarters are the most consistent sponsors for COO-level roles. Companies like ExxonMobil, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, AT&T, and Dell Technologies have filed for executive and senior management visa categories in the past. Midsize technology firms in Austin and healthcare systems in Houston and Dallas also sponsor operations leadership roles, though at lower frequency than Fortune 500 employers.
Which visa types are most common for COO roles in Texas?
The L-1A intracompany transferee visa is the most common pathway for COOs joining a Texas office from an overseas affiliate or parent company. The O-1A visa applies to candidates with documented extraordinary achievement in business leadership. The H-1B visa is less typical for C-suite roles but is used when the position qualifies as a specialty occupation and the candidate holds a qualifying degree.
Which cities in Texas have the most COO sponsorship jobs?
Dallas-Fort Worth leads in COO sponsorship volume due to its density of corporate headquarters across finance, healthcare, and logistics. Houston follows, driven by energy companies and international trade-focused firms. Austin's technology sector has expanded executive hiring significantly over the past decade. San Antonio has a smaller but active market, particularly in cybersecurity and financial services operations.
How to find coo visa sponsorship jobs in Texas?
Migrate Mate filters COO-level roles in Texas specifically by visa sponsorship availability, which removes the manual work of screening postings that don't apply to international candidates. Because COO positions are filled infrequently and often through direct outreach, checking Migrate Mate regularly and setting up alerts for Texas executive roles gives you the earliest view of positions as they become available.
Are there state-specific considerations for COOs pursuing visa sponsorship in Texas?
Texas has no state income tax, which affects prevailing wage comparisons and total compensation discussions during the sponsorship process. The state's concentration of energy, semiconductor, and aerospace industries means COO roles often require sector-specific operational experience. Texas also hosts several university research commercialization hubs, such as those tied to UT Austin and Texas A&M, that occasionally sponsor operations leadership for spinout companies.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored coo jobs in Texas?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.