We are seeking a Director of Manufacturing who thrives in environments of change and growth. This leader will oversee internal and external manufacturing operations for the business unit, delivering on the BU’s P&L while driving innovation, transformation, and operational excellence. The Director of Manufacturing sets the vision, strategies, and expectations across plants—prioritizing safety, quality, culture, resilience, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
- Lead with vision: Develop annual and long-term manufacturing strategies and capability plans that anticipate change—covering human capital, capital investments, and process innovation.
- Drive operational excellence: Oversee safety, operations, maintenance, quality, and distribution while ensuring compliance with Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) standards.
- Elevate performance: Manage key metrics and KPIs, leveraging data and analytics to identify opportunities, eliminate losses, and accelerate results.
- Grow talent: Build future-ready teams by coaching, developing, and holding accountability across a complex, matrixed organization.
- Transform operations: Partner with Planning & Procurement to optimize network-wide materials management and drive agile responses to shifting needs.
- Champion continuous improvement: Standardize best practices and embed a culture of curiosity, innovation, and problem-solving.
- Inspire change: Lead with courage, resilience, and adaptability while fostering inclusion, diversity, equity, and allyship.
Qualifications
- 8–10 years of operations experience in manufacturing, with proven success leading transformation in Plant Manager or equivalent roles.
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience (Engineering or Technology preferred).
- Demonstrated ability to lead change initiatives, culture shifts, and innovation projects.
- Strong background in process optimization, production planning, and P&L management.
- Experience in technical services, engineering leadership, capital projects, or transformation program management.
- Skilled in conflict resolution, negotiation, and creating alignment across diverse teams.
- Proven ability to foster inclusion and advance organizational culture.
Required Skills
- Strong leadership and influencing skills; able to align cross-functional and multi-business unit initiatives.
- Exceptional communication skills to engage and inspire at all levels of the organization.
- Growth mindset with proven ability to turn challenges into opportunities for innovation.
- Continuous improvement expertise—skilled in data analytics, loss elimination, and process transformation.
- Deep understanding of end-to-end supply chain and its connection to manufacturing excellence.
- Adaptable decision-maker with the courage to lead through ambiguity, prioritize effectively, and drive results.
