Vice President of Manufacturing (Food / Upper Central Midwest)
Vice President of Manufacturing (Food / Upper Central Midwest)
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03-05-2025
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Initiating a search for a VICE PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURING fora midsized ($100MM) highly successful growth oriented (organic/new products) privatelyheld national multisite manufacturer headquartered in the Upper Central Midwest that offers a unique and highly thought of/recognized teamoriented and entrepreneurial culture/work environment. Our client is seeking a dynamic servantoriented and career/growthoriented leader to lead/manage/optimize all aspects of their FOOD manufacturing operation. As a key member of their senior leadership team you will drive operational excellence ensure the highest standards of quality and help shape the future growth of this company. This is a rare opportunity to lead a dynamic team (250 ftes) optimize production processes and make a significant impact in the fastpaced food manufacturing industry.
What Youll Have Responsibility For:
- Lead Operational Excellence: Oversee daily operations across both plants ensuring the production of premiumquality products that meet the highest industry standards.
- Develop & Implement Strategy: Work with executive leadership to craft and execute operational strategies that drive growth profitability and continuous improvement in their manufacturing processes.
- Optimize Production: Streamline production workflows introduce best practices and identify opportunities to reduce waste improve efficiency and enhance productivity.
- Quality Assurance: Ensure the highest standards of quality control and food safety practices are implemented meeting both regulatory requirements and consumer expectations
- Financial Oversight: Manage the P&L for both plants working to achieve financial goals control costs and maximize profitability without sacrificing product quality.
- Team Leadership & Development: Build and lead a highperforming operations team fostering a culture of collaboration innovation and accountability. Mentor plant managers and production supervisors to achieve peak performance.
- Safety & Compliance: Ensure all operations comply with local state and federal regulations maintaining a safe clean and compliant workplace for all employees.
Background/Experience:
- Experience: 7 years of experience in operations leadership within the food manufacturing or production industry including at least 3 years in a senior leadership role.
- Leadership Skills: Proven ability to manage motivate and lead teams in a fastpaced manufacturing environment with a strong focus on developing talent and building highperforming teams.
- Operational Expertise: Deep knowledge of manufacturing operations continuous improvement methodologies (Lean Six Sigma etc.) and best practices for scaling production.
- ProblemSolving Abilities: Strong analytical skills and a solutionsoriented mindset to identify and address operational challenges.
- Financial Acumen: Experience driving costefficiency and improving profitability while maintaining product quality.
- Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence collaborate and report effectively across all levels of the organization.
- Education: A degree in Operations Management Business Administration Engineering or a related field. Advanced degrees or certifications (e.g. Six Sigma PMP) are a plus.
If you have a background that lines up well with the preceding and are interested in learning apply.
Salary $200K $260K attractive/real bonus potential attractive benefit package and culture/work environment.
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