VP Operations Protein Solutions & Taura
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Wilmington, DE - USA
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Job Summary
Job Summary
Food Ingredients: Innovating improved nutritional profiles better taste and texture and greater cost efficiency to meet the needs of global food and beverage manufacturers.
The role is preferably based in the United States with consideration for candidates based in Brazil or Europe. Be part of a strategic collaborative and results-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
- Lead the end-to-end manufacturing network for Protein Solutions and Taura driving safe reliable cost-effective and customer-focused operations across a multi-site footprint.
- Develop and execute the manufacturing strategy in support of business growth customer requirements and long-term competitiveness.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives across the network to improve safety quality service cost productivity and asset performance.
- Optimize the manufacturing footprint capacity and asset utilization including capital planning expansion rationalization and productivity improvement.
- Own the manufacturing budget and capital plan delivering productivity cost discipline and strong return on investment.
- Ensure all operations meet company regulatory environmental food safety and quality standards across all sites.
- Lead and develop plant managers and site leadership teams strengthening capability accountability engagement and succession across the network.
- Accelerate adoption of manufacturing technologies automation and digital tools that improve visibility control reliability and performance.
- Partner closely with Supply Chain Quality Engineering Finance Research and Development (R&D) and commercial teams to align manufacturing capabilities with business priorities and customer needs.
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Manufacturing Operations or a related field.
- 15 years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience including significant responsibility for plant operations quality engineering Environment Health and Safety (EHS) and continuous improvement.
- Proven experience leading complex multi-site manufacturing operations in a matrixed global organization.
- Strong track record of delivering operational excellence productivity cost improvement and cultural transformation in complex industrial environments.
- Experience in food ingredients chemicals or other regulated process manufacturing environments.
- Strong financial acumen including experience managing operating budgets capital plans productivity pipelines and performance against financial targets.
- Demonstrated ability to develop leaders build high-performing teams and drive organizational capability and succession planning.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to align multiple stakeholders and create buy-in around manufacturing strategies.
- Ability to travel regularly to manufacturing sites domestically and internationally as needed.
- Advanced degree in Engineering Operations Business or a related field.
- Experience managing large-scale capital projects network optimization and manufacturing footprint decisions.
- Demonstrated success leading large-scale transformation change management and digital manufacturing initiatives.
- Opportunity to lead a nine-plant manufacturing network across two business segments.
- High-impact scope to shape operations strategy in support of growth customer needs and financial objectives.
- Broad leadership exposure through partnership with Supply Chain Quality Engineering Finance business leadership and commercial teams.
- Opportunity to drive network performance productivity capacity planning and continuous improvement at scale.
- Strong platform to influence digital adoption automation and cultural transformation across multiple sites.
- Preferred location flexibility in the United States with consideration for Brazil or Europe.
For your awareness IFF has announced its intention to sell its Food Ingredients Business to CVC Capital Partners. The sale is presently expected to close in the first half of 2027 pending regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. The Food Ingredient business unit will remain a part of IFF until close and at such time it will transition to CVC Capital applying for this position you acknowledge your awareness that the position is a part of the Food Ingredient business unit and has been identified to transition to CVC Capital Partners.
We are a global leader in taste scent and nutrition offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity national origin race age sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion gender identity & expression sexual orientation or disability.
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