Vice President Operations

We are partnering with a well-established manufacturing organization to identify a Vice President of Operations to lead large-scale, multi-site packaging operations. This role is open to senior operations leaders from any packaging manufacturing background, including rigid plastic (blow molding, injection molding, thermoforming), metal can, aluminum can/aerosol, flexible, paper, folding carton, or related packaging environments, provided they have experience in high-speed manufacturing operations.

This is a senior executive role with responsibility for enterprise-level operations across a multi-site manufacturing footprint, supporting high-speed, capital-intensive production. The position requires a minimum past scope of total revenue responsibility in the $800M to $1.5B+ range, and direct leadership of 2+ multi-site operations leaders (Director level, ideally) and plant leadership teams.

The successful leader will balance strategic oversight with operational depth, driving performance, safety, quality, and continuous improvement at scale.

• Lead and oversee high-speed manufacturing operations across multiple sites with significant revenue and workforce scale
• Own full P&L responsibility for an enterprise business unit ($1.5B+ in revenue)
• Directly manage and develop multi-site operations leaders and senior plant leadership
• Drive consistent execution across safety, quality, service, cost, and productivity metrics
• Lead capital-intensive operations, including automation strategy, equipment investment, and long-range capacity planning
• Partner with Commercial, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance to align operational performance with business and customer objectives
• Build strong leadership benches and succession plans across operations
• Lead transformation, integration, and continuous improvement initiatives as the business evolves

• Senior operations leadership experience within high-speed packaging manufacturing; background may be in rigid, flexible, paper, folding carton, metal/aluminum can/bottle, or adjacent packaging segments
• Proven success leading large, multi-site operations at scale
• Demonstrated enterprise-level P&L ownership within the $800M to $1.5B+ revenue range
• Experience operating in capital-intensive, automated, high-throughput environments
• Strong financial acumen, operational rigor, and ability to influence across functions
• Hands-on, visible leadership style with the ability to operate strategically at the executive level

• Executive-level scope with meaningful influence across a large packaging platform
• Opportunity to lead at scale while shaping high-speed manufacturing strategy and execution
• Broad consideration for senior leaders regardless of packaging substrate background