Senior Director II, Engineering

Job Description

Summary:

Position Overview Our vision is loved brands, done sustainably, for a better shared future. We strive to provide cutting-edge excellence in ingredients, innovation, engineering, and manufacturing operations.

The Senior Director II, Engineering is a senior technical and strategic leadership role responsible for engineering strategy, manufacturing technology, and technical execution in support of Syrup Manufacturing Operations. The role requires deep engineering and beverage manufacturing experience, including a strong understanding of syrup and beverage processing systems and manufacturing equipment, combined with strategic thinking, analytical problem solving, business acumen, and strong people leadership.

This leader must operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-expectation environment, moving between long-range strategy and immediate manufacturing and business needs. Success requires the ability to understand complex technical and business issues, determine what matters most, challenge assumptions, make sound decisions with incomplete information, and mobilize teams toward results.

The Senior Director II will lead through both direct authority and influence, partnering closely with Syrup Manufacturing Operations and building strong relationships across Supply Chain, Quality, Safety, Commercialization, Procurement, Finance, OEMs, suppliers, engineering firms, and other technical functions.

What You'll Do for UsStrategic and Technical Leadership Develop and translate business priorities into engineering strategies, technical roadmaps, investment priorities, and executable plans.

Provide senior-level engineering leadership for Syrup Manufacturing Operations, including beverage processing systems, manufacturing equipment, utilities, automation, and integrated manufacturing solutions.

Evaluate equipment, technologies, and engineering alternatives based on technical merit, safety, quality, business value, scalability, reliability, maintainability, risk, and total cost of ownership.

Challenge engineering teams, OEMs, suppliers, and external partners to ensure proposed solutions address the underlying manufacturing and business need.

Balance near-term Syrup Manufacturing operating needs with long-term strategies for equipment reliability, maintainability, asset health, standardization, manufacturing capability, productivity, flexibility, and network performance.

Engineering Execution and Problem Solving Lead resolution of complex engineering and manufacturing challenges requiring coordination across multiple disciplines, sites, and stakeholders.

Apply structured analytical thinking to equipment performance, process capability, capital alternatives, cost, schedule, technical risk, and investment decisions.

Ensure recommendations are supported by data, engineering analysis, business impact, alternatives, risks, and a clear recommended path.

Identify technical and execution risks early, establish mitigation plans, escalate appropriately, and drive issues to closure.

Maintain internal ownership of engineering strategy and technical decisions while effectively managing OEMs, engineering firms, contractors, suppliers, and integrators.

Capital and Business Leadership Provide technical leadership and governance for major capital investments and engineering programs.

Ensure proposed investments have a clearly defined business need, appropriate technical scope, credible cost and schedule assumptions, and measurable expected outcomes.

Challenge unnecessary complexity, fragmented investments, and solutions that do not provide sufficient technical or business value.

Promote solutions that consider lifecycle cost, maintainability, reliability, standardization, manufacturing flexibility,…