Plant Transformation Leader – Global Operations

Help Build the Next Generation of Suterra Manufacturing

Suterra is looking for a proven manufacturing leader who knows how to walk into an operation, understand how it really works, identify opportunities, and turn those opportunities into measurable results.

This role is designed for someone who has developed within a sophisticated manufacturing environment and has seen what strong operating systems, technology, automation, data, and disciplined continuous improvement can accomplish. You may already lead an operation, or you may be a high-performing engineering or operational excellence leader ready for significantly greater ownership and impact.

As Plant Transformation Leader, you will work directly with Suterra’s executive, manufacturing, chemical operations, engineering, quality, supply chain, and finance teams to evaluate our operations and help build the systems, processes, technology, and capabilities needed to support our continued growth.

This is a hands-on role based onsite at our Bend, Oregon manufacturing facility.

• Evaluate manufacturing and chemical operations to identify constraints, inefficiencies, capacity limitations, process risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop and execute improvement strategies that increase throughput, capacity, yield, quality, reliability, and overall operational performance.
• Identify opportunities to use automation, technology, data, and analytics to improve processes, reduce manual work, increase visibility, and enable scale.
• Lead complex, cross-functional improvement initiatives from problem identification and business case development through implementation and measurement of results.
• Partner with Engineering and Finance to identify, prioritize, and execute capital investments that improve plant capability, support growth, and deliver measurable returns.
• Analyze production flow, equipment utilization, labor deployment, operating practices, and organizational processes to identify opportunities for greater efficiency and effectiveness.
• Apply Lean, Six Sigma, continuous improvement, and other structured problem-solving methodologies where they add value.
• Establish meaningful performance measures and use operational data to identify trends, prioritize opportunities, and measure results.
• Develop scalable processes, standards, and operating practices that strengthen execution and accountability.
• Work directly with operators, supervisors, engineers, and functional leaders to understand current processes and develop practical solutions.
• Build organizational capability by coaching teams in problem solving, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision making.
• Support the evaluation and development of manufacturing talent and organizational capabilities needed for future growth.
• Partner across Suterra’s broader operations to share best practices and support improvement initiatives as needed.
• Communicate priorities, progress, risks, recommendations, and measurable results to executive leadership.

Success in this role isn’t simply implementing a methodology or reducing cost. It means developing a deep understanding of how Suterra operates, identifying the opportunities that will have the greatest impact, and working with our teams to turn those opportunities into sustainable results.

We are looking for someone who can help us produce more, operate smarter, use technology more effectively, strengthen our people and processes, and build manufacturing capabilities that scale with the business.

• Approximately 6–12 years of progressive manufacturing, engineering, operations, or operational excellence experience, although demonstrated results are more important than years…