Director of Plant Operations

Chandler, Arizona | Compensation DOE + performance bonus

The Keller Group is running a search for a Director of Plant Operations at a nutraceutical manufacturing facility in Chandler, Arizona. The company is treating this as an investment hire: someone who can run a large operation today and grow into broader leadership down the line.

This is a hands‑on plant leadership role overseeing a mid‑size production team across two shifts. If you like staying close to the floor and shaping how a plant runs day to day, this one is worth a conversation.

• Full operational responsibility for a solid dose manufacturing facility
• Compliance with quality systems, cGMP, and HACCP, including monitoring critical control points, with the authority to stop a line or place product on quality hold when food safety is at risk
• Coordination across planning, purchasing, receiving, production, and logistics so product ships on time
• Weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting of production goals and performance to the executive team
• Developing and coaching your team: mentoring, setting performance standards, and making hiring, promotion, and discipline decisions
• Driving continuous improvement: identifying where yield is being lost, separating value‑added work from waste, and building the procedures to fix it, with a measurable target on equipment effectiveness

• 5+ years of production management experience with real people leadership. This needs to be someone motivated by developing and coaching a team, not just running the numbers
• Hands-on experience in nutraceutical manufacturing; pharmaceutical manufacturing backgrounds also considered
• Lean or continuous improvement experience. Six Sigma is a nice-to-have, not a requirement
• College degree preferred, not required
• Comfortable with occasional travel

Chandler, Arizona area. Compensation depends on experience, plus a performance bonus.