Director, Operations​/Operationeel Directeur

Full Time Directors Groningen, Groningen, NL

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Village Farms International (Nasdaq: VFF) is a vertically integrated global leader in cannabis and plant-based consumer packaged goods, and sustainable innovation. As one of North America’s longest-standing
-CEA operators built on decades of expertise, we’re a company where growers, innovators, and creators come together to shape the future of high performing plant-based brands, globally.

Joining Village Farms means joining a global team built on purpose, integrity, and ambition. Here, we grow people, ideas and possibilities.

We are seeking a Director, Operations to lead the performance, integration, and continued evolution of our Drachten and Groningen facilities. This is an opportunity for a builder, someone who understands what world-class operations look like, can identify the gap between current and future state, and is energized by leading the change. Reporting to the President, Global Operations, you will bring both sites together as a high-performing regional operation, translating business strategy into execution while strengthening leadership, enhancing GMP-focused systems, and driving safe, compliant, efficient, and scalable performance.

Success in this role requires a hands‑on leader with strong systems thinking who can connect decisions, processes, and performance across functions to identify constraints, resolve root causes, and improve overall operational effectiveness. You will build an operation that is reliable, adaptable, customer‑focused, and positioned to support future growth.

• Lead Drachten and Groningen as one connected regional operation, providing leadership to Cultivation, Primary and Secondary Production, Logistics & Supply Chain, Facilities, and Quality teams.
• Translate business strategy, customer demand, and market priorities into clear operational plans and execution objectives.
• Establish consistent standards, operating rhythms, accountability, decision rights, and performance expectations.
• Build strong leadership alignment across both sites and ensure operations deliver safely, efficiently, on time, and to quality and compliance standards.
• Identify emerging risks, constraints, and performance gaps and ensure timely corrective action.

• Integrate Cultivation, Primary & Secondary Production, Supply Chain & Logistics, Maintenance, and supporting functions to deliver reliable end‑to‑end execution.
• Align production, capacity, materials, inventory, and resources with customer and market requirements.
• Enhance cross‑functional planning and execution by managing dependencies and constraints to optimize end‑to‑end operational performance.
• Build the flexibility required to respond effectively to changes in demand, product mix, customer requirements, and business priorities.

• Build and continuously improve operating systems, processes standards and capabilities required for safe, compliant, and reliable execution.
• Lead structured problem‑solving and root‑cause analysis to eliminate recurring issues and improve operational performance.
• Drive standardization, continuous improvement, and operational excellence initiatives that improve productivity, throughput, quality and cost performance across the operation.
• Establish scalable operating practices, and performance discipline that support sustainable growth.
• Champion Lean and continuous-improvement methodologies,…