Director of Manufacturing Operations
Listed on 2026-11-01
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Manufacturing / Production
Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma, Production Manager, Manufacturing & Industrial Operations, Manufacturing Engineer
Financially strong and growing plastics manufacturer is looking for a hands-on Director of Manufacturing Operations to lead a multi-shift production facility.
This is not a turnaround assignment. The operation is established and successful, with an opportunity to strengthen manufacturing systems, develop leaders, improve performance, and prepare the business for continued growth.
Direct plastics manufacturing experience is required. Extrusion is preferred, although candidates with substantial leadership experience in injection molding, blow molding, thermoforming, compounding, converting, or another plastics process will be considered.
What You’ll Do- Lead day-to-day operations within a multi-shift plastics manufacturing facility.
- Maintain a visible presence on the production floor and work directly with manufacturing leaders and employees.
- Lead and develop manufacturing managers, supervisors, and production teams.
- Improve safety, quality, productivity, scrap, downtime, labor efficiency, throughput, cost, and delivery.
- Establish manufacturing KPIs, operating expectations, and accountability systems.
- Lead Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root-cause analysis, and structured problem-solving initiatives.
- Improve production planning, scheduling, workflow, capacity utilization, and resource allocation.
- Partner with Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, Supply Chain, HR, Sales, and Finance.
- Evaluate automation, equipment improvements, capacity needs, and capital investments.
- Participate in budgeting, forecasting, cost management, and operational planning.
- Progressive plant leadership experience within plastics manufacturing.
- Experience leading an entire facility or multiple functions such as Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, Warehouse, or Supply Chain.
- Hands-on leadership experience within a multi-shift manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated success improving manufacturing performance through Lean and continuous improvement.
- Experience managing operational KPIs involving safety, quality, productivity, scrap, downtime, labor, cost, and delivery.
- Experience developing manufacturing managers and supervisors.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing budgets, cost control, capital planning, and operational P&L.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical or scientific discipline.
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