Senior Operations Site Leader

Description JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Operations Site Leader is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, compliance, and strategic execution of the manufacturing site. This role provides direction across all site operations, including Manufacturing, Engineering/Maintenance, Planning, Shipping, Warehousing, and EHS, to ensure safe, compliant, efficient, and high-performing site operations.

The Senior Operations Site Leader serves as the senior leader for the location and is accountable for achieving site goals related to safety, quality, service, cost, productivity, employee engagement, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. This position partners closely with functional, corporate and commercial leaders to align site execution with business priorities, customer expectations, and long-term operational strategy. Procurement and sourcing remain globally managed under the Global Supply Chain and Procurement Director.

Strong leadership in a matrixed organization and across all levels of the business and all functions will be essential to drive the Treatt culture forward.

• Lead the overall site strategy and execution plan to support business objectives, operational performance, customer requirements and growth priorities
• Provide leadership and direction to site department heads, including Plant Management, Manufacturing, Quality/Regulatory, Engineering/Maintenance, Planning, Shipping and Warehousing, EHS and Continuous Improvement
• Ensure strong alignment across functions so that site priorities are clear, resources are effectively deployed and decisions support safety, quality, service and cost objectives
• Serve as the senior site representative and primary point of accountability for site performance, culture, communication and execution
• Drive standardization of business processes across the site, aligned with the wider Döhler Group
• Support the SAP roll-out for the site, driving readiness and adoption across all site functions
• Lead effectively within a matrixed organization to execute on milestones and move Treatt North America forward to increased success

• Oversee site operations to ensure achievement of production, service, quality, safety, cost and productivity goals
• Partner with the Plant Manager and operational leaders to identify performance gaps, resolve issues and implement sustainable improvements
• Monitor key performance indicators and use data to drive decision-making and accountability, taking counter actions to bring performance back on track
• Ensure effective planning and execution of production schedules, capacity planning, labor utilization, material flow and operational readiness

• Provide leadership and direction to Engineering and Maintenance, ensuring asset reliability, equipment uptime, preventive maintenance and technical support meet site performance requirements
• Own the site capital plan end to end, from identifying and justifying investment through approval, execution and post-implementation review, ensuring projects deliver the expected operational and financial return
• Apply sound technical and engineering judgment to process improvement, debottlenecking, capacity expansion, automation and the introduction of new equipment or processes
• Ensure engineering standards, process safety requirements and management of change are applied consistently to all site projects, modifications and new installations
• Balance short-term production demands against long-term asset health, ensuring maintenance and reliability are not deferred in ways that create future risk

• Drive a continuously improving, safety-first culture so all our…