Operations Leadership Rotation Program Memphis, TN

Why This Program? Build Businesses. Lead Manufacturing. Accelerate Your Career.

The Breazeale Group Companies Operations Leadership Rotation Program is a Manufacturing Leadership Accelerator designed for exceptional early-career professionals who want to build careers leading people, production, and business performance in manufacturing.

The program begins with a meaningful leadership assignment: participants enter their first rotation as a Manufacturing Supervisor. Rather than spending years waiting for frontline leadership responsibility, participants are expected to lead teams, own manufacturing results, solve real operating problems, and build the leadership capability required to run increasingly complex operations.

From that foundation, participants broaden their experience across supply chain, logistics, and operational excellence while working directly with plant and executive leaders across Breazeale Group companies. The goal is to develop high-performing manufacturing leaders who understand both how to lead the floor today and how the broader value chain drives business performance. This is an intensive three-year leadership accelerator designed to compress years of operational learning into a structured, cross-functional development journey with real accountability from day one.

• A three-year Manufacturing Leadership Accelerator for high-potential college graduates with 2+ years of professional experience who want an accelerated path into manufacturing and operations leadership.
• The first rotation is a Manufacturing Supervisor assignment with direct responsibility for frontline leadership, production execution, safety, quality, delivery, cost, and continuous improvement.
• Subsequent rotations broaden the participant's operating perspective across supply chain planning and procurement, logistics and distribution, and continuous improvement / operational excellence.
• Participants receive structured leadership and professional development, including:
  • Frontline and operational leadership training
  • Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement
  • Root-cause problem solving and performance management
  • Project management and operational problem-solving methodologies
  • Business communication and presentation skills
  • Executive leadership exposure, mentoring, and career coaching
  • Cross-functional business case presentations and leadership workshops
  • Over the course of the program, participants build the leadership judgment, operational discipline, analytical capability, and business acumen necessary to progress toward roles such as Production Manager, Plant Manager, Supply Chain Leader, Vice President, President, or General Manager.
  • Participants work directly with executive and operations leaders to solve real business challenges and drive measurable improvements in safety, quality, productivity, service, cost, and profitability.

Over the course of the program, participants build the leadership judgment, operational discipline, analytical capability, and business acumen necessary to progress toward roles such as Production Manager, Plant Manager, Supply Chain Leader, Vice President, President, or General Manager.

Experienced early-career hires:
Current opportunities are designed for college graduates with at least 2 years of professional experience, ideally in manufacturing, operations, engineering, supply chain, and logistics

• Duration: 3 years
• Rotation Length:
  Approximately 6-12 months per rotation
• Number of Rotations: 3-4 operations rotations across Breazeale Group companies
• Companies may include:
  • Vanguard Soap:
    Contract manufacturing and personal care production
  • Valley Products:
    Industrial bulk processing manufacturing operations
  • Valley Distribution:
    Warehousing, logistics, and distribution

Focus:
Frontline manufacturing leadership, production execution, and team performance

Key responsibilities may include:

• Lead, coach, and develop a production team, establishing clear expectations for safety, quality, productivity, attendance, and performance.
• Execute the production schedule and ensure work orders are completed safely, accurately, on time, and at expected production rates.
• Ensure people, materials, equipment, components, and packaging supplies are ready to support production.
• Drive Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) performance and reinforce safe, standardized work.
• Monitor manufacturing KPIs including output, efficiency, yield,…