Director of Manufacturing Operations

Founded in 1982, TechNH has grown from a small specialty mold-making operation in Nashua, New Hampshire, into an advanced custom plastic injection molding company serving medical device, defense, alternative energy, water treatment, and industrial markets. Today, TechNH combines injection molding with engineering, in-house tooling, cleanroom manufacturing, quality, and regulatory expertise to manufacture complex, highly engineered components for demanding applications.

In 2023, MCM Capital Partners completed a majority investment in TechNH, providing additional resources to support the company's continued growth. Building on more than four decades of manufacturing expertise, TechNH is now focused on strengthening its people, systems, and operating capabilities to support its next stage of scalable, profitable growth.

The Director of Manufacturing Operations is a senior, hands‑on leader accountable for Production, Tooling, Facilities, and Shipping. This leader strengthens manufacturing operations; establishes clear operating metrics, ownership, and accountability; and oversees improvements related to safety, quality, delivery, capacity, productivity, cost, asset utilization, and profitability.

The successful candidate brings deep manufacturing experience, financial fluency, Lean Six Sigma discipline, and a collaborative leadership style. Working as a strategic peer with Sales, Human Resources, Finance, Quality, Engineering, and other functions, this leader builds strong teams and scalable capabilities while connecting day‑to‑day operating decisions to cost, margin, cash, and EBITDA.

• Lead Production, Tooling, Facilities, and Shipping as an integrated operation aligned with company priorities, customer commitments, and profitable growth; maintain a strong floor presence across multiple shifts.
• Establish clear operating metrics, ownership, and accountability across manufacturing, supported by disciplined review, escalation, root‑cause problem solving, and corrective action.
• Create & maintain a system to translate customer demand and business priorities into effective production schedules and capacity plans, aligning staffing, equipment, and tooling requirements while proactively identifying constraints and investment needs.
• Build and sustain meaningful leading and lagging indicators for safety, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, productivity, and execution risk, including schedule attainment, labor efficiency, utilization, downtime, preventive maintenance, cycle time, yield, scrap/rework, overtime, tooling readiness, throughput, backlog, and on‑time delivery.
• Embed Lean Six Sigma and practical continuous‑improvement methods, including visual management, standard work, 5S, waste reduction, structured root‑cause analysis, and process capability; ensure gains are measurable and sustained.
• Own manufacturing performance against operating plans and budgets. Partner with Finance to understand and improve standard/actual costs, labor and overhead absorption, variances, inventory/WIP, COGS, margin, working capital, and EBITDA, and develop sound business cases for capital investment.
• Develop manufacturing managers, supervisors, and key operational roles through clear expectations, coaching, knowledge sharing, accountability, and increasing decision‑making capability.
• Build and lead a high‑performing manufacturing organization and culture characterized by accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, strong communication, and ownership of results.
• Partner closely with Human Resources Director on workforce planning, organization design, leadership development, succession and bench strength, talent assessment, performance management, engagement, change…