Chief Operating Officer

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Full Time Exec/Sr. Mgrs Orlando, FL, US

3 days ago Requisition

Contract Manufacturing | Onsite - Central Florida

Skincare / Topicals | Liquid Nutritional Products

Lead Operational Excellence for a Premier Personal Care & Nutritional Manufacturing Platform

A rapidly growing, family-owned division of a leading multi-site health and wellness organization is seeking an accomplished Chief Operating Officer to lead the day-to-day operations of one of North America’s most advanced manufacturers of personal care, skin care, hair care, OTC, and liquid nutritional products.

The company operates a state-of-the-art innovation, manufacturing, and packaging platform serving leading national brands, emerging direct-to-consumer companies, professional channels, specialty retailers, and mass market customers through both custom formulation and private label manufacturing.

This is an outstanding opportunity to build a best-in-class operational organization focused on safety, quality, innovation, speed, customer satisfaction, and profitable growth.

Position Summary

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer will have executive responsibility for all daily operations of the company with full accountability for operational performance and significant P&L responsibility.

The COO will lead manufacturing, engineering, packaging, quality, supply chain, procurement, regulatory, continuous improvement, customer service, and operational planning while establishing a culture centered on operational excellence, Lean manufacturing, and world-class customer execution.

The successful candidate will be an accomplished manufacturing executive with a proven history of building scalable organizations, improving margins, maximizing throughput, and delivering outstanding customer performance in highly regulated consumer product industries.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all day-to-day business operations across multiple manufacturing and packaging facilities.
• Partner with the CEO to execute strategic initiatives and long-term growth plans.
• Serve as a key member of the executive leadership team with responsibility for achieving revenue, EBITDA, cash flow, and operational objectives.
• Build and develop a high-performance leadership team through coaching, succession planning, and talent development.

Manufacturing Operations

• Direct all manufacturing, packaging, blending, filling, assembly, warehousing, and distribution activities.
• Drive world-class manufacturing performance through Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Optimize Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), labor productivity, line efficiencies, capacity utilization, and asset performance.
• Reduce manufacturing costs while improving service, quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Lead capital investment planning, equipment automation, facility expansion, and operational technology initiatives.
• Develop scalable manufacturing systems capable of supporting accelerated business growth.

Supply Chain & Planning

• Optimize inventory management, procurement, production scheduling, logistics, and supplier performance.
• Improve inventory turns, working capital, and supply chain resilience.
• Develop strategic sourcing initiatives to improve cost competitiveness and supply continuity.

Quality & Regulatory

• Maintain best-in-class Quality Management Systems.
• Ensure compliance with FDA regulations, cGMP, OTC requirements, NSF, Organic Certification, and all applicable regulatory standards.
• Lead Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Validation, Regulatory Affairs, and Product…