Manufacturing & Supply Chain Manager

About the Role

Captura is seeking a highly motivated and hands-on operations leader to run and strengthen our manufacturing operations as we transition from development to commercial production. Reporting directly to the COO, this role will oversee day-to-day production execution for membrane manufacturing and electrodialysis stack assembly, together with production planning, procurement, inventory, logistics, and supply chain operations.
This is a unique opportunity to build the operating systems and execution discipline needed for two complementary production environments: process-driven membrane production and precision electrodialysis stack assembly. The role will receive approved processes, SOPs, work instructions, and production specifications from Captura’s membrane and stack technical leaders and ensure they are implemented and followed consistently in production. This role will work closely with technical owners of membrane and stack in supporting scale up and industrialization.
The ideal candidate brings experience leading production operations in advanced materials, membrane or chemical manufacturing, chemical processing, mechanical assembly, or related industrial environments. Direct or adjacent experience with electrodialysis, water electrolyzers, fuel cells, redox-flow batteries, or comparable stack systems is particularly relevant. The successful candidate will excel at translating approved technical processes into disciplined daily execution, building production teams and operating systems, improving cost and production flow, and partnering effectively with technical owners in a fast-growing startup environment.

Production Operations

• Lead day-to-day production operations across membrane manufacturing and electrodialysis stack assembly, ensuring safe, efficient, consistent, and high-quality execution in accordance with approved SOPs, work instructions, and production specifications.
• Manage daily membrane production activities, including staffing, material staging, schedule adherence, production records, in-process checks, and escalation of deviations, to deliver consistent output in accordance with approved processes.
• Manage and sustain standardized electrodialysis stack assembly operations, with an emphasis on repeatability, quality, throughput, labor efficiency, and production flow.
• Develop and implement production planning, scheduling, labor planning, and capacity management processes across both membrane production and stack assembly.
• Translate approved production plans and technical requirements into executable schedules, staffing plans, material readiness, and shop-floor coordination as production volumes increase.
• Establish and manage operational KPIs across both production areas, including yield, throughput, cycle time, on-time delivery, quality, scrap/rework, equipment utilization, labor productivity, and cost per unit.
• Receive approved SOPs, work instructions, production specifications, and quality controls from membrane and stack technical owners; implement them on the production floor; ensure employees are trained and qualified; maintain production records; and enforce document and process-change controls.
• Drive continuous improvement in production flow, scheduling, labor utilization, material handling, workplace organization, and waste reduction. Propose process, material, tooling, or equipment changes to the relevant technical owner and implement them only after technical review and approval.
• Support membrane and stack technical owners in transferring released membrane formulations, stack designs, and manufacturing processes into controlled production by coordinating readiness, training, documentation, materials, staffing, and execution; technical owners retain responsibility for process development, scale-up, and qualification.
• Ensure production activities, chemical handling, equipment operation, and production records comply with applicable safety, environmental, regulatory, and quality requirements; coordinate necessary operational certification.

Supply Chain & Procurement

• Build and manage the supply chain function, including sourcing, procurement, inventory management, and logistics for raw materials, chemicals, membrane components, stack components, and production consumables.
• Develop and manage relationships with key suppliers and contract manufacturers.
• Ensure continuity of supply for critical chemicals, raw materials, and mechanical components required for membrane and stack…