Director of Operations

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Direct Reports: 8 roles (include Facilities/Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, IT Managers)

Indirect Reports: approximately 48 roles

Control Solutions Inc. is a mid‑sized, US‑based specialty chemical manufacturer with a long‑standing tradition of providing effective and economical solutions to our customers in the Pest Control, T&O, Consumer Products and Professional Animal Health Care markets.

CSI is one of the fastest growing companies in the industry, and we are a subsidiary of ADAMA within the Consumer & Professional (C&P) Business Units, the 5th largest Agricultural Chemical company in the world! This thriving partnership enables us to not only offer the largest selection of products, but also to introduce innovative, differentiated products with combination chemistry® and our exclusive access to the broadest array of Active ingredients in the industry!

The Director of Operations manages the organization’s daily activities to ensure smooth and efficient operations by developing strategies, overseeing processes and managing budgets and resources. This includes production and facilities management (HSE/Maintenance/Quality/Distribution/IT), demand planning, supply planning and procurement, import/export logistics facilitation, inventory management, disposition, and accuracy, label and packaging procurement, packaging engineering, product label development, and third‑party manufacturing by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates.

• Manages demand planning, supply planning, and detailed production planning to drive effective and efficient delivery of goods
• Works collectively with ADAMA Global Supply Chain, supported business (sales) units, and finance to construct and achieve an inventory plan commensurate to business needs
• Manages company capital expenditures strategy and aligns with global and local teams to ensure timely execution.
• Oversees the IT function to ensure development and implementation of a strategic technology roadmap, aligning IT initiatives with key business objectives to drive operational efficiency and support company growth.
• Manages third party purchasing activities for active ingredients, labels, and packaging, including vendor selection and management, pricing negotiations, contract maintenance, buying, receiving, and issue resolution
• Manages the packaging design, engineering, and certification to meet EPA and DOT compliance standards while meeting the needs of supported business (sales) units.
• Manages the overall coordination and execution of local manufacturing, including capacity planning coordination, establishing priorities, creating and submitting production orders, bill of material creation and maintenance, EPA (Confidential Statement of Formula) compliance, production readiness, production posting, and end of campaign reconciliation (EOC)
• Plans, organizes, and directs manufacturing support functions such as production manual creation and maintenance, quality assurance, and quality management activities that includes customer complaint corrective action, follow‑up, and closure coordination with US Quality Manager
• Establishes and maintains relationships with third party manufacturers, which includes developing new, developing and managing formulation contracts, setting clear expectations, setting long‑term strategy, and making requests for production capability changes/improvements
• Manages the development, implementation, and maintenance of systems and processes to ensure accurate inventories throughout all locations including monthly finished goods inventory reconciliation and physical inventories. Also, leads the efforts to maintain the disposition and rework plan for slow moving, obsolete, damaged, and off‑grade inventory, including disposal
• Manages the import/export process to ensure compliant, timely, and accurate inventory movements including shipment coordination, import/export documents, customs clearance, goods movements from in‑transit location to storage warehouse or formulator, duty rate application, and…