Director of Manufacturing​/Operations

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Full Time OR-13424 N Woodrush Way, Portland, OR, US

5 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Kanto is a U.S. leader in high-purity specialty chemicals, powering the world’s most advanced industries. With a proven legacy of precision, safety, and innovation, we partner with global leaders in semiconductors, technology, and chemical processing to deliver products that meet the most uncompromising standards of quality and reliability.

At Kanto, our people are our greatest strength. Collaboration, commitment, and excellence define how we work, while continuous improvement drives both our success and employee growth. Joining Kanto means shaping the future of technology and manufacturing—while building your career in a dynamic, high-impact environment where your work truly matters.

We create value for our customers through quality products and services at a competitive price.

Quality, Consistency, and Reliability

At Kanto, your work matters, your ideas are valued, and your growth is supported—all while advancing technologies that shape the future. When Kanto succeeds, we share in that success together.

The Director of Manufacturing/Operations provides strategic and operational leadership for Kanto Corporation’s Production and Warehouse/Material Handling functions. This position is accountable for safely, reliably, and efficiently aligning people, materials, equipment, processes, and capacity to meet Kanto’s manufacturing, quality, delivery, cost, and customer commitments.

As Kanto’s senior manufacturing leader, the Director translates business priorities and customer requirements into disciplined operational execution. The position establishes leadership practices, operating systems, performance expectations, and accountability necessary to achieve consistent results across multiple shifts and operating areas.

Beyond daily production execution, the Director builds the organizational capability required for continued growth. This includes developing leaders, strengthening workforce capability, improving manufacturing systems, removing systemic barriers to performance, and ensuring Kanto has the capacity and operational infrastructure necessary to scale within the semiconductor supply chain.

The Director works cross-functionally with Quality, Engineering, Facilities/Maintenance, Commercial/Supply Chain, EHS, Human Resources, and executive leadership to align manufacturing performance with broader business objectives.

• Provide overall leadership for Kanto’s manufacturing operations across production areas, processes, and shifts.
• Translate production plans and customer requirements into appropriate staffing, scheduling, equipment, material, and execution priorities.
• Drive achievement of operational objectives related to safety, quality, productivity, throughput, schedule attainment, cost, and delivery.
• Establish consistent operating rhythms, performance standards, accountability, and leadership expectations across shifts.
• Maintain visibility into manufacturing performance and proactively address operational risks, capacity constraints, equipment limitations, staffing needs, and production bottlenecks.
• Balance immediate production requirements with the development of sustainable manufacturing systems and capabilities that support future growth.

• Provide leadership and oversight for Warehouse and Material Handling operations supporting manufacturing.
• Ensure materials are received, stored, staged, transferred, and supplied to production safely, accurately, and efficiently.
• Establish standards for inventory accuracy, material traceability, staging, warehouse organization, transaction discipline, and production material readiness.
• Strengthen material flow between Warehouse and Production to minimize shortages, delays,…