$175,000–$200,000 Per Year
AS 9100, Business Strategy, Continuous Improvement, Control Systems, Cross-Functional, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Electronics Manufacturing, Finance, Financial Operations, Funding, ISO (International Organization for Standardization), Leadership, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, Maintain Compliance, Maintenance Services, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Operations, Metrics, Performance Management, Performance Metrics, Process Control Engineering, Production Control, Production Planning, Production Systems, Regulations, Scalable System Development, Statistical Process Control, Supply Chain
This Senior Director of Manufacturing leads and scales multi-site advanced manufacturing operations, driving both strategic expansion and day-to-day execution across complex, high-mix production environments. The role blends executive-level strategy with shop-floor leadership, focusing on Lean transformation, operational excellence, and building a scalable operating model.
Client Details
Our client is a fast-growing manufacturer produces highly engineered, precision components in a regulated, high-complexity environment. The organization is evolving from an early-stage operation into a structured, metrics-driven business with significant investment in next-generation facilities.
Description
This Senior Director of Manufacturing will be responsible for:
- Leading multi-site manufacturing operations and scaling capacity
- Driving Lean transformation and continuous improvement initiatives
- Establishing KPIs and managing performance across OEE, yield, and throughput
- Building and enforcing standardized operating models across facilities
- Overseeing production, planning, maintenance, and shop floor execution
- Partnering cross-functionally with engineering, quality, supply chain, and finance
- Implementing and optimizing ERP systems (Epicor)
- Strengthening process controls and statistical process control (SPC) systems
- Owning operational financial performance including cost and capital planning
- Developing leadership teams and building succession pipelines
- Supporting expansion, new facility ramp-up, and capacity growth
- Ensuring compliance with ISO, AS9100, and regulatory standard
Profile
A Successful Senior Director of Manufacturing will have:
- 10+ years manufacturing experience, senior leadership required
- Proven multi-site operations leadership
- Strong Lean / Six Sigma transformation experience
- Background in complex, high-precision manufacturing
- Experience with SPC and process control systems
- ERP/MRP system expertise (Epicor preferred)
- Strong financial and operational acumen
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA or Six Sigma preferred
Job Offer
- High-visibility role reporting to GM and CEO
- Opportunity to shape new state-of-the-art facility
- Significant influence on company-wide strategy
- Growth-driven environment with expansion funding
- Broad scope across operations, strategy, and transformation
- Competitive compensation (market-aligned, in progress)
- Flexible relocation support
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