Executive Searches
Plant Manager
Global Snacking Company
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Our client is a privately held leader in the branded snack food industry, recognized for high-quality products and a strong commitment to innovation. It operates globally, with an emphasis on preserving a longstanding legacy of quality and craftsmanship. |
SITUATION ANALYSIS
The opening of a large, highly automated greenfield facility marked a critical milestone in our client’s expansion, strengthening its domestic manufacturing footprint with significant automation and modern technology to support long-term growth. With operations scaling rapidly, experienced leadership was needed to stabilize and optimize the facility and ensure it reached its full potential for productivity and quality.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Plant Manager leads daily operations at the facility with a focus on efficiency, quality and safety, establishing operational discipline and ensuring adherence to SOPs and structured onboarding. This executive drives continuous improvement to enhance throughput and consistency, collaborates cross-functionally to address equipment and automation challenges and develops a high-performing leadership team. The role oversees key performance indicators, manages costs, ensures regulatory compliance and leads capital projects while fostering a culture of accountability and operational excellence.
SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT
Our placement is a seasoned operations leader with deep experience building, turning around and stabilizing manufacturing facilities across the food and consumer products sector. Most recently they led operations for a highly automated protein and specialty products facility, where they had previously implemented Lean tools, continuous improvement initiatives and operational disciplines to strengthen efficiency, accountability and profitability. Earlier in their career they launched and scaled multiple greenfield facilities from design and construction through hiring, training and startup, and led a multi-site network of plant operations spanning several regions. Across a range of food and consumer manufacturing environments, they built and institutionalized standardized systems, performance metrics and daily management routines while consistently improving safety, quality, yield and cost.
