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Head of Supply Chain & Operations, Americas
Global Food Manufacturer
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The company is a global food manufacturer with highly regarded consumer brands, sold through retail channels via an established manufacturing and distribution network. The company significantly consolidated its supply chain and manufacturing networks following an acquisition. |
Situation Analysis
The company needed to restore performance across its Americas manufacturing network, where plant results in quality, service and cost had fallen short of expectations. Leadership sought a supply chain executive to drive a comprehensive turnaround, strengthen demand planning and operational risk management and rebuild confidence to support renewed regional investment.
Key Responsibilities
The Head of Supply Chain & Operations, Americas provides strategic and operational leadership across multi-site manufacturing, supply chain planning, logistics, and customer service, reporting directly to the President with a functional reporting line to the Global Chief Supply Chain Officer. This executive leads a comprehensive operational turnaround, driving measurable improvements in quality, service, cost, and plant performance while strengthening demand planning, mitigating operational risk, and advancing safety and sustainability initiatives. The mandate centers on fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture within a complex, matrixed organization. The client sought a dynamic, engaging, and passionate leader who can energize teams, build organizational alignment and instill a culture of accountability and continuous improvement to deliver transformational results and unlock sustainable growth.
Successful Placement
Slayton Search Partners placed an accomplished operations executive with a proven track record of leading multi-site manufacturing networks and driving performance turnarounds. Most recently, this executive served as Head of Operations (division) for a multi-site manufacturing network within a large packaged food company, holding responsibility for all production, quality, engineering, logistics, safety and finance through a network turnaround. Earlier, they led site operations and supply chain for a global aerospace and defense manufacturer, growing output, improving on-time delivery and strengthening profitability, following logistics leadership at a global consumer goods company.
