Plant Director - Phoenix Arizona

Shearer's Foods • Phoenix, AZ

2d • Onsite

About The Position

We are a high growth, values driven organization looking for a Plant Director to lead manufacturing and functional operations at our Phoenix facility. You’ll shape and execute the plant’s manufacturing strategy and play a critical role in delivering outstanding customer satisfaction, achieving key business objectives, and building a high-performing, empowered team. This role calls for a hands-on, visible leader who thrives in dynamic manufacturing environments and knows how to lead through change. You will partner with corporate maintenance, safety, and quality teams to ensure consistent, best-in-class systems that protect the consumer, the brand, and the business while driving growth across a diverse portfolio of salty snacks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, operations management, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in plant management or senior production operations management roles in food, beverage or CPG manufacturing environment
• Experience with large-scale manufacturing environments including multiple lines and plus warehouse and distribution operations
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate, engage, inspire and develop a team.
• Demonstrated success leading manufacturing operations, including production planning, safety initiatives, production scheduling, line setup and change out, production control, and production optimization.
• Strategic experience applying standards and metrics (e.g., KPIs) to safety, quality, production, labor and material variances, and employee relations and retention
• Hands-on experience with Lean/CI tools and systems, including: Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Centerlines, CILs (Clean, Inspect, Lubricate), Defect handling, 5S, Quick changeover / SMED

Nice To Haves

• Experience in private label, co-manufacturing or PE backed companies is a plus

Responsibilities

• Build, develop, and inspire a team of over 400 employees while driving a culture of high performance and collaboration
• Develop and execute manufacturing strategies that drive sustainable improvement and growth
• Own preventative maintenance execution and downtime reduction strategies
• Champion continuous improvement and Lean initiatives to optimize performance and reliability
• Serve as a key customer interface, ensuring product quality, service, and delivery expectations are consistently met
• Lead change management initiatives that strengthen culture, processes, and results

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager