Senior Site Director
About The Position
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. The Lawrence, Kansas facility is 236,000 square feet and home to about 200+ hard working team members who are proud to produce iconic pet food brands like Kibbles 'n Bits®. Lawrence is a college town and the home to both the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University with Kansas State University about 85 miles away. The city is known for a thriving music and art scene and is also the home of the University of Kansas athletic teams. As Senior Site Director, you will lead one of Post Consumer Brands’ most visible, high‑performing pet food manufacturing sites. This is not a turnaround assignment. Instead, it’s an opportunity to build on a strong foundation; taking a lean, high‑volume, highly automated operation and helping it reach its next level of performance. In this role, you’ll shape site strategy and culture while driving excellence across performance, safety, and people development. You’ll operate within a direct‑flow system where reliability is critical and expectations are high, with regular exposure to senior leadership and customers, offering both meaningful challenge and exceptional visibility.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Management or related field
- At least 5 years leading a food or consumer packaged goods manufacturing site
- Strong foundation in food safety, quality systems, and employee safety
- Success operating lean, automated environments with limited changeover complexity
- A steady, decisive leader and strong problem solver
- Demonstrated commitment to people development and leadership bench strength
- Financial and operational acumen, including budgeting experience
- Mobility and readiness for future leadership growth
Responsibilities
- Provide full site leadership for a high‑volume manufacturing operation with a strong performance foundation
- Drive operational excellence across safety, quality, service, and cost in a highly automated environment
- Develop and coach a strong leadership team, with emphasis on succession planning and knowledge transfer
- Lead continuous improvement efforts to unlock additional capacity and performance
- Serve as a highly visible leader to senior leadership and customers
- Foster a culture that balances accountability, trust, and employee development
- Partner cross‑functionally to ensure seamless execution and long‑term operational stability
Benefits
- High-impact, high-visibility leadership opportunity
- Big company opportunity with a small company attitude
- A strong operation with room to elevate performance even further
- Clear runway for future enterprise leadership roles
- Purpose-driven work making delicious food accessible for all
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
