Director of Manufacturing

About the role

The Director of Manufacturing is the enterprise leader responsible for end-to-end manufacturing performance across High Purity, Aerospace & Defense, Energy, and the Porous Metal Center of Excellence (PMCE). This role owns safety, quality, delivery, cost, and scalability across all value streams, ensuring operations can support rapid growth, increasing technical complexity, and multi-industry demands.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Manufacturing Leadership:
  • Own full performance across all manufacturing value streams (HP, A&D, Energy, PMCE)
  • Deliver OTD, quality, throughput, and cost targets across multiple business units
  • Align operations with strategic growth priorities and customer demand
  • Establish clear accountability across value stream leaders
• Porous Metal Center of Excellence (PMCE):
  • Lead and scale PMCE as the core capability hub for powder metals processing, sintering, and advanced materials
  • Drive cross-BU manufacturing consistency and best practices
  • Standardize processes, equipment strategy, and technical capability across value streams
  • Ensure PMCE is effectively delivering to all other value streams
• Operational Excellence & Transformation:
  • Embed Lean, Six Sigma, and daily management systems across operations
  • Drive transformation initiatives: flow and pull systems, standard work and visual management, scrappage reduction and yield improvement
  • Lead enterprise-wide productivity and cost-out programs
• Capacity, SIOP & Scalability:
  • Own demand/capacity alignment in partnership with SIOP
  • Develop and execute capacity expansion plans (equipment, layout, staffing)
  • Eliminate bottlenecks across machining, furnaces, and critical processes
  • Ensure readiness for step-change growth in A&D and Semiconductor
• Safety, Quality & Compliance:
  • Champion a safety-first culture across all operations
  • Ensure compliance with AS9100, ISO, and customer-specific requirements
  • Maintain high purity and contamination control standards
  • Drive proactive quality systems (process control vs. inspection-based)
• New Product Introduction & Scale-Up:
  • Partner with Engineering and R&D to industrialize new products
  • Ensure robust Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and production readiness
  • Lead scale-up from prototype and qualification into full-rate production
  • Reduce time-to-market for new technologies
• Talent & Organizational Leadership:
  • Build and lead a scalable manufacturing leadership team
  • Develop strong bench strength across operations, CI, and process engineering
  • Establish a culture of accountability, execution discipline, and continuous improvement
  • Serve as a visible, hands-on leadership presence on the shop floor
• Cross-Functional & Commercial Alignment:
  • Partner with BU leaders (HP, A&D, Energy) on growth execution
  • Align operations with commercial priorities, margin targets, and customer expectations
  • Support customer engagement on critical delivery and capacity commitment

Requirements

• 15+ years in manufacturing leadership in engineered/industrial or advanced materials environments
• Proven experience leading multi-site or multi-value stream operations
• Strong track record of driving OTD, cost reduction, and productivity improvement
• Deep experience with Lean / CI systems and operational transformation
• Demonstrated ability to scale operations in high-growth environments
• Experience in Semiconductor, Aerospace & Defense, Energy, or advanced filtration/materials
• Background in powder metals, sintering, or precision manufacturing
• Familiarity with SIOP and capacity planning at scale

Qualifications

• Leadership Profile:
  • Highly execution-oriented; thrives in complex, fast-paced environments
  • Comfortable operating across multiple BUs with competing priorities
  • Strong technical intuition with business acumen
  • Drives accountability and simplification (aligned with 80/20 mindset)
  • Buils high-performance teams and scalable systems

Skills

• Lean / CI systems and operational transformation
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
• Capacity planning
• Manufacturing leadership
• Scalability
• Quality systems
• Manufacturing operations

Benefits

Total Rewards: Compensation range $158,600.00 - $237,800.00, depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan. Benefits Package includes: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. For more information, visit: https://www.idexcorp.com/careers/our-benefits-and-rewards/. IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer.