Executive Vice President (manufacturing)

About the role

Massie Manufacturing is seeking an Executive Vice President to lead their team in Baraga, Michigan. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in manufacturing leadership, a strong operational focus, and a strategic mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations across production, supply chain, quality, equipment, people, and performance.
• Own the P&L mindset, including cost control, resource planning, capital equipment decisions, and profitability improvement.
• Build a practical, accountable, safety-first culture from the shop floor to leadership.
• Mentor managers, develop future leaders, and help experienced team members and newer talent work well together.
• Improve throughput, reduce waste, solve bottlenecks, and bring structure where it helps.
• Support modernization, capacity planning, facility improvement, and potential acquisition integration.
• Help maintain, secure, and grow defense-related work by supporting compliance, customer confidence, and operational readiness.
• Stay close enough to the floor to understand what is really happening — and strategic enough to help steer what comes next.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience, such as Plant Manager, Director of Operations, VP of Manufacturing, or similar.
• Exposure to defense manufacturing or government supply chains, either as a prime contractor or a Tier 1/Tier 2 supplier is highly favored.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Operations, or a related field is preferred; an MBA or advanced degree is a plus.
• Hands-on manufacturing leadership matters most.
• Strong working knowledge of industrial equipment, fabrication, machining, production flow, quality systems, and manufacturing capacity.
• Experience leading teams through growth, change, process improvement, or operational turnaround.
• A practical understanding of Lean, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement methods.
• Familiarity with compliance environments such as ITAR, EAR, ISO 9001:2015, NIST SP 800-171, or CMMC 2.0 is strongly preferred.
• Strong financial and analytical judgment, especially around pricing, margins, capital investment, and operational performance.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to connect with machinists, welders, managers, owners, customers, and government buyers.
• U.S. citizenship required, along with the ability to obtain a government security clearance, if required by future contractual obligations.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship required, along with the ability to obtain a government security clearance, if required by future contractual obligations.

Skills

• Leadership
• Operational Excellence
• Financial Management
• Strategic Thinking
• Team Building
• Continuous Improvement
• Compliance
• Communication

Benefits

• $125,000 - $160,000 annually based on education and experience.
• Discretionary, performance-based bonus.
• Medical, dental, and prescription drug insurance; life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Paid time off.
• Relocation assistance, if needed.

Pay

• $125,000 - $160,000 annually based on education and experience.

Schedule

• Full-time