VP, Operations

Your Mission

The Vice President of Operations is a key member of the executive leadership team responsible for the strategic direction, operational performance, and financial results of all manufacturing and distribution activities. This role provides leadership for Production, Logistics & Distribution, Quality Assurance, Sanitation, Maintenance, and Engineering to ensure safe, efficient, compliant, and profitable operations.

Strategic Leadership & Business Performance

• Develop and execute operational strategies aligned with company objectives, growth initiatives, and long-term business plans.
• Serve as a member of the executive leadership team, contributing to organizational planning, decision-making, and performance management.
• Lead all manufacturing and operational functions to achieve safety, quality, service, productivity, and financial goals.
• Establish, monitor, and improve key performance indicators (KPIs) that drive accountability and operational excellence.
• Support business growth through capacity planning, capital investment, and operational readiness.

Financial Management

• Maintain responsibility for operational financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, labor management, capital expenditures, and cost control.
• Drive profitability through process improvements, resource optimization, waste reduction, and operational efficiencies.
• Ensure responsible stewardship of company assets while delivering sustainable business results.

Quality, Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all food safety, quality, regulatory, customer, and company requirements.
• Promote a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
• Maintain readiness for customer, regulatory, and third-party audits and inspections.
• Partner with Environmental Health & Safety leadership to support workplace safety initiatives and regulatory compliance.

Supply Chain, Engineering & Continuous Improvement

• Provide executive oversight of logistics, warehousing, inventory management, distribution, maintenance, and engineering functions.
• Ensure efficient and cost-effective movement of products from production through customer delivery.
• Oversee capital projects, equipment investments, automation initiatives, and facility improvements.
• Ensure equipment is properly maintained, achieves consistent uptime and meets budgeted efficiency requirements.
• Support new product commercialization and manufacturing capability development in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance operational performance and customer satisfaction.

Leadership, Talent Development & Workforce Compliance

• Lead, develop, and mentor operational leaders while building organizational capability and succession strength for key positions.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, respect, and operational excellence.
• Partner with Human Resources on workforce planning, employee development, succession planning, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local labor and employment laws, wage and hour regulations, company policies, and employee relations practices.
• Build and maintain a leadership team that consistently applies employment practices, workforce policies, and performance standards in a legally compliant and equitable manner.
• Provide leadership for workforce compliance initiatives, including employee relations, performance management, corrective action processes, accommodations, attendance management, leave administration coordination, and workplace investigations in partnership with Human Resources.
• Ensure operational leaders receive appropriate training and coaching regarding employment law requirements, company policies, and effective people management practices.

Organizational Responsibility

Provides executive leadership and strategic oversight for: Production, Logistics & Distribution, Quality Assurance, Sanitation, Maintenance, and Engineering. Maintains collaborative, dotted-line partnership responsibilities with: Environmental Health & Safety along with Human Resources.