Vice President, Global Manufacturing Strategy

The Position: The Vice President, Global Manufacturing Strategy will serve as a key member of the Global Supply Chain leadership team. This executive will be responsible for leading the company’s global manufacturing organization and developing strategies that enable operational excellence, scalable manufacturing capacity, and strong execution as the organization enters its next phase of growth. The VP will oversee a complex global manufacturing network and play a critical role in supporting the company’s growth objectives, customer commitments, profitability goals, and operational excellence initiatives. The successful candidate will bring deep experience operating within highly technical manufacturing environments and possess the ability to balance near-term operational execution with long-term manufacturing strategy. This leader will champion a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement across a geographically diverse manufacturing footprint while ensuring operational readiness to support future business growth.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties: Lead the global manufacturing organization with accountability for safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and customer satisfaction across a diverse manufacturing network. Develop and execute a global manufacturing strategy aligned with growth objectives, customer demand, operational requirements, and long-term business plans. Lead capacity planning, manufacturing footprint optimization, capital investment strategies, and make-versus-buy decisions to support future growth and operational scalability. Ensure manufacturing readiness for new product introductions, technology transitions, and evolving customer requirements. Drive operational excellence through the implementation of advanced manufacturing practices, automation, digital technologies, and continuous improvement initiatives. Standardize manufacturing systems, performance metrics, governance processes, and operational best practices across the global manufacturing organization. Improve cost competitiveness, asset utilization, productivity, and margin performance while maintaining exceptional levels of quality, reliability, and customer service. Build, develop, and retain a world-class manufacturing leadership team while strengthening organizational capability, succession planning, and talent development initiatives. Partner with business and functional leaders to support strategic growth initiatives, operational integration efforts, and manufacturing expansion opportunities.

The Candidate: The company seeks an accomplished manufacturing executive with a demonstrated track record of leading complex, global manufacturing organizations at scale. The successful candidate will bring deep operational expertise, strong business acumen, and experience operating within advanced manufacturing environments. This individual will have a proven history of driving operational transformation, capacity expansion, productivity improvement, and profitability enhancement initiatives while consistently delivering measurable business results. The ideal candidate will be a strategic yet hands-on leader capable of translating enterprise objectives into operational execution while fostering a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement. This individual will possess the leadership presence, communication skills, and collaborative style necessary to influence across a global, matrixed organization, develop a strong leadership bench, and build alignment across diverse stakeholder groups. Summary of Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred. Minimum of 15 years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience, including at least 5 years in a senior executive role leading global, multi-site operations. Proven leadership of large-scale manufacturing organizations across multiple geographies, technologies, and product platforms. Experience within highly engineered, process-driven manufacturing environments such as advanced materials, specialty chemicals, industrial technology, electronics, precision manufacturing, or related industries. Demonstrated success leading operational transformations, capacity expansions, productivity improvements, and margin enhancement initiatives. Strategic leader with the ability to translate enterprise objectives into disciplined operational execution and measurable business results. Strong financial acumen with experience in capital planning, cost management, productivity improvement, and investment prioritization. Proven ability to build high-performing teams, develop leadership talent, strengthen organizational bench strength, and lead effectively within a global matrix organization. Collaborative leader with exceptional communication skills, a data-driven decision-making approach, and the ability to successfully lead change in complex, growth-oriented environments. Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed (up to 50%).