Operations Excellence Leader/Manufacturing Director
Feb 17, 2026
- Multi-Plant Operations Excellence Leader/Manufacturing Director who has led enterprise-wide performance transformations across some of the most complex manufacturing networks in North America.
- Most recently, served as Director of Operations Excellence & Reliability for a multi-billion-dollar global food packaging manufacturer, where he built and deployed an enterprise OpEx operating system across 25+ sites spanning thermoforming, extrusion, paper, plastics, EPS, and warehousing. This wasn’t incremental improvement — it was full-scale system transformation across a diverse footprint.
- His impact includes:
- $40M+ in annual run-rate savings across a 25+ plant network
- 12% improvement in OEE through strengthened management systems and loss elimination
- $55M+ expected savings over five years through enterprise reliability strategy deployment
- Leadership of a $100M+ continuous improvement portfolio, delivering $35M+ savings in a single year
- Strategic support of major capital programs, including a $150M facility build
- He built governance structures, tiered accountability systems, KPI operating reviews, and leader standard work that drive sustainable results — not one-time events. He partners seamlessly with Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, and Finance to align S&OP, inventory flow, capital strategy, and plant execution to protect service, uptime, and margin.
- Why now? His current organization when through a couple rounds of reorganization in recent history, and he was caught up in the latest reduction. Basically, he was very effective in ensuring the right systems and processes were in place and pretty much worked himself out of a job.
- Based in the Midwest, he is flexible on relocation. His background aligns well with enterprise Operations Excellence leadership, multi-site Manufacturing Director roles, or broader VP-level operations oversight across a plastics, packaging, or industrial manufacturing footprint. He is fluent in Spanish and conversational in French, enabling strong leadership across diverse and multinational teams.
- If you need an Operations Leader who combines enterprise-level strategy with plant-level execution discipline — and who knows how to deliver measurable results at scale — please reach out! I’d love to put you together!