Vice President of Manufacturing

Job Title: VP of Manufacturing

Location: Lawrence, MA

Job Description:

• Lead end-to-end manufacturing operations for food products according to production recipes and standards across large-scale facilities.
• Food experience is a MUST with a deep understanding of chilled/refrigerated food production.
• Ensure consistency, quality, and safety of food items during production
• Must have experience managing $100M manufacturing plants with multi-line, high-volume operations.
• Strong expertise in production analytics, scheduling analytics, capacity planning, and throughput optimization.
• Drive operational excellence, efficiency improvements, and data-driven decision making across all sites.
• Ensure world-class standards in quality, safety, compliance, and cost performance.
• Build and lead high-performing manufacturing, operations, and engineering teams.
• Partner cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Quality, R&D, and Commercial to support growth and new product launches.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in food manufacturing leadership with strong operational execution skills.