Plant Director

Start: 12/08/2025 in Pleasant Prairie, WI / United States

Permanent position, Full-time

Are you HARIBO? It’s a great time to join HARIBO of America Manufacturing as our Plant Director. HARIBO is the world’s number one gummi brand, with more than 7,000 employees in 26 countries. This role is located on-site at our state-of-the-art gummi candy manufacturing facility in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin (in southeast Wisconsin, near Kenosha area on I-94). Reporting up to the Chief Operations Officer, the Plant Director is responsible for developing and driving the strategy the ensure operational excellence, exceeding quality expectations, and leading continuous improvement, standardization, and efficiencies for the HARIBO of American Manufacturing plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.

The ideal Plant Director candidate will have 10 years of senior leadership experience in food manufacturing, a people-centric leadership focus, a Bachelor’s Degree, and deep knowledge of GMP – Good Manufacturing Practices.

Responsibilities

• Reporting directly to the Chief Operations Officer of HARIBO of America, the Plant Director is responsible for leading, developing, and executing HARIBO of America Manufacturing’s strategy as it relates to all aspects of manufacturing of our world famous gummy candies
• Develop and monitor the manufacturing budget for the production facility while ensuring we meet and/or exceed production, packaging, operations, quality, engineering, continuous improvement, and safety goals and standards
• Drive results, lead the annual strategy process, identify capital investments and improvement projects, drive organizational learning, continue to develop facility as a best-in-class operation with a focus on quality
• Leads and sustains a people-centric culture and bring the HARIBO culture to life on a daily basis
• Hold facility leaders accountable for compliance with quality and safety standards, processes, procedures and ensuring they are holding others accountable to HARIBO’s high standards
  
  

Qualifications

• 10 years of senior management experience within food manufacturing or related (pharmaceutical manufacturing, etc)
• Deep knowledge of GMP—Good Manufacturing Practices
• Strong understanding of HACCP
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Ability to travel internationally one or more times per year
  
  

Preferred Experience

• 15 years of leadership experience within food manufacturing or related (pharmaceutical manufacturing, etc)
• MBA or Master’s Degree
  
  

Skills

• Strong financial acumen
• Demonstrated strong communication skills both verbal and written – ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization ranging from entry-level associates to C-Suite Executives
  
  

HARIBO of America, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and maintains a Drug-Free Workplace. Employment at HARIBO of America, Inc. is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. The Company’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, including protected veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. HARIBO also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also HARIBO’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

HARIBO is committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting people with disabilities and veterans. If you need an accommodation to assist with completing the electronic application, please contact the location for which you are applying and ask to speak with the human resources representative or email careers-us@Haribo.com.