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We are seeking a hands-on, results-oriented Vice President of Manufacturing Operations to lead 13 manufacturing and processing facilities across the United States and Canada: four primary manufacturing sites and nine Cured-in-Place-Pipe (CIPP) processing facilities. Operations include industrial equipment assembly, fusible PVC pipe extrusion, CIPP manufacturing, and Wetout Facilities. The Vice President will establish a common management system across all sites while preserving each operation's specialized processes, equipment requirements, and quality standards. This leader will establish consistent operating discipline, strengthen accountability, develop plant leadership, and improve safety, quality, productivity, cost, and delivery across the network. The role reports to the COO and leads five direct reports: four plant managers at the primary manufacturing facilities and the Vice President responsible for the nine processing facilities.
Responsibilities
Operational Leadership and Accountability
- Establish consistent operating standards, KPIs, and management review routines.
- Identify performance gaps, drive corrective actions, and ensure accountability for results.
- Maintain a hands-on presence in facilities, coaching plant leaders and fostering ownership, continuous improvement, and data-driven decisions.
Safety, Quality, Production, and Delivery
- Reinforce a strong safety culture and consistent execution of safety standards, procedures, and training.
- Strengthen process controls and quality systems across all sites while reducing scrap, rework, waste, and downtime.
- Improve production reliability, throughput, and on-time delivery through planning aligned with customer demand and field installation needs.
- Improve capacity utilization, labor productivity, equipment effectiveness, and manufacturing cost.
Plant Leadership and Talent Development
- Lead, coach, and hold plant managers accountable for facility performance, engagement, and problem-solving.
- Assess leadership capabilities and develop a pipeline of future operational leaders.
- Set clear expectations, provide resources, and address underperformance decisively.
Standardization and Continuous Improvement
- Implement a common manufacturing management system with standardized KPIs, production reporting, performance reviews, and corrective-action tracking.
- Apply Lean manufacturing, root-cause analysis, and structured problem-solving to reduce waste and improve performance.
- Replicate best practices across facilities and drive improvement initiatives with clear ownership and milestones.
Maintenance and Cost Management
- Improve preventive maintenance, equipment reliability, and material utilization.
- Prioritize capital investments based on safety, capacity, reliability, quality, and return on investment.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Align manufacturing priorities with company objectives by partnering with the COO and commercial, engineering, supply chain, quality, and field operations teams.
Qualifications and Experience
- Significant manufacturing leadership experience across multiple or geographically dispersed facilities.
- Demonstrated success improving plant performance through hands-on leadership, operating discipline, and accountability.
- Experience leading and developing plant managers and other operational leaders.
- Strong manufacturing fundamentals: production planning, quality, labor productivity, maintenance, safety, and cost control.
- Proven ability to establish KPIs, implement management routines, and drive corrective actions to completion.
- Willingness to spend substantial time in facilities and engage directly with frontline employees.
- Strong communication, analytical, organizational, and change-management skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel extensively throughout the United States and Canada (approximately 25–50%) as a highly visible operating leader regularly present in facilities.
Preferred- Experience in engineered materials, plastics or polymer processing, technical textiles, composites, specialty chemicals, resin processing, or diversified industrial manufacturing.
- Experience with continuous or process manufacturing, equipment assembly, or multiple distinct manufacturing processes.
- Experience improving operations across company-owned plants and geographically dispersed processing facilities.
- Familiarity with Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement systems, and root-cause problem-solving.
- Experience supporting operations where manufacturing quality and delivery schedules directly affect field service or installation.
We offer a competitive salary with career growth opportunities and a full benefits package including medical, dental, and vision Insurance, prescription drug coverage, annual bonus potential, 401k matching, tuition assistance, paid time off, and much more.
Azuria is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal opportunity is a sound and just concept to which Azuria is firmly bound. Azuria will not engage in discrimination against, or harassment of, any person employed or seeking employment with Azuria on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.
VEVRAA compliant – priority referral Protected Veterans requested
We are seeking a hands-on, results-oriented Vice President of Manufacturing Operations to lead 13 manufacturing and processing facilities across the United States and Canada: four primary manufacturing sites and nine Cured-in-Place-Pipe (CIPP) processing facilities. Operations include industrial equipment assembly, fusible PVC pipe extrusion, CIPP manufacturing, and Wetout Facilities. The Vice President will establish a common management system across all sites while preserving each operation's specialized processes, equipment requirements, and quality standards. This leader will establish consistent operating discipline, strengthen accountability, develop plant leadership, and improve safety, quality, productivity, cost, and delivery across the network. The role reports to the COO and leads five direct reports: four plant managers at the primary manufacturing facilities and the Vice President responsible for the nine processing facilities.
Responsibilities
Operational Leadership and Accountability
- Establish consistent operating standards, KPIs, and management review routines.
- Identify performance gaps, drive corrective actions, and ensure accountability for results.
- Maintain a hands-on presence in facilities, coaching plant leaders and fostering ownership, continuous improvement, and data-driven decisions.
Safety, Quality, Production, and Delivery
- Reinforce a strong safety culture and consistent execution of safety standards, procedures, and training.
- Strengthen process controls and quality systems across all sites while reducing scrap, rework, waste, and downtime.
- Improve production reliability, throughput, and on-time delivery through planning aligned with customer demand and field installation needs.
- Improve capacity utilization, labor productivity, equipment effectiveness, and manufacturing cost.
Plant Leadership and Talent Development
- Lead, coach, and hold plant managers accountable for facility performance, engagement, and problem-solving.
- Assess leadership capabilities and develop a pipeline of future operational leaders.
- Set clear expectations, provide resources, and address underperformance decisively.
Standardization and Continuous Improvement
- Implement a common manufacturing management system with standardized KPIs, production reporting, performance reviews, and corrective-action tracking.
- Apply Lean manufacturing, root-cause analysis, and structured problem-solving to reduce waste and improve performance.
- Replicate best practices across facilities and drive improvement initiatives with clear ownership and milestones.
Maintenance and Cost Management
- Improve preventive maintenance, equipment reliability, and material utilization.
- Prioritize capital investments based on safety, capacity, reliability, quality, and return on investment.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Align manufacturing priorities with company objectives by partnering with the COO and commercial, engineering, supply chain, quality, and field operations teams.
Qualifications and Experience
- Significant manufacturing leadership experience across multiple or geographically dispersed facilities.
- Demonstrated success improving plant performance through hands-on leadership, operating discipline, and accountability.
- Experience leading and developing plant managers and other operational leaders.
- Strong manufacturing fundamentals: production planning, quality, labor productivity, maintenance, safety, and cost control.
- Proven ability to establish KPIs, implement management routines, and drive corrective actions to completion.
- Willingness to spend substantial time in facilities and engage directly with frontline employees.
- Strong communication, analytical, organizational, and change-management skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel extensively throughout the United States and Canada (approximately 25–50%) as a highly visible operating leader regularly present in facilities.
Preferred- Experience in engineered materials, plastics or polymer processing, technical textiles, composites, specialty chemicals, resin processing, or diversified industrial manufacturing.
- Experience with continuous or process manufacturing, equipment assembly, or multiple distinct manufacturing processes.
- Experience improving operations across company-owned plants and geographically dispersed processing facilities.
- Familiarity with Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement systems, and root-cause problem-solving.
- Experience supporting operations where manufacturing quality and delivery schedules directly affect field service or installation.
We offer a competitive salary with career growth opportunities and a full benefits package including medical, dental, and vision Insurance, prescription drug coverage, annual bonus potential, 401k matching, tuition assistance, paid time off, and much more.
Azuria is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal opportunity is a sound and just concept to which Azuria is firmly bound. Azuria will not engage in discrimination against, or harassment of, any person employed or seeking employment with Azuria on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.
VEVRAA compliant – priority referral Protected Veterans requested
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail
- Insurance
- Banking & Financial Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in vice president manufacturing operations jobs.
- 10 or more years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience including plant or multi-site management
- Proven expertise in lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations management, or a related technical field required
- Experience managing large cross-functional teams across engineering, quality, safety, and supply chain
- Demonstrated ability to lead capital investment projects and large-scale facility expansions or consolidations
- Proficiency with ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle in a manufacturing environment
Tips for Your Vice President Manufacturing Operations Job Search
Quantify operational scale on your resume
Hiring committees for this level expect concrete figures: headcount you've managed, annual throughput you've owned, and cost reductions you've driven. Replace vague statements about overseeing production with numbers that show the actual scale of your accountability.
Align your resume to P&L ownership
Most vice president manufacturing operations postings require direct budget responsibility. Make sure your resume names the size of the budgets you've controlled and ties your decisions to measurable financial outcomes, not just operational improvements.
Target postings that match your industry depth
Regulated industries like aerospace, medical devices, and food production often require sector-specific certifications such as AS9100, ISO 13485, or SQF. Filter openings by industry first so you're only applying where your compliance background is a genuine fit.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists vice president manufacturing operations openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a turnaround or transformation story
Interviewers at this level almost always ask for a specific example of a facility or operation you improved under pressure. Have a detailed narrative ready that covers the starting conditions, your decisions, the team you built, and the measurable result you achieved.
Negotiate total compensation, not just base
Offers at this level typically include annual performance bonuses, long-term incentive plans, and relocation packages. Know the components you want to negotiate before the offer conversation, and be prepared to counter on equity, bonus structure, or start date, not only base salary.
Vice President Manufacturing Operations Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most vice president manufacturing operationss?
Sarnova HC, Jeeter - a DreamFields Brand, and BNY are hiring the most vice president manufacturing operationss right now, with openings concentrated in New York, Florida, and California, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand tends to be highest at companies undergoing capacity expansion, facility consolidation, or operational transformation.
How many vice president manufacturing operations jobs are remote?
About 58% of vice president manufacturing operations openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting that most roles require regular presence on the plant floor or across multiple facilities. The sub-areas most likely to offer hybrid arrangements are enterprise-level strategy, capital planning, and cross-site program oversight rather than hands-on production management.
How do you become a vice president manufacturing operations?
Start by building deep experience in a single manufacturing discipline such as production, quality, or supply chain, then move into plant manager or director-level roles where you own full site P&L. Develop cross-functional leadership skills by taking on turnaround projects, capital programs, or multi-site responsibilities. Executive-level operations roles typically go to candidates who can demonstrate both technical credibility and enterprise business impact.
How do you get hired as a vice president manufacturing operations with limited senior leadership experience?
Candidates transitioning into this level should focus on roles at smaller manufacturers or private equity-backed companies where the scope is broad but the organization is leaner. Emphasize any experience owning a full site budget, leading a significant operational improvement initiative, or managing a team through a plant startup or acquisition integration, since those experiences substitute for tenure at scale.
What does the vice president manufacturing operations interview process look like?
The process typically begins with a recruiter screen focused on scope and compensation alignment, followed by interviews with the CHRO or CFO assessing leadership philosophy and business acumen. Candidates are usually asked to present a brief operations assessment or strategic plan in a later round. Final stages involve conversations with the CEO and board observers, particularly at mid-sized manufacturers, before an offer is extended.
Where can I find and apply to vice president manufacturing operations jobs?
You can find and apply to vice president manufacturing operations jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your industry background and leadership scope, then apply directly to each position that fits your experience.
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