Director of Plant Operations

Our client is seeking a Plant Operations Director for an excellent on-site opportunity, in the Bryan, Ohio area. Responsibilities include:

• Own site P&L and lead the operational transformation across safety, quality, delivery, cost, people, and reliability.


• Lead from the shop floor through daily Gemba, coaching, and fast corrective action


• Run daily, weekly, and monthly operating reviews with stakeholders.


• Improve output, schedule attainment, labor productivity, conversion cost, on-time delivery, uptime, and working capital.


• Deploy standard work, visual management, root-cause problem solving, and continuous improvement.


• Tighten planning, material flow, inventory transactions, routing accuracy, and work-order control.


• Partner with internal teams on BOMs, routings, quoting inputs, and margin.


• Drive accountability for operational effectiveness.


• Lead equipment reliability, PM compliance, critical spares, downtime reduction, and capital priorities.


• Develop supervisors and frontline leaders while holding high standards for safety, attendance, and work discipline.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s in industrial engineering, operations, business, or related field preferred; equivalent experience accepted.


• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership with plant or multi-department operations ownership.


• Proven experience leading operational transformation and change management.


• Industrial manufacturing background strongly preferred.


• Demonstrated success deploying Lean, Operational Excellence, or a comparable operating system.


• Strong command of planning, maintenance, quality, labor productivity, cost control, inventory, and conversion cost.


• Practical and credible hands-on leader who is structured and persistent in closing gaps.


• Experience using ERP and operating data to improve execution and financial results.


• Ability to lead hourly and salaried teams through change.


• Military leadership experience strongly preferred.