Chief Operating Officer

Lebermuth Co Inc; South Bend (IN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Lebermuth Co Inc in South Bend, IN seeks a visionary Chief Operating Officer to scale operations, build leadership, and strengthen systems across headquarters and facilities. You will drive enterprise-wide performance, culture, and long-term growth while delivering exceptional customer value.

The COO will integrate Commercial, Manufacturing, HR, Purchasing, and Regulatory functions, creating scalable processes and high-performing teams aligned with the company’s values.

Qualifications

• Lead and optimize enterprise-wide operations for safety, quality, delivery, and profitability.
• Build a scalable operating model to support growth.
• Foster HPWP culture with trust, accountability, and open communication.
• Develop leadership talent and make HR a strategic driver.
• Collaborate with Sales, Customer Service, Finance, Purchasing, Regulatory, R&D, Quality, and Manufacturing.
• Drive continuous improvement to increase productivity and value.
• Ensure excellence in quality systems, food safety, regulatory compliance, EH&S, and operational discipline.
• Lead financial planning and performance management to fund future growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead and optimize enterprise-wide operations to ensure outstanding performance in safety, quality, customer service, delivery, and profitability.
• Build a scalable operating model that supports growth while reducing dependence on any single individual.
• Champion Lebermuth's High-Performance Workplace (HPWP) culture by fostering trust, accountability, ownership, continuous improvement, and open communication throughout the organization.
• Develop leadership talent, strengthen organizational capability, and ensure Human Resources serves as a strategic driver of business performance and growth.
• Partner closely with leaders across Sales, Customer Service, Finance, Purchasing, Regulatory, R&D, Quality, and Manufacturing to align strategy and execution across the enterprise.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance productivity, quality, efficiency, and customer value.
• Ensure excellence in quality systems, food safety, regulatory compliance, environmental health and safety, and operational discipline.
• Lead financial planning and operational performance management efforts that improve profitability and create resources to support future growth.

Skills

Operations leadership

Strategic planning

HPWP culture

Leadership development

Cross-functional leadership

Process improvement

Quality & compliance

Financial planning

Job description

Description

Shape the Future of Lebermuth

At The Lebermuth Company, we are building the next chapter of growth for a business with more than a century of industry leadership. We are seeking a visionary and execution-focused Chief Operating Officer (COO) to help scale our organization, develop our people, strengthen our operating systems, and ensure we continue to deliver exceptional value to our customers.

Reporting directly to the President, the COO serves as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team and provides executive leadership across our South Bend headquarters, Bremen distillation facility, and future operating locations. This role is responsible for aligning and integrating Commercial Business Operations, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Purchasing & Sourcing, Facility Maintenance, Shipping & Receiving, and Distillation Operations into a high-performing, growth-oriented enterprise.

This is more than an operations leadership role. We are seeking a leader who can build organizational capability, develop future leaders, create scalable systems, and help position Lebermuth for sustained long-term growth. Success will be measured not only by operational results, but by the strength of the teams, systems, and culture that make those results possible

The Impact You'll Make

The ideal candidate is a strategic enterprise leader who understands that sustainable growth happens when great people, effective systems, and operational excellence work together. You will help shape the future of Lebermuth by developing leaders, strengthening organizational capability, and creating the infrastructure needed to support continued expansion while preserving the values and culture that define who we are.

Our goal is not simply to grow bigger. It is to build an organization capable of delivering exceptional results for customers, creating opportunities for employees, and succeeding for generations to come. As COO, you will play a central role in making that vision a reality.

Why Lebermuth?

Lebermuth combines the agility of a family-owned company with a commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and people development. We believe high performance is built on trust, respect, involvement, accountability, and a shared commitment to excellence. If you are excited by the opportunity to lead a growing organization, develop future leaders, and leave a lasting impact on both business performance and company culture, we would love to hear from you.

This role is located in South Bend, Indiana and is 100% on-site.

Requirements

As COO, you will:

• Lead and optimize enterprise-wide operations to ensure outstanding performance in safety, quality, customer service, delivery, and profitability.
• Build a scalable operating model that supports growth while reducing dependence on any single individual.
• Champion Lebermuth's High-Performance Workplace (HPWP) culture by fostering trust, accountability, ownership, continuous improvement, and open communication throughout the organization.
• Develop leadership talent, strengthen organizational capability, and ensure Human Resources serves as a strategic driver of business performance and growth.
• Partner closely with leaders across Sales, Customer Service, Finance, Purchasing, Regulatory, R&D, Quality, and Manufacturing to align strategy and execution across the enterprise.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance productivity, quality, efficiency, and customer value.
• Ensure excellence in quality systems, food safety, regulatory compliance, environmental health and safety, and operational discipline.
• Lead financial planning and operational performance management efforts that improve profitability and create resources to support future growth.