Director of Manufacturing

Alliance Machine Systems International, LLC; Spokane (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401K with employer match

PTO

Paid holidays

Bonus program

Job summary

Alliance Machine Systems International, LLC in Spokane, WA is seeking a Director of Manufacturing to lead North American production sites. This is a senior role for an experienced leader of industrial automation equipment and engineered systems, coordinating engineering, production, quality, supply chain, and delivery.

The Director will drive safety, quality, on-time delivery, and cost performance while scaling capacity and developing operations leaders across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• 12+ years experience in manufacturing, operations, or plant leadership.
• At least 7 years in manufacturing leadership with direct performance responsibility.
• Experience in industrial automation, robotics, machinery, or engineered capital equipment.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across production, quality, planning, and supply chain.
• Strong knowledge of ERP, MRP, production planning and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing operations across the company's production facilities.
• Set standards for safety, quality, on-time delivery, productivity, and cost.
• Improve transfer of products from engineering into manufacturing.
• Increase capacity while maintaining quality, delivery, and customer performance.
• Improve on-time delivery, lead times, throughput, and gross margin.
• Strengthen production planning, scheduling, capacity planning, and WIP control.
• Manage components, suppliers, and long-lead materials with procurement and supply chain.
• Establish scalable processes for high-mix, engineered-to-order automation products.
• Support new product introduction and design-for-manufacture initiatives.
• Improve collaboration across sales, engineering, project management, procurement, and manufacturing.
• Lead recovery plans for delayed or important projects.
• Establish clear manufacturing KPIs and performance-management practices.
• Develop plant managers, production managers, and operational teams.
• Assist in facility expansion, automation investment, and capital planning.
• Partner with executives on manufacturing strategy and long-term growth.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing ops

Strategic planning

Cross-functional teams

Supplier management

Communication

Tools

ERP systems

MRP systems

Job description

About Us:

Alliance Machine Systems International, LLC is a privately held company with over 35 years of history dedicated to providing corrugated box manufacturing machines and services to the changing industry. As the paperboard packaging industry's premier global supplier of productivity-enhancing process machinery and systems, we supply innovative designs, intelligent automation, and optimized workflow, coupled with highly responsive parts and service support. Our United States and Europe based engineering, manufacturing, sales and service operations provide a global support system covering the full product portfolio of Alliance, Serco, TEI, ASC, Pallmac, J&L and Tanabe machines.

About Us:

Alliance Machine Systems International, LLC is a privately held company with over 35 years of history dedicated to providing corrugated box manufacturing machines and services to the changing industry. As the paperboard packaging industry's premier global supplier of productivity-enhancing process machinery and systems, we supply innovative designs, intelligent automation, and optimized workflow, coupled with highly responsive parts and service support. Our United States and Europe based engineering, manufacturing, sales and service operations provide a global support system covering the full product portfolio of Alliance, Serco, TEI, ASC, Pallmac, J&L and Tanabe machines.

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Job Description:

THIS IS AN ONSITE ROLE LOCATED IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

Job Overview:

Alliance Machine Systems Int is seeking a Director of Manufacturing to lead manufacturing performance and operational scale across its North American production sites.

This is a considerable leadership role for an experienced manufacturing leader who understands the complexity of producing industrial automation equipment and engineered systems.

The Director of Manufacturing will be responsible for improving the connection between engineering, production, quality, supply chain, and customer delivery.

The successful candidate will lead a manufacturing environment where products may include complex electrical, mechanical, robotic and controls. The role will involve managing high-mix production, engineered-to-order or configure-to-order manufacturing, and the delivery of technically sophisticated equipment to major industrial customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead manufacturing operations across the company's production facilities.
• Set standards for safety, quality, on-time delivery, productivity, and cost.
• Improve the transfer of products and projects from engineering into manufacturing.
• Increase capacity while maintaining quality, delivery, and customer performance.
• Improve on-time delivery, lead times, throughput, and gross margin.
• Strengthen production planning, scheduling, capacity planning, and work-in-progress control.
• Manage critical components, suppliers, and long-lead materials with procurement and supply chain teams.
• Establish scalable processes for complex, high-mix, engineered-to-order automation products and systems.
• Support new product introduction and design-for-manufacture initiatives.
• Improve collaboration across sales, engineering, project management, procurement, and manufacturing.
• Lead recovery plans for delayed or strategically important projects.
• Establish clear manufacturing and performance-management KPIs.
• Develop plant managers, production managers, and operational teams.
• Support facility expansion, automation investment, capital planning, and potential upcoming new-site development.
• Partner with the executive team on manufacturing strategy, capacity, organizational design, and long-term growth.

Requirements:

• 12+ years' experience in manufacturing, operations, or plant leadership within an industrial manufacturing environment.
• At least 7 years in manufacturing leadership, with direct responsibility for manufacturing performance.
• Experience within industrial automation, robotics, machinery, electrical equipment, motion control, or engineered capital equipment manufacturing.
• Direct leadership of manufacturing operations, rather than engineering or project delivery alone.
• Experience with complex, high-mix, engineered-to-order, configure-to-order, or project-based production.
• A proven record of improving delivery, quality, productivity, capacity, cost, and gross margin.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across production, quality, planning, and supply chain.
• Strong understanding of the transition from engineering and product design into manufacturing.
• Experience leading managers and developing scalable operational structures.
• Working knowledge of ERP, MRP, production planning, scheduling, and manufacturing-performance systems.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills across engineering, sales, project management, supply chain, service, and executive leadership.
• Willingness to travel to US manufacturing sites, suppliers, and customers as required.

Compensation: $150,000-180,000 base salary

Benefits:

• Alliance offers a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, 401K with employer match, PTO, paid holidays and a bonus program.

Barry-Wehmiller is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V This organization uses E-Verify.

Applicants may be subject to pre-employment screening which may include drug screening, reference checks, employment verifications, background screening and/or skills assessments.

Company:

Alliance