Manufacturing Director: Strategy, Automation & CAPEX

Restek Corporation; Bellefonte (Centre County); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Restek Corporation in Bellefonte, PA, seeks a Director of Manufacturing to lead the headquarters manufacturing organization: strategy, performance, and financial results. You’ll operate with significant autonomy and own capacity, automation, and capital investment decisions while partnering with Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, R&D, and Commercial leadership.

You’ll lead through managers and supervisors, with final authority on major operational issues and investments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, chemistry, or related field and 15 years of progressive manufacturing experience.
• Experience leading multiple departments or sites at the Director or Senior Manager level or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Track record of owning operating and capital budgets and of leading major change: capacity expansion, new product scale-up, automation, or operational transformation.

Responsibilities

• Own overall production performance across headquarters manufacturing, driving productivity, throughput, cost reduction, and operational excellence.
• Direct the allocation of people, equipment, materials, and capital, and own the compliance and data systems that let the business scale.
• Serve as the final decision-making authority for significant operational disruptions and systemic manufacturing issues.
• Own the multi-year manufacturing strategy: capacity, footprint, automation, technology, and make versus buy decisions that align to where the company is headed.
• Partner with R&D and Product Management on manufacturing feasibility and new product scale-up, so quality and delivery are engineered in from the start.
• Set the performance metrics and governance cadence used to monitor manufacturing performance and prioritize improvement investments.
• Own the manufacturing organization’s operating and capital budgets and cost centers, and the financial and productivity targets tied to them.
• Build the business cases that win executive approval for major investments in equipment, facilities, and systems.

Skills

Leadership

Lean Six Sigma

Budgeting

CAPEX

Cross-functional collaboration

Manufacturing strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Advanced degree a plus

Job description

Restek Corporation in Bellefonte, PA, seeks a Director of Manufacturing to lead the headquarters manufacturing organization: strategy, performance, and financial results. You’ll operate with significant autonomy and own capacity, automation, and capital investment decisions while partnering with Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, R&D, and Commercial leadership.

You’ll lead through managers and supervisors, with final authority on major operational issues and investments.