Plant Director

Catena Solutions; Minnesota; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Catena Solutions in Minnesota seeks a Plant Director to lead manufacturing across multiple facilities, ensuring safe, efficient operations, and consistent high-quality output aligned with business objectives.

The role builds high-performing teams, fosters accountability, advances continuous improvement, and drives operational excellence through daily management systems, data-driven decision making, OEE optimization, TPM and Lean initiatives, and a strong safety culture across the site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
• 7+ years of direct plant leadership experience.
• Experience managing co-manufacturing customer relationships is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily manufacturing operations across multiple facilities, ensuring consistent production of high-quality products while maintaining rigorous food safety and quality standards.
• Drive safe, efficient manufacturing operations by developing and reinforcing policies, procedures, and best practices that support a world-class safety culture.
• Lead daily management systems focused on operational performance, including OEE, schedule attainment, productivity, and output targets.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by implementing and sustaining manufacturing execution systems and structured daily operating cadences.
• Utilize data and performance metrics to identify operational losses, uncover improvement opportunities, and drive corrective actions.
• Partner with Continuous Improvement leadership to deploy TPM and Lean manufacturing strategies, optimizing processes, reducing waste, and improving overall site performance.
• Ensure operational procedures and standards are effectively implemented, consistently followed, and continuously improved.

Skills

Plant leadership

Operational excellence

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional leadership

Education

B.S. in Engineering or Science

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

MES

Job description

The Plant Director will lead manufacturing operations across multiple facilities, ensuring safe, efficient, and effective performance while consistently meeting business objectives. This leader will be responsible for building and developing high-performing teams, fostering a culture of accountability, and driving operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily manufacturing operations across multiple facilities, ensuring consistent production of high-quality products while maintaining rigorous food safety and quality standards.
• Drive safe, efficient manufacturing operations by developing and reinforcing policies, procedures, and best practices that support a world-class safety culture.
• Lead daily management systems focused on operational performance, including OEE, schedule attainment, productivity, and output targets.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by implementing and sustaining manufacturing execution systems and structured daily operating cadences.
• Utilize data and performance metrics to identify operational losses, uncover improvement opportunities, and drive corrective actions.
• Partner with Continuous Improvement leadership to deploy TPM and Lean manufacturing strategies, optimizing processes, reducing waste, and improving overall site performance.
• Ensure operational procedures and standards are effectively implemented, consistently followed, and continuously improved.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university, preferably in Engineering or Science discipline, Supply Chain Management or Business. Master’s degree is preferred.
• 7+ years of direct plant (single or multiple site) leadership experience.
• Management of co-manufacturing customer relationships is a plus.