Vice President, Global Manufacturing Engineering

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.; Princeton (ME); Hybrid; USD 248,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Basic life insurance

Paid vacation & sick time

Paid Parental Leave

401k with company match

Job summary

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. is seeking a Global Engineering Vice President to lead enterprise engineering, capital strategy, and sustainability for a $6B+ global CPG organization.

You’ll drive capital deployment, automation, and technology transfer across manufacturing with a focus on decarbonization and regulatory compliance. The role requires 15+ years in engineering leadership within capital-intensive, regulated environments and experience in consumer packaged goods.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline is required.
• 15+ years of progressive leadership in engineering, manufacturing, or operations in a capital-intensive, regulated environment.
• Experience in consumer packaged goods, Household and Personal Care categories.
• Process automation and digitalization experience in global companies.
• Proven enterprise capital planning leadership with governance and financial discipline.
• Experience leading large, complex programs and technology transfer at scale.
• Familiarity with validation practices and regulated manufacturing expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide engineering and sustainability strategy aligned with long-range manufacturing goals.
• Direct over $120M in annual capital deployment and oversee budgeting and ROI analysis.
• Advise on sustainability, decarbonization, and science-based target programs.
• Establish engineering standards and technology transfer workflows across R&D to production.
• Drive Industry 4.0 adoption, automation, digitalization, and modernized control systems.
• Strengthen enterprise risk governance, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Finance, Plant Leadership, and regulators to deliver improvements.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, Responsible Care, and validation standards.
• Provide leadership to Corporate Engineering/Facilities teams and project managers.
• Oversee external partnerships, regulators, and vendor relationships.
• Direct capital projects from feasibility to startup, including expansions and launches.
• Advise executives on manufacturing capability, investment, and change management.

Skills

Leadership experience

Capital planning

Sustainability expertise

Regulatory compliance

Enterprise transformation

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication with executives

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

A collective energy and ambition. A place where you can make a real difference. We’re a company that genuinely cares about our people, our products, our consumers and the environment. Our unique, informal culture champions courage, determination and collaboration. Knowing we have an open and supportive team means each of us has the freedom to take responsibility and ownership. We have a shared passion to work hard, innovate and push boundaries. United by the belief that when we strive for growth, anything is possible. While we might not be the largest company in our industry, we believe we can have the biggest impact because: Together We Have the Power to Win.

Job Summary

The Global Engineering Vice President will be responsible for enterprise engineering, capital strategy, operational risk governance, facilities, and sustainability across a $6B+ global consumer packaged goods organization. This role will provide global leadership for capital deployment, decarbonization, automation, digitalization, engineering standards, technology transfer, and “build to adapt” technology, and will play a critical role in supporting long-term manufacturing strategy, cost competitiveness, agility, operational resilience, and business continuity across the enterprise.

About the Role

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in engineering, manufacturing, capital planning, sustainability, operational risk management, and enterprise transformation, with a proven ability to lead complex global portfolios in regulated environments. This role will involve cross-functional partnership with Supply Chain, Finance, Procurement, Plant Leadership, Treasury, ESO, R&D, regulators, industry groups, and external partners to drive productivity, operational excellence, compliance, manufacturing modernization, and sustainable business growth.

Work Environment

Hybrid: This is a hybrid role based in Ewing, NJ and requires in- person attendance on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with remote work options on Mondays and Fridays.

Role Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Enterprise Strategy: Lead enterprise-wide engineering and sustainability strategy aligned with long-range manufacturing, capacity, automation, and cost objectives.
• Capital Deployment and Governance: Direct more than $120 million in annual capital deployment and oversee capital planning, project prioritization, return on investment analysis, and the Corporate Annual Capital Budget.
• Sustainability and Decarbonization: Serve as the enterprise authority for sustainability and lead decarbonization and science-based target strategies through practical, operationally grounded programs.
• Engineering Standards and Technology Transfer: Establish and maintain engineering standards and technology transfer workflows from research and development through commercialization to support scalable, compliant, and cost-effective manufacturing readiness.
• Optimization and Transformation: Lead manufacturing transformation toward Industry 4.0 standards, process automation, digitalization, control system modernization, standardized technology transfer, and manufacturing systems that enable agentic artificial intelligence.
• Operational Risk and Business Continuity: Strengthen enterprise risk governance, disaster recovery, and business continuity frameworks across facilities, including critical infrastructure, utilities, process safety, operational risk, and cybersecurity risk.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Supply Chain, Finance, Procurement, Plant Leadership, Treasury, ESO, and other stakeholders to deliver productivity, cost savings, service improvements, quality, compliance, and enterprise risk mitigation.
• Compliance and Governance: Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, Responsible Care, Factory Mutual requirements, corporate engineering standards, state codes, federal regulations, validation practices, Computer System Validation, and Quality Systems Validation.
• People Leadership: Provide oversight to Corporate Engineering and Facilities leadership, including Project Managers and Senior Project Managers, and build, develop, and retain high-performing global engineering and technical teams.
• Vendor and External Partner Management: Oversee contractor selection, external engineering partnerships, execution governance, and organizational representation with regulators, industry groups, and external stakeholders.
• Project Management: Direct capital projects from feasibility through design, construction, and startup, including infrastructure modernization, automation, new product launches, capacity expansion, acquisition integration, and manufacturing insourcing.
• Executive Leadership: Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on manufacturing capability, engineering, capital investment, and change management while promoting safety, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Education and Experience Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline required.
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in engineering, manufacturing, or operations within a capital-intensive, regulated environment required.
• Consumer packaged goods experience in Household and Personal Care categories.
• Demonstrated experience with process automation and digitalization in global companies.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise capital planning and executing large, complex portfolios with strong governance and financial discipline.
• Proven ability to lead enterprise-wide technical, engineering, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Experience operating in complex, global organizations with multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Experience delivering automation upgrades and control system modernization, including standardization and technology transfer at scale while managing operational and cybersecurity risk.
• Familiarity with validation practices and regulated manufacturing expectations, including Computer System Validation and Quality Systems Validation.
• Track record of advancing sustainability and decarbonization initiatives through cross-functional partnership.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder alignment, change leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to operate from the boardroom to the plant floor.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• Relevant professional certifications in engineering, sustainability, project management, safety, or environmental management.
• Experience in global consumer packaged goods manufacturing.
• Experience with acquisitions, integrations, manufacturing insourcing, or enterprise transformation in complex global environments.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid vacation and sick time, and Paid Parental Leave.
• 401k retirement plan (with company match and profit-sharing).
• Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Salaries and Compensation

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000 – $350,000. This position is also eligible for a bonus. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, job‑related knowledge and skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal pay parity. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

Equal Opportunity

Church & Dwight is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

About the Company

For more information on our company, our brands and our culture visit us at http://www.churchdwight.com/. Church & Dwight is a world‑leader in household and personal care products. Our global brands include ARM & HAMMER®, Batiste, OxiClean, Trojan, XTRA, Nair, First Response, Spinbrush, Orajel, vitafusion, Li’l Critters, Water Pik and FLAWLESS®. Founded in 1846, we have operations globally and are listed in the S&P 500.