VP, Fresh Bakery Manufacturing — Multi‑Site Leader

The Campbell's Company; United States; Remote; USD 222,000 - 305,000; Full time

Job summary

Campbell’s Fresh Bakery is seeking a Vice President of Manufacturing to provide strategic and operational leadership for its bakery network across Bloomfield CT, Downers Grove IL, Lakeland FL, and Denver PA. You will set the manufacturing strategy, oversee operating priorities, and drive transformation to ensure safety, quality, service and cost goals are met.

The role requires 15+ years in manufacturing leadership, with multi-site experience and strong people leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree strongly preferred or an Associate's degree with significant experience.
• Fresh Bakery manufacturing experience strongly preferred
• 15+ years of progressive manufacturing/operations experience
• Prior experience as a Plant Manager, General Manager, Director of Site Operations, or comparable senior manufacturing leader
• Significant people leadership experience, including leadership of senior operational leaders
• Multi-site leadership experience across multiple operations

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the multi-year manufacturing strategy for the Fresh Bakery network.
• Translate priorities into site objectives, roadmaps and operating plans with clear ownership at the Plant Manager level.
• Set expectations for safety, quality, product integrity, environmental responsibility and regulatory compliance.
• Establish operating cadence and a performance-management system across sites; address gaps and drive corrective actions.
• Lead the transformation agenda to implement Lean, TPM, reliability, and continuous improvement.
• Deliver network productivity, cost, waste and efficiency commitments; align with financial outcomes.
• Shape network capacity, capability and capital priorities; sponsor major initiatives.
• Develop and mentor Plant Managers and senior site leaders; build succession and bench strength.
• Partner with Planning, Engineering, Quality, Logistics, Finance, and R&D to deliver enterprise outcomes.
• Serve as the senior manufacturing voice for Campbell’s Fresh Bakery across the network.

Skills

Manufacturing Leadership

Multi-site Leadership

Plant Manager Experience

Food Industry Experience

Budget & P&L Understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree strongly preferred or Associate's degree with significant experience

Job description

Campbell’s Fresh Bakery is seeking a Vice President of Manufacturing to provide strategic and operational leadership for its bakery network across Bloomfield CT, Downers Grove IL, Lakeland FL, and Denver PA. You will set the manufacturing strategy, oversee operating priorities, and drive transformation to ensure safety, quality, service and cost goals are met.

The role requires 15+ years in manufacturing leadership, with multi-site experience and strong people leadership.