Own the end-to-end commercial agenda for a new Midwest manufacturing platform, building a best-in-class co-packing facility to serve both large established brands and smaller emerging brands looking for additional capacity.

Well-capitalized and institutionally backed, with a mandate to scale globally through a combination of greenfield development and future acquisitions. The platform is being built deliberately, prioritizing revenue visibility, operational excellence, and long-term customer partnerships, rather than short-term volume.

Role Overview

The CEO will have full P&L and operational responsibility. You will lead the business from late-stage development through commissioning, ramp-up, and scale, ensuring that the company launches as a high-credibility, high-performance industrial platform. This role requires deep operating judgment, disciplined capital allocation, and the ability to build trust with customers, lenders, employees, and investors simultaneously.

Build and lead a greenfield industrial business from development through steady-state operations
Integrate commercial, operational, and financial execution into a single accountable operating model
Scale into a repeatable, multi-site global platform

12–18 Month Success Criteria

Deliver on-time, on-budget commissioning of the Midwest facility
Achieve a controlled ramp-up to target utilisation and OEE
Convert contracted capacity into reliable EBITDA generation
Establish as a credible, bankable operating platform
Build the organisational foundation for replicable future sites

Ideal Background

15–25+ years in industrial manufacturing, beverage, food, or contract manufacturing
Has personally led: Greenfield builds, major brownfield expansions and multi-disciplinary teams (ops, commercial, finance, engineering)
Comfortable with: Board-level accountability, Lender scrutiny, Complex stakeholder environments

Core Responsibilities

Define and deliver the long-term platform strategy, translating investor ambition into clear operating priorities and building a repeatable, scalable model
Own end-to-end delivery of the Midwest site — engineering, construction, and commissioning — ensuring on-time, on-budget completion and Day 1 operational readiness
Establish world-class standards in safety, quality, and reliability
Partner closely with Commercial to secure bankable customer contracts and align capacity, customer mix, and ramp-up sequencing while maintaining disciplined, value-led revenue selection
Own the full P&L, cash flow, and capital allocation, including equipment financing and project debt processes
Deliver transparent, lender- and investor-grade reporting and financial predictability
Recruit and develop a high-calibre leadership team and set the tone for a culture of accountability, execution, and operational excellence
Lead evaluation of new sites and M&A opportunities, ensuring expansion is customer-led, capital-disciplined, and operationally executable

Compensation

Market-competitive CEO base salary
Meaningful equity ownership tied to:
Facility performance
Platform expansion
Long-term value creation
Incentives aligned to durable outcomes, not short-term optics

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