Director of Operations
Location: Charlotte, NC | Onsite (Direct Hire / Full Time)
Compensation: $140K-170K annual salary + variable comp.
Reports to: President
Precision Talent Partners has been retained to identify a Director of Operations for a well-established and growing food and beverage manufacturer serving national and private-label customers. This organization has built a strong reputation for quality, innovation, and operational excellence while continuing to invest in its people, manufacturing capabilities, and long-term growth.
This is a highly visible leadership opportunity for an operations executive who enjoys building high-performing teams, driving continuous improvement, and creating scalable manufacturing processes. Reporting directly to executive leadership, the Director of Operations will play a critical role in shaping operational strategy while ensuring world-class execution across manufacturing, production, quality, safety, and supply chain operations.
If you're energized by improving performance, developing leaders, and making a measurable impact within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, this is an opportunity to help influence the future direction of a growing organization.
Why This Opportunity Stands Out
- Executive leadership position with significant organizational visibility.
- Opportunity to influence company-wide operational strategy and growth.
- Well-established organization investing in continuous improvement and manufacturing excellence.
- Collaborative leadership team that values innovation, accountability, and employee development.
- Ability to make meaningful improvements across operations while building a culture of engagement and performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for all manufacturing and operational activities.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, productivity, and cost reduction.
- Lead production, maintenance, warehouse, planning, and operational support functions.
- Develop and mentor operational leaders while building a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Establish operational KPIs and utilize data to drive informed business decisions.
- Partner with Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Sales, and Finance to ensure operational alignment.
- Optimize manufacturing processes, labor utilization, inventory management, and production scheduling.
- Champion Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and operational excellence initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with all food safety, regulatory, OSHA, and quality standards.
- Lead capital improvement initiatives and support future facility expansion and operational scalability.
Must-Have Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Business, or a related discipline.
- 10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience within food, beverage, consumer packaged goods, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
- Experience leading multiple functional areas within manufacturing operations.
- Demonstrated success improving productivity, quality, safety, and operational performance.
- Strong financial acumen with experience managing budgets, KPIs, and operational metrics.
- Proven experience developing leaders and building high-performing teams.
- Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, and operational excellence methodologies.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and change management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or advanced technical degree.
- Six Sigma Black Belt or Lean certification.
- Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations.
- Familiarity with FDA, USDA, SQF, BRC, HACCP, GMP, and food safety systems.
- Experience leading ERP implementations or manufacturing system improvements.
About Precision Talent
PartnersPrecision Talent Partners specializes in retained executive and technical search, partnering with organizations to identify transformational leaders who drive operational excellence, sustainable growth, and long-term business success.
Precision Talent Partners, LLC values diversity and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to contribute. This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions and does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Employment is at-will, and this job description does not constitute a contract of employment.
