Vice President, Global Operations – Molding & Assembly

Position Summary

The Vice President, Global Operations – Molding, Assembly & Extrusion is responsible for leading and transforming the company’s global manufacturing footprint, including injection molding, silicone extrusion, automated assembly, and supply chain operations.

This executive will be a highly engaged, hands-on operational leader — as hands-on as a VP should be — capable of entering underperforming facilities, assessing gaps, building structured improvement plans, and driving measurable performance gains across safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

The role is structured as a succession-track opportunity with the potential to advance into a President-level role, based on performance and business readiness.

This position requires a leader who can both operate at enterprise level and engage deeply at the plant level when needed.

Key Responsibilities

Global Operational Leadership & Turnaround

• Lead global injection molding, silicone extrusion, and automated assembly operations across multiple sites.
• Conduct structured operational assessments of existing facilities and develop detailed turnaround or performance improvement roadmaps.
• Drive stabilization and margin improvement in underperforming plants.
• Establish standardized operational playbooks across molding, extrusion, and assembly platforms.
• Develop and execute 1–3 year operational transformation plans aligned to enterprise strategy.

Hands-On Execution

• Spend meaningful time onsite in facilities during critical periods (launches, turnarounds, audit preparation, major improvement initiatives).
• Engage directly with plant leadership teams to remove bottlenecks and accelerate decision-making.
• Review molding metrics (scrap, OEE, cycle time, validation stability), extrusion process capability, and automated assembly throughput.
• Lead structured problem-solving initiatives when performance gaps exist.

This is not a remote oversight role. It requires operational presence and credibility.

Financial & Performance Ownership

• Drive EBITDA improvement through operational efficiency, footprint optimization, and cost discipline.
• Partner with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, and capital deployment strategies.
• Build clear operational KPIs tied to margin improvement and capacity scalability.
• Prepare for expanded P&L ownership responsibilities as part of succession planning.

Manufacturing & Technical Scope

• Oversee:
• Injection molding (precision, cleanroom, medical-grade)
• Silicone extrusion operations
• Automated assembly platforms
• NPI and industrialization
• Tooling strategy and automation integration
• Ensure scalable systems to support growth, new technologies, and product expansion.

Regulatory & Compliance Leadership

• Ensure all facilities meet or exceed regulatory requirements (FDA, ISO 13485, OSHA, EPA, etc.).
• Maintain audit readiness across global operations.
• Embed compliance discipline into operational culture.

Talent & Organizational Development

• Strengthen plant-level leadership capability.
• Develop succession plans for key operational roles.
• Build a culture of accountability, execution, and continuous improvement.
• Elevate underperforming teams through structured leadership development.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or related field (MBA preferred).
• 15+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
• Significant experience in injection molding environments.
• Exposure to silicone extrusion or elastomer processing.
• Demonstrated success leading automated assembly operations.
• Proven experience turning around or materially improving existing manufacturing facilities.
• Strong financial acumen with experience influencing or owning P&L performance.
• Experience in regulated manufacturing environments (medical device preferred).

Leadership Profile

The ideal candidate will be:

• A structured and organized operational strategist.
• Comfortable working both in the boardroom and on the manufacturing floor.
• Data-driven and financially disciplined.
• Capable of building detailed execution plans and holding teams accountable.
• A credible technical operator with molding and assembly depth.
• A future enterprise leader prepared for expanded general management responsibility.

Travel

Approximately 30–40% global travel required, with flexibility during transformation periods.