Plant Manager-Santa Clarita

Senior Plant Operations Leader (onsite position)

Our client, a well established manufacturing organization is seeking a senior operations leader to oversee a complex 24/7 production facility. This highly visible position will have responsibility for safety, quality, food safety, production, maintenance strategy, talent development, continuous improvement, capital planning, cost performance, and customer service.

Location: Santa Clarita

Salary: $150-$160k (permanent position)

Schedule: Monday-Friday

Key Qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing/production leadership

• Experience leading a 24/5 or 24/7 facility

• Ingredients, flavors, or related process-manufacturing experience

• Experience with liquids, dry powder blending, and/or spray drying

• Strong safety and food-quality orientation

• Proven leadership and employee development capabilities

• Lean/continuous improvement experience

• Preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance knowledge

• CAPEX and operational-readiness experience

• ERP/MRP experience; SAP and SAGE are beneficial

• Automation, automated batching, and PLC environment exposure

• Strong financial, budgeting, KPI, and analytical capabilities

This opportunity is ideal for an accomplished manufacturing leader who can combine hands-on operational leadership with strategic plant development, build strong teams, and drive sustainable improvements across safety, quality, service, cost, and throughput.

Pay Details: $150,000.00 to $160,000.00 per year

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