Organizational & Operational Cultural Development – 20%

• Build and develop high-performing plant and supply chain leadership teams across the Labels Business Unit.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, operational excellence, and data-driven decision-making across manufacturing and supply chain functions.
• Strengthen collaboration across operations, commercial, and enterprise functions to ensure alignment on growth priorities and customer commitments
• Develop leadership capability and succession pipelines within operations and supply chain functions.

 Business Performance & Operational Execution – 50%

• Deliver operational performance supporting the business P&L, achieving annual operating plan commitments across safety, service, cost, productivity, and margin while enabling profitable growth.
• Ensure reliable service performance by aligning manufacturing, demand planning, production scheduling, procurement, and logistics to meet customer commitments.
• Drive sustained operational productivity and cost improvement, achieving 3-5% annual productivity gains and margin expansion through manufacturing efficiency, labor optimization, asset utilization, and disciplined cost management
• Improve working capital performance by optimizing inventory levels, production flow, and supply chain coordination while maintaining service reliability and responsiveness.
• Lead a disciplined operational performance management system, using safety, service, cost, productivity, and inventory KPIs to identify gaps, drive corrective action, and sustain continuous improvement across the business.

 Strategic Operations & Business Growth Enablement – 30%

• Partner closely with Commercial leadership to align operational capabilities with market opportunities, ensuring manufacturing capacity, service models, and supply chain capabilities support revenue growth.
• Engage with key customers and end users to strengthen operational understanding of market requirements and ensure service, product availability, and operational responsiveness support commercial success.
• Improve asset utilization and operational scalability by implementing initiatives that increase throughput, enhance equipment effectiveness, and strengthen cost competitiveness.
• Ensure enterprise supply strategies translate into effective operational execution, partnering with Strategic Sourcing and enterprise supply chain leaders to deliver reliable supply and cost competitiveness.
• Support acquisition integration and operational synergy capture by evaluating manufacturing capabilities, operational scalability, and improvement opportunities that accelerate value creation.

Key Attributes

 Business Operator – Understands how operational execution drives full P&L performance, aligning manufacturing, supply chain, and cost structure to deliver margin expansion and profitable growth.

Operational Excellence Leader – Builds high-performing manufacturing organizations that consistently deliver best-in-class safety, quality, service, and productivity outcomes across multiple facilities.

Commercially Connected Operator – Effectively partners with Commercial leadership and engages with key customers and end users to ensure operational capabilities align with market needs and growth opportunities.

Execution-Oriented Leader – Translates strategy into disciplined operating systems, clear accountability, and measurable performance improvements across manufacturing and supply chain functions.

Strategic Operations Thinker – Anticipates operational capacity, service requirements, and supply chain capabilities needed to support the Labels business’ long-term growth.

Data-Driven Decision Maker – Uses operational and financial metrics to diagnose

performance gaps, drive corrective actions, and sustain continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing and supply chain leadership roles within industrial environments. Experience in converting, packaging, or specialty materials preferred.
• Proven multi-site operational leadership, including direct responsibility for manufacturing performance across safety, quality, service, cost, and productivity.
• End-to-end operational leadership experience, including manufacturing, planning, procurement, and logistics in support of complex production environments.
• Strong P&L and financial acumen, with the ability to translate operational execution into margin expansion, productivity improvement, and working capital performance.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver sustained operational productivity improvements through manufacturing efficiency, labor optimization, and asset utilization.
• Experience partnering closely with commercial leadership to align operational capabilities with customer demand, market opportunities, and revenue growth initiatives.
• Ability to engage with key customers and end users, translating market requirements into manufacturing and supply chain execution.
• Proven track record of building and developing high-performing plant and operations leadership teams.
• Experience implementing disciplined operational performance systems, using safety, service, cost, productivity, and inventory metrics to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
• Experience managing complex supply chains and service-driven manufacturing environments where operational reliability directly impacts customer performance.
• Experience in the pressure-sensitive label, variable information (VI) label converting, packaging converting, or related roll-based converting industries preferred, with understanding of service-driven manufacturing environments, high SKU complexity, and customer-responsive production models.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, or commensurate experience.
  • MBA or advanced degree preferred.