Company Overview

Our client is a fast-growing and innovative contract manufacturer that specializes in high-quality dietary supplements, functional foods, and nutraceutical products. Based in Texas, they take pride in their commitment to excellence, transparency, and regulatory compliance. They offer comprehensive solutions that encompass product development and formulation, manufacturing, packaging, and fulfillment. Driven by a passion for helping their clients grow, scale, and innovate in the dynamic wellness industry, we are looking for dedicated individuals to grow with us.

 

Position Summary

We are seeking an execution-focused Vice President of Operations to lead our production, scheduling, materials, and operational systems functions. This executive will play a key role in ensuring outstanding delivery performance and efficiency across the organization. The ideal candidate has a strong background in manufacturing operations, a passion for process optimization, customer success and the strategic capability to drive automation and scalable systems as we grow.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Execution & Production Management

• Oversee end-to-end daily operations across manufacturing, raw materials, and fulfillment to ensure on-time, in-full (OTIF) delivery performance.
• Drive a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across the production floor.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Quality, Procurement, Compliance and Sales) to align priorities and resolve operational bottlenecks.

Scheduling & Capacity Planning

• Lead production scheduling and resource planning to optimize throughput and minimize downtime.
• Develop and implement demand-driven scheduling systems that ensure material and labor readiness while maintaining flexibility.
• Balance customer priorities with operational constraints to maintain high service levels.

Material Availability & Inventory Coordination

• Ensure raw material and component availability aligns with production needs through close coordination with Procurement and Supply Chain teams.
• Ensure customer success through a disciplined planning, forecasting, and supplier alignment process.
• Improve and support warehouse and inventory operations to support a lean, responsive production environment.

Automation & Scalability

• Identify, evaluate, and implement tools, systems, and technologies that streamline workflows and enhance visibility.
• Champion the design and rollout of current automation platforms with a vision for future ERP tools to support scale.
• Build dashboards, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms that enable real-time decision-making and operational insight.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead and develop a high-performing operations team, building capabilities across production management, planning, and systems.
• Foster a collaborative, performance-oriented culture that supports employee growth and engagement.
• Align operational functions with broader company strategy and contribute to executive-level planning and decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, preferably in food, beverage, supplements, or CPG environments.
• Proven track record of driving operational improvements, reducing lead times, and enhancing delivery performance.
• Strong systems orientation—experience implementing software planning tools.
• Deep understanding of scheduling, MRP, materials management, and capacity modeling.
• High sense of urgency, analytical problem-solving skills, and hands-on leadership style.
• Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or relevant graduate degree is a plus.