Sr Director of Manufacturing - Low Acid Aseptic

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic Leadership & Performance Management

• Develops long- and short-term strategies to achieve world-class performance in safety, quality, productivity, and cost.
• Oversees execution of improvement plans, monitors KPIs, and reports progress to senior leadership.
• Identifies and shares best practices across aseptic facilities to accelerate performance gains.

Quality & Food Safety

• Partners with Corporate Quality to design and enhance food safety and quality systems specific to low acid aseptic beverages.
• Ensures adherence to regulatory and customer requirements while advancing industry-leading standards.

Cost Optimization & Financial Stewardship

• Monitors trends in plant-controlled costs including labor, MRO, utilities, and scrap.
• Develops strategies to optimize year-over-year spend and establishes best-in-class benchmarks.
• Supports aseptic plants in applying learnings to reduce costs and improve financial performance.

Technology, Engineering & Capital Projects

• Collaborates with technical engineering teams to evaluate emerging technologies and identify operational improvements.
• Provides guidance on CAPEX evaluations to ensure strategic, cost-effective investment decisions.

Executive Partnership & Cross-Functional Influence

• Serves as a proxy for the VP of Aseptic Manufacturing & Engineering in meetings, summits, and plant visits as needed.
• Acts as a primary liaison for cross-functional workstreams to improve alignment, communication, and project execution.

Talent Development

• Mentors high-potential leaders within Beverage Engineering and Manufacturing to support organizational growth and succession planning.

Travel & Location

• May initially be required to relocate to the flagship low acid aseptic facility in Temple, TX.
• As aseptic operations expand, this role will transition into a travel-focused position, with approximately 40% travel expected to support all aseptic sites.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ Years - Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 6 Years - Experience in Position
• 10+ Years - Experience managing people/projects

*Experience may include a combination of work experience and education

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, Process Engineering
• Computer literate with proficiency in, but not limited to: Microsoft Office Applications, Visio, Oracle Business Systems, smart sheet etc.
• Detail-Oriented with Excellent Oral and Written Communication Skills
• Knowledge of product, water and microbiological analysis methods, laboratory systems and beverage sanitation practices
• Demonstrated ability to use data for creative problem solving.
• Experience using statistical software packages.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ Years- Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 10+ Years - Experience working in Position
• 10+ Years - Experience managing people/projects

*Experience may include a combination of work experience and education

• HACCP Certification

COMPETENCIES:

This position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

Lead Like an Owner

• Manages a safe working environment, accurately documents safety related training, and effectively communicates safety incidents.
• Provides strategic input and oversight to departmental projects.
• Makes data driven decisions and develops sustainable solutions.
• Skilled in reducing costs and managing timelines while prioritizing long run impact over short term wins.
• Makes decisions by putting overall company success first before department/individual success.
• Leads/facilitates discussions to get positive outcomes for the customer.
• Makes strategic decisions which prioritize the needs of the customer over departmental/individual goals.

InnovACT

• Continuously evaluates existing programs and processes and develops new initiatives to increase efficiency and reduce waste.
• Creates, monitors, and responds to departmental performance metrics to drive continuous improvement.
• Communicates a clear vision, organizes resources effectively, and adjusts the strategy as needed when managing change.

Find a Way

• Demonstrates ability to think analytically and synthesize complex information
• Effectively delegates technical tasks to subordinates
• Works effectively with departments, vendors, and customers to achieve organizational success.
• Identifies opportunities for collaboration in strategic ways.

Empowered to be Great

• Makes hiring decisions primarily based on culture fit and attitude, and secondarily based on technical expertise.
• Engages in long term talent planning.
• Provides opportunities for the development of all direct reports.
• Understands, identifies, and addresses conflict within own team and between teams.

Typical Compensation Range

Benefits

Our Total Rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family:

Regular full-time team members are offered a comprehensive benefits package, while part-time, intern, and seasonal team members are offered a limited benefits package.

• Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time
• Paid parental and caregiver leaves
• Medical, including virtual care options
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) with company match
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members
• Family Building Benefits including enhanced fertilitybenefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements
• Income protection including Life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan
• Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
• Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities
• And more!

https://careers.niagarawater.com/us/en/benefits

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