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Plant Director

SunOpta37 open roles

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Omak Facility, 1124 5th Avenue E, Omak, Washington, United States of America
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Your applicationOpen nowPlant DirectorSunOpta · Omak Facility, 1124 5th Avenue E, Omak, Washington, United States of America

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Early applications get read.

13.9% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. SunOpta postings stay open a median of 21 days.

Share of postings closed within
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  2. 4.7%3 days
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  4. 22.4%14 days
  5. 38.1%30 days
  6. 59.0%60 days
This job: posted 14 hours ago

SunOpta median: 21 days open

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Job Summary:

The Plant Director leads all aspects of plant operations, ensuring the delivery of the highest-quality products at the lowest sustainable cost while maintaining the safest, most environmentally responsible operating environment. Sets the strategic direction for manufacturing, drives operational excellence, and fosters a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across all plant functions. Champions talent development and organizational effectiveness by building a strong leadership pipeline, attracting, developing, and retaining top talent, and empowering employees at all levels to reach their full potential. Cultivates an inclusive, high-performance culture that values engagement, teamwork, ownership, and shared success. Provides leadership and guidance to ensure alignment with company goals, long-term growth objectives, and regulatory compliance.

Essential Functions of the Job:

Develops and executes the plant’s strategic and operational plans to achieve production, cost, quality, safety, and environmental targets, influencing both direct reports and dotted-line stakeholders to ensure alignment with corporate objectives and long-term growth. Oversees multi-line, 24/7 manufacturing operations, ensuring optimal production scheduling, resource allocation, and workforce management while balancing short-term needs with long-term operational priorities. Leads capital planning and plant improvement initiatives, engaging both direct teams and matrixed partners to implement equipment upgrades, process optimizations, and technology projects that maximize efficiency and ROI. Establishes and monitors key performance metrics, including OEE, throughput, waste reduction, and labor efficiency, leveraging operational data to drive continuous improvement and cost containment across the plant. Provides oversight and influence across Maintenance, Production, Quality, Engineering, EHS, and Supply Chain functions in a matrixed organization, leveraging both direct and dotted-line relationships to ensure alignment, coordinated planning, preventive programs, and successful cross-functional initiatives. Influences and partners with cross-functional leaders to ensure robust food safety programs, adherence to GMPs, and compliance with all regulatory and customer standards. Oversees all plant financial responsibilities, including budgets, capital expenditures, cost control, staffing, and productivity reporting. Provides strategic insight to Finance and executive leadership to support operational and investment decisions. Drives employee engagement and organizational development by partnering with HR and plant leadership to attract, develop, and retain top talent; build leadership capabilities and succession strength; establish clear performance expectations and accountability; and foster a high-performing culture rooted in collaboration, continuous learning, and shared ownership of results. Acts as the primary liaison between plant operations and corporate leadership, providing operational updates, risk assessments, and strategic recommendations for continuous growth and efficiency improvement. Serves as the key decision-maker in operational issues, including crisis management, production disruptions, and long-term operational planning.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Direct Reports: Responsible for directly managing various functions including Operations/Production Manager(s), Maintenance, EHS, etc.)

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Food Science, related field; or equivalent experience 10+ years of leadership experience in Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated manufacturing environment Proven experience leading multi-shift, multi-line operations with P&L responsibility

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s Degree Bilingual in Spanish

Knowledge and Skills:

Exceptional strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities, with a track record of delivering operational excellence in complex manufacturing environments Expertise in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, or other continuous improvement methodologies with demonstrated results in efficiency, waste reduction, and cost management Strong financial acumen, including budget management, cost forecasting, and productivity analytics In-depth knowledge of regulatory compliance, food safety, environmental standards, and employee safety programs Polished leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and inspire cross-functional teams and senior executives

Additional Considerations:

Travel Expectation: Some travel required. Location: This role will be located at our plant in Omak, WA. Work Environment: This work will be split between a manufacturing environment and office environment.

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