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About Us

BW Packaging is driving performance at the intersection of people, technology, and customer care. As part of the privately held Barry Wehmiller family, we unite a global team of packaging experts with a clear purpose: People Who Care, Building Solutions that Perform. We take on our customers toughest challenges as our own delivering both innovative and enduring solutions that set the standard for value and performance. Our strength comes from our people and the power of our brands trusted names in packaging that are known worldwide for engineering excellence, application expertise, and lifetime commitment to customer success. Truly Human Leadership guides our belief that exceptional business results and profound respect for people together provide the foundation of enduring success. We are committed to forging lasting partnerships with our customers, earning their trust through integrity, expertise, and execution. With our full range of packaging solutions and long term partnership and service, we help customers achieve operational excellence today while building the future of packaging together.

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmillher has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Job Description

The Vice President, Operations North America is a key senior executive responsible for full P&L ownership of North American operations, including new equipment and rebuilds. This leader drives execution across multiple sites and functions, ensuring alignment to growth objectives and strategic priorities while cultivating a high-performance, people-centered culture. Success in this role requires strong cross-functional collaboration to connect site and regional operations with broader product, commercial, and supply chain prioritiesensuring customer value remains central from strategy through delivery.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this role oversees a team of site and multi-site leaders and plays a central role in advancing operational consistency, performance, and long-term scalability. The role also includes collaboration with international operational leaders and Managing Directors to ensure consistency, shared learning, and coordinated execution across regions where appropriate. The VP supports all aspects of growth by ensuring tight alignment with product, commercial, operational, and supply chain strategiesdelivering customer value, efficiency, and margin expansion.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic & Growth Alignment
  Own and lead P&L performance for all North American operations (New Equipment + Rebuilds)
• Strategic Collaboration
  Align operations strategy to broader business growth plans through close collaboration with Product (CPMO), Commercial (CCO), Operational Strategy (VP, Operational Strategy), and Supply Chain (EVP, Finance & Supply Chain and BW Enterprise)
• Execution Roadmaps
  Translate long-range strategic priorities into site-level execution roadmaps, investment plans, and performance targets
• Operational Model
  Contribute to Packagings overall operational model by influencing footprint strategy, cross-site roles, and process alignment
• Global Alignment
  Coordinate with international Managing Directors and operations leaders to share best practices, ensure alignment where needed, and support globally consistent operational standards.
• Matrix Accountability
  Operate effectively within a matrixed structure to ensure shared accountability and integrated decision-making

Execution & Site Leadership

• Day-to-Day Operations
  Lead day-to-day operations across a network of domestic manufacturing facilities
• Direct Reports & Span of Control
  Manage 9 direct reports, including site and multi-site operations leaders; oversee a span of care of ~437 team members
• World-Class Execution
  Drive consistency and collaboration across all locations to ensure world-class execution
• Culture & Delivery
  Champion a culture of safety, quality, and delivery excellence

Performance Improvement & Customer Trust

• Customer Trust Experience
  Drive adoption of the Customer Trust Experience system to deliver high-quality solutions on time, with minimal warranty exposure
• Continuous Improvement
  Apply continuous improvement and structured problem-solving principles to eliminate inefficiencies and improve throughput, leveraging working knowledge of CI and OpEx frameworks
• Operational Reviews
  Partner with Finance to lead operational reviews and align around shared performance drivers
• Escalation Point
  Serve as the escalation point for delivery challenges, quoting risk, or field warranty concerns

Organizational Design & Talent Development

• Team Structures
  Continuously evolve site-level team structures to optimize cost, support growth, clarify roles, and strengthen cross-site alignment
• Leadership Development
  Develop a strong leadership bench with a focus on growing talent from within and preparing for future needs
• Coaching
  Support and coach direct reports to foster shared accountability, consistency, and operational ownership
• Leadership Culture
  Promote a leadership culture grounded in care, clarity, and high expectations

Strategic Leadership & Impact

• Global Ambition
  Align operations with our ambition to be a formidable global packaging solutions provider
• Customer Problem Solving
  Fall in love with solving our customers problems by addressing operational and execution challenges through strategic thinking, discipline, and transformation
• Systems & Practices
  Implement systems and practices that drive efficiency, scalability, and customer impact across all facilities
• Culture & Performance
  Develop a culture where people and performance work in harmony balancing care with accountability at all levels
• Vision & Values
  Contribute clear vision and leadership while operating within the broader Barry-Wehmiller values and vision
• Senior Leadership Influence
  Act as a strategic and cultural force across the operational senior leadership team

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelors degree required; degree in Engineering, Operations, or a related field preferred
• 20+ years of relevant experience, with 10+ years of experience leading multi-site manufacturing operations across states or regions
• Demonstrated success driving operational efficiency, productivity, and sustainable margin improvement
• Experience managing P&L and leading large teams across complex operations
• Familiarity with Lean, continuous improvement, and structured problem-solving with a proven ability to deploy when needed
• Flexibility to take on evolving responsibilities in response to strategic priorities and business needs
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills, especially in matrixed environments involving supply chain, engineering, and commercial teams
• Ability to lead through complexity, build strong leadership teams, and deliver results through others

Travel: 5060%, domestic & international, primarily within North America

Direct Reports: Site Leaders; Multi-site Operations Leaders

Site and Multi-Site Operations leaders have direct staff accountability for: Manufacturing & Assembly, Testing, Project Management, Planning, Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement (CI), and matrixed, indirect oversight for the following functions: Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, Stockroom / Logistics

Success Profile: This role requires a grounded, high-accountability leader who can deliver operational results while building organizational strength. It demands someone who leads with clarity, develops talent intentionally, and drives performance across a complex, multi-site manufacturing network. Success in this role requires a disciplined and people-centered executive with end-to-end operational fluency and a track record of scaling execution, efficiency, and team capability. This individual ensures alignment across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chainoptimizing cost, margin, and throughput without compromising safety, customer trust, or employee engagement. This leader aligns to the vision set by the Chief Operating Officer and serves as a central force in making that vision realowning delivery across North America and cultivating a culture of accountability, consistency, and care that enables sustainable growth and customer confidence.

At Barry-Wehmiller we recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. We know that our differences often can bring about innovation, excellence and meaningful worktherefore, people from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodations during the interview process.

Barry-Wehmiller is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V This organization uses E-Verify. Applicants may be subject to pre-employment screening which may include drug screening, reference checks, employment verifications, background screening and/or skills assessments.

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