Vice President, Operations

Role Summary

The Vice President of Operations is a key member of CIVCO’s executive leadership team, responsible for setting the vision and continually advancing the company’s manufacturing and operations platform.

This role owns multi-site manufacturing, supply chain, production planning, safety, facilities, continuous improvement, and information technology across the global enterprise.

Within the scope of manufacturing and operations, this leader shapes strategy, defines the operating model, and drives disciplined execution across a regulated, multi-site manufacturing footprint serving global markets.

The role also translates enterprise strategy into feasible operating plans, challenges infeasible commitments with data and clear trade-offs, and ensures predictable, scalable execution in support of CIVCO’s long-term growth.

Reporting relationship: This role reports to the President.

Scope of Responsibility



* Manufacturing operations - Iowa and Juarez, Mexico


* Continuous improvement and operational excellence systems


* Supply chain and production planning


* Safety, facilities, and infrastructure


* Information technology across the global enterprise

Executive Team Role



* Set direction and shape strategy within manufacturing, operations, and information technology


* Translate company strategy into operational reality across people, processes, systems, and capital


* Lead and institutionalize continuous improvement across the enterprise, including assessing operational maturity and deploying structured improvement roadmaps across sites and functions


* Establish and rigorously enforce a disciplined operating cadence, including operational KPIs, structured performance reviews, and clear accountability for measurable results


* Act as a credible challenger, pushing back on infeasible plans and commitments using facts, data, and clearly articulated trade-offs


* Balance functional optimization with enterprise-level outcomes


* Represent operations in senior leadership forums, including periodic engagement with parent-company leadership

What Success Looks Like



* Manufacturing operations and operational IT platforms are continually strengthened and scaled to improve reliability and performance


* Disciplined, predictable execution is established across Iowa and Juarez


* A clear operating system grounded in LEAN, continuous improvement, and operational excellence is evolved and rigorously enforced


* IT and digital enablement are leveraged as force multipliers for operations rather than back-office support


* A consistent, data-driven operating cadence using leading and lagging operational KPIs drives predictable performance and continuous improvement


* The operations organization is built to support growth and change with minimal disruption

How This Leader Operates



* Operates at executive altitude while remaining deeply credible wit...