Head of Plant - Wausau

Interested in a career that matters?

Join us our new Head of Plant in Wausau, WI!

In this role you'll make an impact by:

• Ensuring the production sites' safety strategy complies with Regional and Global policies, OSHA, and relevant government regulations.

• Ensuring continuous improvement of safety culture and procedures while delivering product on-time, on-specification, and at the right quantity.

• Ensuring that the production areas and processes comply with all relevant standards such as GMP, FSSC, ISO14001

• Driving continuous improvement of product quality, including reducing complaints and addressing internal and external audit findings.

• Advocating and using Lean/GO4Excellence tools ensuring continuous improvement.

• Ensuring the production site has mid- and long-term investment plans, and it invests diligently to address gaps in capacity, compliance, and capability.

• Being responsible for overall economy of the production site, through control and oversight of budgets.

• Being responsible for supporting and ensuring business processes (such as SAP) are run effectively.

• Being responsible for up to 9 direct reports and their development. Living and exemplifying culture commitments and motivate to drive a sustainable high-performance culture.

• Overseeing performance management cycle including mid-year and annual reviews, business targets, Individual Development Plans, 1-on-1 meetings, continuous feedback, and organizational reviews.

• Ensuring successful collaboration across departments, regional support functions, and production sites

To succeed you must hold:

• B.S. in Engineering or related field, Masters Degree/MBA is a plus

• Minimum 6 years of manufacturing/production experience

• Minimum 2 years of people management with experience demonstrated in supervision, management, and leadership.

• Excellent organizational skills with effective written and oral communication

• Must possess visual acuity and physical abilities to support all functions of position.

Location: Wausau, WI (On-Site)

Application deadline: April 17, 2026

Expected salary range: $175,000 - $210,000

Benefits you will enjoy:
* 401(k) with up to a 9% company contribution
* Minimum of 3 weeks of vacation plus 12 holidays and 2 weeks of Wellness Time
* Health, Dental, Vision & Life insurance
* Healthcare savings account option
* Employee assistance program
* Parental leave
* Tuition reimbursement
* All benefits begin on your first day

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity's biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It's how we've gotten so far. And it's how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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