President – Cold Chain Food Manufacturing; Perishable​/Batch Process

Position: President – Cold Chain Food Manufacturing (Perishable / Batch Process)

President – Cold Chain Food Manufacturing (Perishable / Batch Process)

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President – Perishable Manufacturing & Refrigerated Distribution | Family-Owned | ~$100M
Why you should be interested in this role:

This is a rare opportunity to step into a President role with full P&L responsibility for a highly respected, multi-generational, family-owned manufacturing business operating in a perishable, batch-process environment.

The company operates a single-site, highly efficient, asset-intensive manufacturing facility with an integrated refrigerated distribution model, supporting sophisticated, high-volume food service and distribution customers where food safety, cold-chain integrity, and on-time delivery are non-negotiable.

This is not a turnaround
. The business is stable, well-run, and trusted by demanding customers who value reliability over disruption. The mandate for the incoming President is to protect what already works exceptionally well while thoughtfully strengthening systems, developing leaders, improving reliability discipline, and helping the ownership group evolve governance and succession planning for the next generation.

This role is ideal for an experienced operator who enjoys being close to the work, understands the stakes of perishable manufacturing, and can lead confidently in a family‑owned environment.

ROLE CTQs (Critical to Quality):

• Zero food safety lapses; audit-ready at all times
• Cold‑chain integrity and consistent OTIF performance
• High equipment uptime in an asset-intensive, batch‑process operation
• Strong people leadership and next-generation talent development
• Calm, credible executive presence with ownership, employees, and customers

What you will own (end-to-end):

• Operational Leadership & Reliability Lead all site operations including production, maintenance, quality, warehousing, and logistics
• Install and sustain a reliability-focused operating mindset centered on uptime, preventive maintenance, and disciplined execution
• Strengthen PM/PdM programs, CMMS usage, critical spares strategy, and root‑cause problem solving
• Ensure refrigeration, processing, packaging, and sanitation systems support consistent throughput with tight process and temperature control

Food Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Maintain and continuously strengthen food safety and quality systems (SQF/GFSI mindset, HACCP, sanitation, allergen controls)
• Lead regulatory readiness in a highly scrutinized FDA-regulated manufacturing environment
• Ensure customer, regulatory, and internal standards are met without exception

Customer & Demand Stewardship

• Serve as the senior executive interface for key food service and distribution customers
• Anticipate demand swings, promotions, and seasonal volume changes and align capacity, staffing, and inventory accordingly
• Protect long-standing customer trust through transparency, responsiveness, and consistent performance
• Drive an asset‑management mindset across operations and maintenance
• Track and improve uptime metrics (MTBF, MTTR, planned vs. unplanned downtime)
• Lead capital planning focused on reliability, safety, capacity constraints, and compliance, prioritizing ROI-positive investments
• Build credibility and trust with a long-tenured workforce while raising expectations around safety, quality, and accountability
• Develop a deeper leadership bench in operations, maintenance, quality, and logistics to reduce key‑person risk
• Design and execute structured development plans for next-generation family members and high‑potential non‑family leaders
• Establish clear org structure, role clarity, and performance expectations aligned with professional management practices

Ownership & Governance Alignment

• Report directly to the family ownership group and board
• Translate strategic direction into disciplined operational execution and measurable outcomes
• Help clarify governance boundaries between ownership and management while respecting family values and legacy
• Provide fact-based,…