Director of Manufacturing

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

The Director of Manufacturing is the enterprise leader responsible for end-to-end manufacturing performance across High Purity, Aerospace & Defense, Energy, and the Porous Metal Center of Excellence (PMCE). This role owns safety, quality, delivery, cost, and scalability across all value streams, ensuring operations can support rapid growth, increasing technical complexity, and multi-industry demands. The leader will drive operational excellence, capacity expansion, and technology-enabled manufacturing to enable Mott's next phase of growth.

Enterprise Manufacturing Leadership

• Own full performance across all manufacturing value streams (HP, A&D, Energy, PMCE)
• Deliver OTD, quality, throughput, and cost targets across multiple business units
• Align operations with strategic growth priorities and customer demand
• Establish clear accountability across value stream leaders

Porous Metal Center of Excellence (PMCE)

• Lead and scale PMCE as the core capability hub for powder metals processing, sintering, and advanced materials
• Drive cross-BU manufacturing consistency and best practices
• Standardize processes, equipment strategy, and technical capability across value streams
• Ensure PMCE is effectively delivering to all other value streams

Operational Excellence & Transformation

• Embed Lean, Six Sigma, and daily management systems across operations
• Drive transformation initiatives: flow and pull systems, standard work and visual management, scrappage reduction and yield improvement
• Lead enterprise-wide productivity and cost-out programs

Capacity, SIOP & Scalability

• Own demand/capacity alignment in partnership with SIOP
• Develop and execute capacity expansion plans (equipment, layout, staffing)
• Eliminate bottlenecks across machining, furnaces, and critical processes
• Ensure readiness for step-change growth in A&D and Semiconductor

Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Champion a safety-first culture across all operations
• Ensure compliance with AS9100, ISO, and customer-specific requirements
• Maintain high purity and contamination control standards
• Drive proactive quality systems (process control vs. inspection-based)

New Product Introduction & Scale-Up

• Partner with Engineering and R&D to industrialize new products
• Ensure robust Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and production readiness
• Lead scale-up from prototype and qualification into full-rate production
• Reduce time-to-market for new technologies

Talent & Organizational Leadership

• Build and lead a scalable manufacturing leadership team
• Develop strong bench strength across operations, CI, and process engineering
• Establish a culture of accountability, execution discipline, and continuous improvement
• Serve as a visible, hands-on leadership presence on the shop floor

Cross-Functional & Commercial Alignment

• Partner with BU leaders (HP, A&D, Energy) on growth execution
• Align operations with commercial priorities, margin targets, and customer expectations
• Support customer engagement on critical delivery and capacity commitment

Required

• 15+ years in manufacturing leadership in engineered/industrial or advanced materials environments
• Proven experience leading multi-site or multi-value stream operations
• Strong track record of driving OTD, cost reduction, and productivity improvement
• Deep experience with Lean / CI systems and operational transformation
• Demonstrated ability to scale operations in high-growth environments

• Experience in Semiconductor, Aerospace & Defense, Energy, or advanced filtration/materials
• Background in powder metals, sintering, or precision manufacturing
• Experience with high purity or regulated manufacturing environments
• Familiarity with SIOP and capacity planning at scale

• Highly execution-oriented; thrives in complex, fast-paced environments
• Comfortable operating across multiple BUs with competing priorities
• Strong technical intuition with business acumen
• Drives accountability and simplification (aligned with 80/20 mindset)
• Builds high-performance teams and scalable systems

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

Total Rewards

The compensation range for this position is $158,600.00 - $237,800.00, depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan.

Benefits Package

Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: https://www.idexcorp.com/careers/our-benefits-and-rewards/

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.

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