The ideal candidate is a hands-on operational leader with strong financial acumen, proven Lean/Six Sigma experience, SAP/ERP discipline, and the ability to identify, evaluate, and implement new and emerging technologies that improve safety, quality, throughput, labor productivity, asset reliability, customer delivery, and cost structure. Evaluate and champion practical applications of AI/GenAI, agentic workflow tools, machine vision, IoT sensors, connected equipment, predictive analytics, digital twins where appropriate, automated material movement, robotics/cobots, digital work instructions, and advanced scheduling tools.