VP, Manufacturing - Fresh Bakery

Campbell's

Remote, USA

Pay: $221,500-$304,600/yr

Shift: Full time

**Since 1869, we've connected people through food they love. We’re proud to be stewards of amazing brands that people trust. Our portfolio includes the iconic Campbell’s brand, as well as Cape Cod, Chunky, Goldfish, Kettle Brand, Lance, Late July, Pacific Foods, Pepperidge Farm, Prego, Pace, Rao’s Homemade, Snack Factory, Snyder’s of Hanover. Swanson, and V8.**

**Here, you will make a difference every day. You will be supported to build a rewarding career with opportunities to grow, innovate and inspire. Make history with us.**

**Why Campbell’s…**

• Benefits begin on day one and include medical, dental, short and long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance (for individual, families, and domestic partners).
• Employees are eligible for our matching 401(k) plan and can enroll on the first day of employment with immediate vesting.
• Campbell’s offers unlimited sick time along with paid time off and holiday pay.
• If in WHQ – free access to the fitness center. Access to on-site day care (operated by Bright Horizons) and company store.
• Giving back to the communities where our employees work and live is very important to Campbell’s. Our “Campbell’s Cares” program matches employee donations and/or volunteer activity up to $1,500 annually.
• Campbell’s has a variety of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support employees.

**Job Description**

The Vice President, Manufacturing – Fresh Bakery provides strategic and operational leadership for Campbell’s Fresh Bakery manufacturing network, including bakery operations in Bloomfield, Connecticut; Downers Grove, Illinois; Lakeland, Florida; and Denver, Pennsylvania. This leader establishes the manufacturing strategy, operating priorities, performance expectations, and transformation agenda for the network, ensuring consistent execution across safety, quality, service, cost, reliability, productivity, and people.

Leading through the Plant Managers, the VP creates alignment across sites while maintaining clear site-level accountability for day-to-day operations and results. The role builds manufacturing capability and organizational talent across the network, identifies and addresses systemic performance opportunities, and drives continuous improvement and transformation to strengthen the long-term competitiveness of the Fresh Bakery business.

This leader partners across Supply Chain and the broader organization to align manufacturing strategy, capabilities, capacity, capital priorities, and resources with business needs. The incumbent must be an enterprise-minded business partner who creates direction, enables effective decisions, builds talent and culture, drives disciplined execution, and owns results across the network.

**Essential Job Duties**

**Manufacturing Strategy & Network Leadership:** Define and lead the multi-year manufacturing strategy for the Fresh Bakery network. Translate business and Supply Chain priorities into clear site objectives, integrated roadmaps, operating plans, and performance expectations. Maintain clarity between network-level strategic direction and Plant Manager ownership of daily site operations.

**Safety, Quality & Operating Integrity:** Set expectations and governance for employee safety, food safety, product quality, environmental responsibility, and regulatory compliance across all bakery sites. Ensure effective management systems, standards, controls, and escalation routines are in place, while holding Plant Managers accountable for site execution and results.

**Network Performance Management & Accountability:** Establish the operating cadence and performance-management system for safety, quality, service, cost, labor, yield, waste, reliability, customer service, and employee engagement. Review performance across sites, identify systemic gaps and best practices, define corrective actions, and ensure clear ownership and follow-through.

**Manufacturing Transformation & Operational Excellence:** Lead the transformation agenda for Fresh Bakery manufacturing, creating consistent operating systems, standards, and management routines across the network. Build a culture of continuous improvement and zero loss, and use Lean Manufacturing, Total Productive Maintenance, equipment reliability, and problem-solving disciplines to deliver sustainable improvements.

**Cost, Productivity & Business Performance:** Deliver network productivity, cost, waste, and efficiency commitments through disciplined planning and execution. Connect operational performance to financial outcomes, evaluate trade-offs, and mobilize cross-site resources to address significant performance gaps or opportunities.

**Capacity, Capability & Capital Strategy:** Shape network capacity, capability, technology, and capital priorities based on demand, growth, service, risk, and long-term business needs. Sponsor major capital and capability initiatives, ensure disciplined prioritization and governance, and partner with Engineering and other functions to achieve intend