Vice President, Manufacturing and Process Engineering (Manufacturing)

Location: Hybrid role based in Ewing, New Jersey, with in-person attendance required on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays; remote work is available on Mondays and Fridays.

Base salary: $248,000–$350,000 per year, plus bonus eligibility.

Company

Church & Dwight is a consumer packaged goods organization focused on household and personal care products, manufacturing, innovation, and sustainable growth.

What you will do

• Lead enterprise engineering, sustainability, capital deployment, and long-range manufacturing strategy across a global organization.
• Direct more than $120 million in annual capital deployment, including project prioritization, return-on-investment analysis, and the corporate capital budget.
• Drive decarbonization, Industry 4.0 transformation, process automation, digitalization, control system modernization, and technology transfer.
• Strengthen operational risk governance, disaster recovery, business continuity, infrastructure resilience, process safety, and cybersecurity risk management.
• Oversee capital projects from feasibility through design, construction, and startup, including modernization, capacity expansion, product launches, acquisitions, and insourcing.
• Lead Corporate Engineering and Facilities leadership, develop global technical teams, and advise executive leadership on manufacturing capability, investment, and change management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in engineering, manufacturing, or operations within a capital-intensive, regulated environment.
• Experience in consumer packaged goods, particularly household and personal care categories, and in complex global organizations with multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Demonstrated success with enterprise capital planning, large portfolio governance, process automation, digitalization, control system modernization, and technology transfer.
• Experience with sustainability and decarbonization initiatives, validation practices, Computer System Validation, Quality Systems Validation, and operational or cybersecurity risk management.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder alignment, change leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Professional certifications in engineering, sustainability, project management, safety, or environmental management.
• Experience with acquisitions, integrations, manufacturing insourcing, or enterprise transformation.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with remote work on Mondays and Fridays.
• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Paid vacation, sick time, parental leave, paid holidays, and floating holidays.
• 401(k) plan with company match and profit-sharing.
• Discounted employee stock purchase plan and bonus eligibility.