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• Entrepreneurial role

• ​Profit sharing / milestone based bonus

• Manufacturing head

• US (West Coast)

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The Company

Our client is a rapidly expanding supplements and pharmaceutical manufacturing organisation operating in a stringent GMP-regulated environment. With accelerating growth, strong commercial demand, and planned new plant developments, the company is entering a pivotal transformation phase. Operating to global standards—including FDA and EMEA—the business places high value on leaders with direct experience in plant set-up and exposure to FDA inspections or FDA dealings, as these capabilities will underpin future expansion.

The organisation offers a highly entrepreneurial environment where performance is genuinely rewarded. In addition to a competitive executive compensation package, the CEO will have access to profit-sharing incentives and milestone-based bonuses, directly linking leadership impact to long-term enterprise value creation.

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The Position

Reporting to the Board/Shareholders, the Chief Executive Officer will lead the company’s strategic direction, operational excellence, and commercial performance. A significant priority will be the establishment, commissioning, and scaling of new manufacturing plants, alongside strengthening current operational capabilities and regulatory readiness.

Key accountabilities include:

• Setting and executing the long-term strategy, including new plant set-up, greenfield expansion, and future capacity-building programmes.

• Providing end-to-end leadership across manufacturing, supply chain, regulatory affairs, quality, customer service, HR/HSE, finance, and commercial functions.

• Ensuring all facilities—new and existing—achieve and sustain full compliance with cGMP, EMEA, and FDA regulatory standards, including readiness for FDA audits and inspections.

• Leading the organisation through FDA-facing interactions, audit preparation, and compliance strengthening.

• Overseeing the design, budgeting, installation, and validation of new production plants, ensuring regulatory alignment from concept to commissioning.

• Driving commercial growth, profitability, and new product introduction pipelines.

• Managing capital expenditure and long-term investment, including major plant build-out budgets, equipment selection, and technology upgrades.

• Leading expansion activities, investment opportunities, acquisitions, and alliances that strengthen manufacturing capability.

• Building organisational capability through talent development, workforce planning, and leadership succession aligned with plant operations.

• Working closely with the Head of Finance to ensure strong financial governance, planning, and risk management.

• Fostering a culture of operational discipline, innovation, performance excellence, and regulatory integrity.

Compensation Structure:
The role offers a competitive senior-level package complemented by profit-sharing incentives and milestone-based performance bonuses, rewarding delivery of plant set-up milestones, operational scale-up, revenue growth, and profitability targets.

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The Person

The ideal candidate is an accomplished executive with deep operational leadership experience within GMP-regulated pharma or nutraceutical manufacturing, coupled with a proven record in greenfield plant development and facility expansion. Experience dealing with FDA inspections or U.S. regulatory environments is a major advantage.

The preferred profile includes:

• Proven success as CEO, COO, Managing Director, or senior executive within pharma/nutraceuticals.

• Strong track record in setting up, commissioning, and scaling manufacturing plants (greenfield or brownfield), including facility design, equipment qualification, and regulatory approval.

• Prior exposure to FDA inspections, FDA audits, or direct FDA-related interactions—highly preferred.

• 10–15 years of experience in GMP operations with deep understanding of FDA/EMEA regulatory frameworks.

• Expertise in technical transfers, validation, qualification, troubleshooting, process scale-up, and commercial manufacturing.

• Experience managing cross-functional teams across manufacturing, supply chain, quality, regulatory, HR, finance, and commercial functions.

• Degree in engineering or a scientific discipline; MBA preferred.

• Strong commercial and strategic acumen with the ability to identify opportunities, negotiate major agreements, and drive revenue and profit growth.

• Superior communication, stakeholder engagement, and leadership capability.

• Hands-on, entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to thrive in fast-paced and high-growth environments.

• Ability to translate strategy into operational execution—especially across new facility establishment and regulated manufacturing systems.

The role is suited for a visionary CEO who can build manufacturing plants from scratch, build people teams, and build sustained enterprise value, supported by a performance-linked compensation structure.

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