Director of Manufacturing, Pellets
Traeger GrillsSalt Lake City, Utah, United States · Posted 3 months agoDescription
Welcome to the Traegerhood:
Our business is BBQ, and business tastes good. Traeger invented the wood pellet grill over 30 years ago, and we’re fanatics who are dedicated to bringing people together to create a more flavorful world. From our headquarters in Salt Lake City, we work tirelessly to provide a world-class experience to our customers, retailers, and especially our employees. If you’re a team player who’s dedicated to delivering top-quality results every day, then we want you to come cook with us.
What You’ll Do:
The Director of Manufacturing, Pellets is responsible for driving operational excellence across Traeger’s pellet manufacturing network — including owned facilities and contract manufacturers, both domestic and international. This role serves as the Pellet Business Operations Lead at HQ, with end-to-end accountability for production, quality, cost, safety, sourcing, compliance, new product development, and capital planning.
The Director sets strategic direction, owns the long-range capacity and CAPEX plan, partners closely with Finance on budget and cost performance, and drives cross-functional alignment with Category Management, Sales, Operations and site leadership.
How You'll Help Us Win:
Operations & Strategic Leadership
- Architect and oversee a high-performing manufacturing network spanning owned facilities and contract manufacturers, domestic and international
- Define, track, and continuously improve KPIs across safety, quality, delivery, and cost — holding sites accountable to world-class performance standards
- Champion on-time, in-full, on-quality fulfillment as a non-negotiable operational standard
- Drive asset reliability programs, ensuring equipment uptime and maintenance standards support production commitments
- Embed a continuous improvement culture through LEAN methodologies and Good Manufacturing Practices, creating scalable systems that raise the floor across all sites
- Translate operational data into strategic insights, identifying systemic waste and driving measurable cost and efficiency improvements
- Own manufacturing performance reporting and executive accountability, ensuring leadership visibility into operational health across the network
Strategic Planning & CAPEX
- Define and own the long-range strategic vision for pellet operations, including multi-year growth plans, capacity roadmaps, and business continuity strategies
- Lead long-term capacity planning and capital investment strategy, balancing growth ambitions with operational and financial constraints
- Lead scenario modeling and capacity analysis to evaluate new customer opportunities, network expansion, and make-vs.-buy decisions
- Build and manage the annual CAPEX plan, partnering with Finance to prioritize capital investments
- Build and maintain robust contingency and flex-capacity plans with contract manufacturing partners to protect supply continuity
Sourcing & Supplier Management
- Own the end-to-end sourcing strategy for all pellet inputs, balancing cost, quality, and supply security across a diverse supplier base
- Build and steward strategic supplier partnerships — negotiating contracts, managing performance, and cultivating long-term relationships that advance quality and cost objectives
- Lead supplier onboarding, cost negotiations, pricing support, quality management, and lead time coordination
Financial Management
- Own P&L accountability for the pellet manufacturing business, driving disciplined cost management while identifying opportunities to improve unit economics at scale
- Lead financial analysis on product uniformity, cost reduction initiatives, and manufacturing efficiency — translating findings into actionable business cases
Compliance
- Serve as the enterprise compliance authority for the pellet business, proactively managing regulatory requirements and responding to customer compliance demands
- Lead environmental compliance across all manufacturing sites, including air quality (DEQ) permitting, annual reporting, and regulatory relationship management
- Lead FSC / EUDR compliance, including material accounting, audits, and training
- Own the GMP program with rigor — maintaining audit-ready standards and instilling a culture of quality discipline across the manufacturing network
New Product Development
- Drive the new product development process from concept through commercialization, aligning cross-functional teams on technical feasibility, timelines, and launch readiness
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