Director, Production

Fox Factory

Director of Production overseeing vehicle production operations across multiple sites at FOX Factory. Ensuring safety, efficiency, compliance, and operational excellence in manufacturing processes.

Posted 5/12/2026full-timeAlabama • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leads end-to-end vehicle production operations across multiple manufacturing locations
Owns daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly production performance across all assigned facilities
Directs production scheduling, capacity planning, labor deployment, and operational resource allocation
Drives operational excellence through lean manufacturing principles
Oversees vehicle chassis flow, inventory movement, material readiness, and production sequencing
Partners closely with supply chain, logistics, purchasing, and planning teams
Establishes and manages key operational performance indicators (KPIs)
Provides strong production leadership across multi-site manufacturing teams
Leads production readiness planning for monthly and quarterly volume objectives
Drives a culture of quality ownership throughout production operations
Oversees operational coordination between production, paint, quality, engineering, logistics, and supply chain teams
Monitors and manages production input/output performance
Supports capital planning and manufacturing infrastructure improvements
Maintains strict compliance with OEM production standards
Leads problem-solving and operational recovery efforts
Drives cross-site operational consistency

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field preferred
Minimum of 8–12 years of progressive manufacturing or automotive production leadership experience
Proven manufacturing leadership experience leading multi-site production operations in high-volume, high-mix automotive, manufacturing, or vehicle upfit environments
Strong leadership capability with a demonstrated ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing teams
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams across production, quality, supply chain, logistics, planning, maintenance, and engineering
Execution-focused leader with strong decision-making and problem-solving skills
Demonstrated experience in production scheduling, capacity planning, labor deployment, inventory flow, chassis management, and operational resource alignment
Strong analytical and KPI-driven leadership approach
Working knowledge of lean manufacturing, standard work, waste reduction, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement principles
Effective communicator and organizational leader
Results-oriented leader

Benefits

Comp & perks

competitive wages
great benefits
employee discounts

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

production schedulingcapacity planninglabor deploymentinventory flowchassis managementoperational resource alignmentlean manufacturingroot cause analysiscontinuous improvementKPI management

Soft Skills

leadershipdecision-makingproblem-solvingcommunicationorganizational skillsteam buildingcross-functional collaborationexecution focusanalytical skillsresults-oriented

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in EngineeringBachelor’s degree in OperationsBachelor’s degree in BusinessBachelor’s degree in Supply Chain