Plant Director / General Manager

CONFIDENTIAL RETAINED SEARCH | MEXICO LIFE SCIENCES

Search Reference: TNF-MX-PD-2026 | Site Leadership Mandate, Mexico Life Sciences

ABOUT THIS SEARCH

Top Notch Finders has been retained on an exclusive and strictly confidential basis to identify a Plant Director / General Manager for a client in Mexico’s medical device, biotech, pharmaceutical, and techbio sector. To protect the interests of our client and of every candidate who engages with us, the identity of the company is disclosed only to qualified candidates under a confidentiality agreement. All inquiries and applications are received and managed solely by Top Notch Finders.

POSITION SNAPSHOT

• Company profile: Manufacturing site of a multinational medical device or pharmaceutical company with a foreign corporate parent.
• Reports to: VP of Operations / Regional Director at the foreign parent company.
• Location: Northern Mexico manufacturing regions (Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, or Nuevo León); specifics disclosed to qualified candidates.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Plant Director / General Manager holds full accountability for a single manufacturing site, leading safety culture, production, quality compliance, and workforce management while serving as the primary liaison between the Mexican operation and a foreign corporate parent. This role is critical to companies navigating the shift from nearshoring expansion to operational optimization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Direct all site operations including production, quality, safety, logistics, and workforce management.
• Establish and maintain a zero-accident, safety-first culture at the plant level.
• Report site performance, financials, and operational metrics to foreign parent company leadership with full transparency and reporting discipline.
• Lead and develop a Mexican workforce while aligning with global corporate standards and expectations.
• Drive plant-level continuous improvement and cost optimization initiatives.
• Ensure full regulatory compliance across quality, environmental, and labor standards.
• Manage local labor relations in compliance with Mexico’s labor law, including the 2026 40-hour workweek reform.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years of manufacturing leadership experience, including prior plant director or general manager roles in Mexico.
• Demonstrated experience scaling a Mexican operation, not simply maintaining steady-state production.
• Bilingual fluency (English/Spanish) required.
• Experience reporting into a foreign, typically U.S., corporate parent company.
• Strong knowledge of Mexican labor law and workforce management practices.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND HOW TO APPLY

This is a discreet, retained engagement. Your candidacy will never be presented to any organization without your explicit prior authorization, and no application will be visible to the hiring company at this stage. Accomplished site leaders are invited to submit a resume in confidence, in English or Spanish, through the Top Notch Finders website. Please reference search code TNF-MX-PD-2026 in your submission. Do not include patient-identifiable, trial-blinded, or other confidential clinical or proprietary information of any kind in your application materials. Only candidates whose backgrounds align closely with the mandate will be contacted.