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Ventek Solutions is a leading provider of highly engineered protective packaging solutions serving a diverse base of customers across attractive end markets, including healthcare, cold chain, data centers, electrification, industrial automation and other specialized applications.

Originally established as a carve-out from Sonoco in 2024, Ventek is backed by Black Diamond Capital Management and operates eight manufacturing facilities across the United States and Mexico. The company has made significant progress establishing the infrastructure, leadership team, operating processes and capabilities required to operate successfully as an independent company.

Under CEO Chris Wrobel, Ventek is establishing a high-performance culture centered on commercial excellence, operational execution, accountability and profitable growth.

The foundation is substantially in place. Ventek's next phase is about building on that foundation and accelerating profitable growth.

Ventek 2.0 represents the company's evolution from carve-out and stand-alone company formation to becoming a premier specialty packaging platform. The strategy is focused on accelerating organic growth, expanding margins, increasing penetration in attractive end markets, improving asset productivity and selectively pursuing acquisitions that broaden Ventek's capabilities and market reach.

A critical element of Ventek 2.0 is creating greater ownership and accountability at the facility level. Plant Managers are expected to operate as the CEOs of their facilities, with responsibility for safety, quality, service, people, growth and financial performance. The Director, Plant Finance will effectively serve as their CFO counterpart, bringing the financial leadership, operating insight and constructive challenge required to drive profitability, cash generation, asset productivity and returns.

Ventek is also investing significantly in its digital and data capabilities, including an enterprise data architecture designed to create a common source of information across the organization. AI, automation and modern analytical tools are being deployed to simplify processes, standardize ways of working, increase productivity and improve decision‑making. Finance will play an important role in translating these capabilities into better business decisions and measurable operating results.

Ventek is seeking a commercially and operationally oriented Director, Plant Finance to provide financial leadership for its Tullahoma and Mount Pleasant manufacturing facilities. Candidates should be located within commuting distance of these two plant locations.

The Director will report to the Global Controller and operate as a core member of the leadership teams of both facilities, with direct accountability to the respective Plant Managers for business performance. The role will also have significant interaction and visibility with Ventek’s Chief Financial Officer and broader senior leadership team.

This is not a traditional plant accounting role. Financial integrity, cost accounting and controls are essential foundations, but the primary mandate is to use financial and operating insight to improve business performance.

The Director will develop a deep understanding of how each facility creates value at the customer, product, machine and asset level and will work across Operations, Supply Chain, Utilities, Engineering, Commercial Finance, Sales, FP&A, Accounting and IT to improve profitability and returns.

The Director will also be part of a broader Plant Finance leadership team supporting Ventek’s manufacturing network. While accountable for assigned facilities, each Director has a shared responsibility to optimize Ventek’s enterprise performance through common metrics, transparent benchmarking, best‑practice sharing, healthy competition and disciplined deployment of volume, capacity and capital.

• Serve as the senior financial leader for Tullahoma and Mount Pleasant and the financial counterpart and strategic business partner to both Plant Managers.
• Own the financial outlook for both facilities, including budgeting, forecasting, profitability, cash generation, working capital and capital requirements.
• Translate financial and operating performance into clear actions, identifying gaps early and establishing corrective actions, owners and timing with plant leadership.
• Lead plant financial and operating reviews focused on KPIs, performance drivers, risks, opportunities and actions rather than simply reporting historical results.
• Provide financial leadership and constructive challenge around major operating, commercial and capital decisions.
• Develop clear visibility into profitability at the facility, customer, product, machine and order level.
• Understand and actively manage the key drivers of manufacturing economics