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About Foodmate, a Duravant company:

Lifecycle Services is Duravant’s global brand for aftermarket support, providing parts and service solutions across our family of companies, includingFoodmate. Foodmate brings innovative technology and cost-effective solutions to poultry processing automation. Our team of dedicated professionals is backed by decades of poultry industry knowledge and experience, resulting in the engineering, development and implementation of highly innovative meat processing equipment geared to our clients’ ever-changing needs. Foodmate is proud to be a Duravant company.

About the role:

The Senior Director of Lifecycle Services provides strategic, commercial, and operational leadership for the aftermarket business at Foodmate. In this role you will have the opportunity to drive the strategy to build a best-in-class service organization that is critical in driving enterprise growth and advancing service strategies that deliver long-term customer value. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity to shape service strategy, strengthen customer partnerships, and build a high-performing team that supports the full lifecycle of Foodmate equipment in the field.

What you will do:

• Provide strategic leadership to ensure exceptional customer satisfaction across all touch points with Foodmate’s Aftermarket business. Coach, mentor and develop team of highly technical employees.
• Accountable for achieving growth and revenue targets by driving strategies that increase revenue, improve margin performance, and enhance customer satisfaction, while maintaining operating expense and profitability in line with budget expectations.
• Responsible for the creation of the strategic roadmap for Aftermarket to exceed financial and operational targets.
• Lead the strategy, development and market positioning of new and emerging products and services by leveraging market and competitive insights to drive new growth opportunities.
• Leads and prepares product development; introduction to market, including development of marketing, sales, engineering, and financial plans.
• Develops and maintains cross functional relationships with engineering, marketing, sales, information technology, internal and external customers, analysts, and senior management teams to formulate and execute the strategy.

What you will need:

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical or business field; MBA preferred
• 10+ Years of work experience; 5 years leading teams
• Experience in poultry, food processing or field service industry preferred
• Strong business analysis, problem solving, and strategy development skills
• Ability to build commitment and consensus through effectively influencing others
• Knowledge of manufacturing and engineering processes

Benefits:

• This position is eligible for equity
• Annual incentive plan
• Paid time off & 10 paid holidays
• Life/Disability Insurance
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• 401k
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Wellness programs

Additional information:

• This position will be onsite at our Ballground, GA office.
• This position will offer relocation benefits.
• Sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Domestic travel up to 25%.

About Duravant:

Duravant is a global engineered equipment company with an over 100-year operating history. Through our portfolio of operating companies, we deliver trusted end-to-end process solutions for customers and partners through engineering and integration expertise, project management and operational excellence. With worldwide sales distribution and service networks we provide immediate and lifetime aftermarket support to all the markets we serve in the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors. Duravant’s market-leading brands are synonymous with innovation, durability and reliability.

Position Overview

Marlen, headquartered in Riverside, MO is a global leader in premium food processing technologies. Marlen’s products have long set the standard for quality and performance in vacuum stuffing and pumping, portioning, size reduction, thermal processing, and food handling. Marlen has been trusted by the world’s leading food brands for over 70 years.

The Director of Lifecycle Services is a strategic, commercially focused executive responsible for transforming aftermarket performance into a scalable, customer centric, and highly profitable growth engine. This role is accountable for the financial performance, operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and team development

ensuring that aftermarket becomes a core driver of profitable growth.

As a key member of both the Duravant Lifecycle Services leadership team and the Marlen leadership team, the Director plays a pivotal role in driving aftermarket strategy, market expansion, revenue diversification, and aligning execution across engineering, operations, sales, finance, and the Duravant enterprise.

This position oversees all commercial activities related to parts and service sales and directs all technical and administrative service operations, including installation, repair, preventive maintenance, training, warranty management, and value-add solutions delivered at customer sites.

Candidates must bring proven leadership experience, strong supervisory and project management skills, and solid familiarity with the technologies incorporated into Marlen systems.

Essential Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Commercial Growth

• Provide commercial leadership for all aftermarket functions, including parts sales, field service, project management, and value-added service offerings.
• Serve as a senior leader within both the Duravant Lifecycle Services and Marlen leadership teams, contributing to executive-level strategic planning and decision-making.
• Develop and execute a multi‑year aftermarket growth strategy centered on revenue expansion, margin improvement, and lifecycle value creation.
• Build a structured commercial engine including pricing strategy, disciplined margin management, and proactive campaigns for parts, service, upgrades, and rebuilds.
• Establish a customer‑centric vision that enhances responsiveness, lifecycle support, serviceability, and uptime performance.
• Lead development of new predictable revenue service offerings while conducting ongoing competitive and market analysis to guide prioritization and ensure strategic fit.

Execution Discipline & Operational Excellence

• Oversee recruitment, development, performance management, and daily operations for the Aftermarket team, ensuring adherence to Marlen and Duravant policies and procedures.
• Draft, implement, and maintain policies, processes, and performance metrics that ensure operational efficiency and a high-quality customer experience.
• Implement rigor in initiative prioritization and completion, ensuring that strategic projects are launched, progressed, monitored, and finished.
• Build and enforce disciplined processes for scheduling, installed‑base intelligence, pricing, quoting, field reporting, and KPI review.
• Improve operational results including response time, schedule adherence, first‑time fix rate, warranty cost reduction, and service profitability.
• Reinforce compliance expectations: training completion, expense reporting, AR review participation, and activity.

Product & Market Development

• Drive a culture of proactive customer engagement, rapid issue resolution, and full follow‑through
• Strengthen feedback loops to capture field learnings and translate them into engineering, quality, and product‑improvement actions.
• Partner with Sales and Marketing to build integrated go‑to‑market strategies that highlight Marlen’s lifecycle value.

Commercial Growth & Market Positioning

• Direct and coordinate promotional efforts for aftermarket products and services to expand market share, attract new customers, and strengthen competitive positioning.
• Strengthen feedback loops to capture field learnings and translate them into engineering, quality, and product‑improvement actions
• Partner with Sales and Marketing to build integrated go‑to‑market strategies that highlight Marlen’s lifecycle value.

Cross‑Functional Influence & Alignment

• Serve as the voice of the customer by facilitating cross‑functional alignment between engineering, operations, service, quality, and finance.
• Drive clear communication, transparency, and accountability to eliminate silos and build trust across the leadership team.
• Engage actively in Duravant Lifecycle Services enterprise initiatives and share best practices.

Leadership, Team Development & Culture

• Build a high‑engagement, high‑accountability service culture with clearer priorities, transparent communication, and consistent follow‑through.
• Create structured development plans, cross‑training programs, and succession readiness.
• Reduce turnover by improving leadership presence, clarity of direction, and proactive team support.
• Model mature conflict resolution, professional communication, and responsibility for resolving team issues

Position-Specific Competencies

• Technical Job Knowledge
• Strategic Commercial Leadership
• Customer Focus & Responsiveness
• Change Leadership, Execution Excellence & Prioritization
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Facilitation Skills
• Communication Proficiency
• Teamwork, Collaboration, Leadership Presence & Trust Building
• Managerial Influence
• Comfort Working in a Matrixed Organization
• Data driven decision making

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business discipline; MBA preferred
• 10+ years of leadership experience with proven aftermarket commercial growth results 
• Experience in food processing, or field service industries preferred
• Demonstrated success creating scalable processes and improving service profitability.
• Strong track record of improving customer‑experience metrics.
• Proven ability to lead organizational change and engage cross‑functional teams
• Strong financial acumen and accountability for P&L performance
• Ability to engage effectively at all organizational levels and with customers, partners, and Duravant Operating Companies
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Proven ability to influence, build consensus, and drive alignment across stakeholders
• Proficiency with Office 365, CRM, and ERP systems

Duravant Material Handling Solutions Integrated Solutions is focused on providing solutions to both integrator and end-user customers. Integration Services leverages the products from our Duravant family of companies, which includes automated equipment for food processing, packaging, and material handling along with products and services from strategic equipment partners.

Integrated Solutions is adding a Senior Project Manager, responsible for all aspects of the implementation of projects from receipt of purchase order through completion of installation and startup including, but not limited to, participating in and leading project kick off calls, managing and directing the activities required to meet the project schedule and cost. In addition, the Project Manager will ensure the delivery of materials and resources to the site from internal and external groups, tracking project status, communicating plans with customers, supplying all pertinent information to installers, weekly reporting on project status, etc.

POSITION DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Make periodic site visits to review project progress and report to management as necessary
• Participation in system commissioning and project acceptance
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Work within a teamwork oriented and collaborative environment
• Ensure quality standards maintained across all areas of responsibility
• Demonstrate high attention to detail, solid organization, project management and planning skills
• Understanding of work methods and material handling equipment
• Define initiatives to improve quality and/or productivity such as new engineering methodologies within the team
• Other duties as assigned

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• EXPERIENCE: 8-10 years related Project Management experience in automation, conveyor systems or industrial equipment.
• Must be proficient with a variety of computer systems (ERP systems, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office Suite and project management software)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Able to travel up to 30% both nationally and internationally

As a Duravant Family Company, Integrated Solutions provides a culture that promotes long term career satisfaction, with opportunities for personal and professional growth, Integrated Solutions offers an excellent total rewards package that includes:

• Compensation: We offer competitive compensation
• Benefits: We have comprehensive benefit packages designed to support our employees' health, well-being, and financial security
• Development: We have education and training programs which include an educational assistance program
• Time Off: We offer paid holidays and paid time off
• Driven Team Members: We have a cross-functional, collaborative environment, focused on delivering results
• Core Values: Our core values are Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Winning Spirit, and Sense of Urgency
• Culture: We are driven by our number one asset - our employees, and their successes
• Doing Good: We love to be active members of our community! We have several volunteer opportunities throughout the year.