Vice President of Operations

About This Role

This executive role combines strategic leadership with active involvement throughout the company's greenhouse, production, warehouse, and shipping operations. The Vice President of Operations will work closely with the Leadership Team to strengthen operational performance, develop managers, and connect long-term production planning with changing customer demand. The role suits an experienced commercial horticulture operations leader who understands the pace and complexity of a growing company.

Responsibilities

• Connect demand to execution by translating approved demand and sales plans into coordinated production, capacity, labor, purchasing, inventory, and fulfillment plans
• Improve operational performance by establishing clear expectations and measurable results across safety, quality, service, productivity, inventory, waste, cost, and profitability
• Develop strong leaders by coaching managers, clarifying responsibilities and decision authority, addressing performance gaps, and building dependable leadership depth
• Stay close to the work by maintaining a visible presence throughout the operation, listening to employees, identifying root causes, and ensuring improvements are sustained
• Strengthen financial results by partnering with Finance and department leaders on budgets, labor costs, inventory, working capital, and capital investments
• Build systems that support growth by improving processes, ERP use, reporting, and accountability while reducing dependence on founders for routine operating decisions
• Lead across the company by working with Sales, Growing, Finance, R&D, and Human Resources to make decisions based on the greater good of the organization

Requirements

• Significant operations leadership experience in commercial horticulture, including greenhouse, nursery, tropical foliage, floriculture, young plants, bedding plants, or comparable large-scale live-goods production
• Proven experience at the Director, VP, COO, or comparable level, leading multiple operational functions and managers
• A strong understanding of living inventory, crop timing, availability, shrink, seasonality, labor, space utilization, and product flow
• Demonstrated success developing leaders, strengthening accountability, and improving operational and financial performance
• Strong financial judgment and experience using ERP systems, operational data, and KPIs to guide decisions
• The ability to lead strategically while remaining hands-on, approachable, and effective in a growing organization
• Experience leading operations through rapid company growth

About the Company

The Plant Company (TPC) produces premium tropical houseplants for retailers nationwide from its state-of-the-art, controlled-environment operation in Stuarts Draft, Virginia. As a proud Proven Winners® leafjoy® partner, the company is building the people, processes, and systems that will support its continued growth.