Leifje Dighton

Executive Director and Plant Manager
GE Appliances, a Haier company

Leifje Dighton is currently the Executive Director and Plant Manager responsible for top- freezer refrigerator manufacturing in Decatur, Alabama, and a recent Manufacturing Institute Step Ahead Award recipient. Her responsibilities include protecting and developing employees; ensuring customers’ product expectations are exceeded; delivering business results by driving profitability of manufacturing and sourcing strategies to optimize total product cost; supporting growth with factory master planning; and practicing continuous improvement to drive world-class safety, quality, efficiency, and cost.

Leifje is a graduate of Auburn University with a degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering. She has close to 30 years of manufacturing and leadership experience with multiple businesses. Leifje is noted for strategic planning, strong team engagement, project management, and lean manufacturing. She is skilled in manufacturing processes, new product development, continuous improvement, and program execution.