Plant Manager Jobs

The Plant Manager is responsible for assisting the General Manager in managing total plant operations and delivering superior customer satisfaction by driving results and exceeding expectations in the key areas of safety, service, quality and cost.

Major/Key Accountabilities

• Ensure compliance through teamwork for all Standard Operating Procedures within the Plant
• Support plant administration to ensure compliance to established policies
• Implement and manage Lean opportunities to effectively eliminate waste
• Drive efficiencies in asset utilization through proper transportation scheduling, dispatch, & driver management while meeting customer expectations.
• In partnership with Plant Manager, provide leadership to Plant staff to effectively recruit, train, develop, evaluate, motivate, delegate and monitor their activities
• Manage the work of all production employees oversees production and shipping schedules based on availability of raw and finished goods.
• Ensure the consistent execution of all SOPs throughout the Plant and in accordance with the PMS Commercial Organization, Global Supply Chain
• Support and implement cost control initiatives and process control within the Plant.
• Continually review operations activities, including local transportation activities to maintain compliance with all Federal, State and local laws (OSHA, DOL, DOJ, EPA, FD)
• Directly responsible for all employment decisions at the facility.
• Deliver best operational practices and cost efficiencies across the Plant while maintaining critical quality and raw material utilization standards that are necessary to maintain customer satisfaction and Plant profitability.
• Drive Safety improvements (Zero Harm) across the Plant
• Responsible in consult with General Manager for the cost and yield performance of the Plant in partnership with the overall P&L of the Plant.
• Provide hands-on leadership as a working manager, responsible for mentoring and coaching all employees and managing employee relations issues.

Measures

• Production yield Asset utilization
• Productivity/throughput
• Direct Cost Metrics
• OSHA Incident Rate
• Regulatory Compliance
• Profitability to budget
• Inventory reconciliation

Scope

• 20 direct report
• 1 location
• $5-20M

Qualifications

• Six Sigma/Lean certification preferred
• Bachelors in Operations/Supply Chain or related field

Experience:

• Strong customer focus orientation
• Experience managing safety performance and programs
• Demonstrated success in delivering strong employee relations
• Familiarity with private fleet management/transportation is helpful
• 5+ years in a plant supervisory role in an engineering or manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally
• Expert people management capability including non-exempt production workforce
• Understanding of supply chain practices and metrics

Skills And Knowledge

• Superior ability to manage people and motivate a team
• Excellent problem-solving skills and strategic thinking ability