Plant Manager

Description

• Develop and deploy long-term (1-3 year) plant strategies that align with corporate objectives and targets
• Balance the day-to-day execution of operations with long-term vision achievement
• Oversee all elements of day-to-day plant operations to ensure Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) commitments are met in an agile environment
• Establish and execute plant policies, and procedures and coordinate plant operations
• Increase production, asset capacity, and flexibility while minimizing costs and maintaining quality standards
• Create a strong operations talent base and have a positive impact on morale by coaching and motivating team members in support of their optimum performance and career development
• Build capabilities, tools, and processes to analyze and deliver globally cost-competitive products, including evaluation of make vs. buy decisions
• Own and deploy the culture of financial compliance and controls in alignment with the company’s overall requirements and principles
• Create and sustain healthy communication channels across departments and functions at all levels
• Work across locations with other plant leadership to benchmark and share standard processes, and identify solutions to common challenges
• Drive overall operational excellence and continuous improvement through the application of Lean practices and processes
• Organize and apply change management principles to successfully engage the workforce, implement initiatives, and improve morale

Requirements

• 5+ years of Lean Manufacturing experience, including the development and deployment of Value Stream Mapping, roadmaps, and kaizen leadership with successful event facilitation and leadership, and the development, deployment, and sustainment of Lean Daily Management systems
• Minimum 10 years of progressive plant operations experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Material Management, Quality, or Production Management
• Experience in the development, deployment, and sustainment of safety, quality, and/or environmental management systems such as ISO9001, ISO14001, and/or SafeStart
• Certification in Lean Manufacturing principles and development, deployment, and sustainment of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) principles, in particular
• Process experience in high-volume metal-cutting and automated assembly environments with high attention to quality and reliability
• Experience in the plumbing products industry
• Process experience in metal finishing environments
• 5+ years’ experience as a Plant Manager with demonstrated successful execution of Key Performance Indicators (KPI), strategic initiatives, and team building and collaboration
• Think abstractly and implement action-oriented solutions to ambiguous or undefined problems
• Display strong organizational skills and be detail-oriented
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline, Business Administration, Industrial Management, or a related field
• Demonstrate leadership in people management, motivational, and teambuilding skills
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of business and planning systems, such as Oracle/JD Edwards and Blue Yonder

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance