Plant Operations Manager

Overview

A Global Specialty Manufacturer of Performance Materials located in Greater Philadelphia Region is in search of a Plant Operations Manager to join their local plant. This Plant Operations Manager will report to VP of Operations and manage, streamline the operations of the manufacturing site, champion changes to drive efficiency and continuous improvement, promote lean environment to optimize plant performance. This opportunity offers excellent compensation, bonus, and benefit, in addition, the company would like to develop this individual to become the VP of Operations for succession planning purposes.

• Report to VP of Operations and oversee a manufacturing site of 70 employee including temporary employees, about $40M.
• Lead a team of direct reports (Production Control Manager, Materials Manager, Warehouse Manager, Engineering Manager, Maintenance Manager), establish rapport will plant personnel and provide hands-on support, mentor, coaching as needed.
• Full responsibilities to Plant P&L, work collaboratively with Senior Leadership from Corporate regarding financial objectives, cost, budgeting, discuss strategy to optimize financial performance and revenue generation.
• Analyze current plant operational process across logistics, inventory, production, maintenance, quality, study capacity and process, make decisions on improvement, champion changes across all levels of operations.
• Champion Six Sigma to drive process improvement and operational excellence, foster lean manufacturing environment, foster safety conscious culture, open communication culture and teamwork culture.
• Provide direct support and relationship development with customers, resolve customer complaints and inquires with internal team, collaborate with quality team to identify RCA and drive CAPA to reduce recurring quality issues as well as improve quality compliance.
• Work with Sr. Management, Engineering, Maintenance to determine major capital projects such as upgrade, service and replacement, plan capital project on budget and timeline and oversee project progression.
• Foster solid relationship with all level personnel, plan, oversee and instrument staffing, succession planning, position development, cross training, career advancement, performance review, etc.

• Bachelor’s Degree in chemical engineering, Engineering Discipline, Business, or related field.
• Recent 10+ years of tenure in site management, manufacturing management or plant operations management within manufacturing industry, exposure to chemical processing, slitting, converting, heat treating, laminating processes is a plus.
• Strong leadership and people skills, ability to make decisions and champion changes across organization.
• Strong knowledge in continuous improvement and operational excellence; ability to interact with different levels of personnel, suppliers, and customers.
• Recent exposure in managing manufacturing site with major expansion, significant product changes or start-up setting.
• Strong relationship building and negotiation skills.
• Ability to advance to multi-site leadership role or VP of Operations