Plant Manager
Listed on 2026-08-22
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Manufacturing / Production
Operations Management, Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma, Manufacturing & Industrial Operations
Thisis
notatraditional
Plant
Manageropportunityfocusedonmaintainingthestatusquo.Thisisanopportunitytohelpbuildthefutureoperatingmodelofagrowingmanufacturingbusiness.
Arapidlygrowingmanufacturerisseekingastrategic
Plant Manager
toleadits
Columbusoperation.
Thefacilityhasalreadygrowntoapproximately
60employees
,withcontinuedinvestmentinpeople,equipment,capacity,andoperationalinfrastructure.
Workingdirectlywiththe
Presidentandexecutiveleadership
,thisindividualwillhavesignificantinfluenceoverhowtheoperationscales—buildingthesystems,leadershipstructure,processes,andculturerequiredforthecompany'snextstageofgrowth.
- Leadanestablished
60-personmanufacturingoperation
positionedforcontinuedgrowth - Serveasastrategicbusinesspartnertothe
Presidentandexecutiveteam - Buildscalablemanufacturingsystemsratherthansimplyinheritexistingprocesses
- Lead
Lean Manufacturingandoperationaltransformation - Developtheplant'smanagementandsupervisoryteam
- Drivecapacity,throughput,productivity,quality,and profitability
- Influence
Cap Ex,equipmentinvestments,plantlayout,andfuturecapacity - Helppositiontheorganizationforcontinuedexpansionand
futureacquisitions - Potentiallong-termpathintobroader
multi-siteoperationalleadership
- Fullplantleadershipacross
Production,Maintenance,Engineering,Quality,Supply Chain,Safety,and Shipping - Safety,Quality,Delivery,Cost,Productivity,andoveralloperationalperformance
- P&Lperformance,budgets,KPIs,EBITDAimprovement,labor,inventory,andoperatingcosts
- Lean Manufacturing,Continuous Improvement,Standard Work,andoperationaldiscipline
- Throughput,OEE,downtime,scrap,rework,andlaborefficiency
- Capital projects,equipmentinvestments,capacityplanning,andfacilityimprovements
- Leadership development,succession planning,andorganizationalaccountability
- 10+years
ofprogressivemanufacturingleadership - 5+yearsleadingmultiplefunctionaldepartments
- Experience in
metal fabrication,welding,machining,industrialmanufacturing,orengineeredproductspreferred - Strong
Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma/Continuous Improvement
background - Demonstratedsuccesstransformingorscalingmanufacturingoperations
- StrongfinancialacumenwithexperiencemanagingP&L,budgets,Cap Ex,KPIs,inventory,labor,and profitability
- Provenabilitytodevelopsupervisorsanddepartmentleaders
- Experience with
ISO/qualitymanagementsystems - Abilitytooperatestrategicallywhileremainingconnectedtothemanufacturingfloor
Thispositionofferstheopportunitytomovebeyondtraditionalplantmanagementandbecomeakeycontributortothecompany'sbroadergrowthstrategy.
Therightleaderwillhavethe
autonomy,executivevisibility,andresourcestomakemeaningfulchanges
—whilehelpingtransformanalreadygrowing
60-personoperationintoascalable,high-performancemanufacturingorganization.
Thisisanopportunityforsomeonewhowantsto
build,transform,andgrowabusiness—notsimplyrunaplant.
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