Plant Manager

Position Summary/Objective

Our Franklin site is seeking a Plant Manager to lead, own, and direct all production and plant activities at the site. The facility is 55,000 square feet with a headcount of 51 employees. This includes general management, production, financial management, EH&S, and regulatory compliance. The incumbent is expected to achieve targeted goals and to deliver on the Annual Operating Plan (AOP).

The Plant Manager is also expected to set aggressive targets to ensure both customer satisfaction and consistent product quality are achieved while maintaining a safe working environment.

• Leads a safety-focused organization that prioritizes safety and housekeeping techniques and programs. Comprehensive Sun Chemical, Sun Care EHS protocols must be managed and implemented to minimize hazardous conditions and lost-time accidents.
• Leads the site safety OSHA program in partnership with the site EHS Coordinator and plant leadership team.

• Leads and motivates the workforce in a positive manner including effectively handling employee relations issues including, but not limited to, training, counseling, discipline and conflict resolution.
• Metrics-driven approach focusing on continuous improvement and accountability.
• Embraces and promotes a continuous improvement mindset focused on identifying and removing bottlenecks in process and policy.

• Leads an operation that focuses on hiring and developing talent at all levels of the plant.
• Champions organization / human resource initiatives (performance management, succession planning, training & development planning) which impacts team and individual performance.
• Develops/builds a leadership culture that prioritizes rewards and recognition programs that foster positive employee relations, engagement and recognition.

• Owns and leads the planning, organizing and controlling of the technical functions, ensuring products made are within specifications/control limits as agreed to between technical, sales and the customer, and delivered on-time in full.
• Ensuring customers receive necessary and responsive product technical support as deemed suitable and necessary to maintain and grow the business.
• Investigates customer complaints from a production, technical or administrative viewpoint to determine cause, implement solutions, and monitor results.
• Reviews miscellaneous daily reports indicating the status of production, technical and administrative issues and recommends or advises actions and monitors results.
• Maintains a continuing ISO program and certification.

• Owns and leads the planning, organizing and controlling of production, ensuring coordination with other departments, considering such factors as sales forecasts, delivery dates, inventory levels, raw material availability and freight rate reductions, as allowed on volume shipments.
• Supervises the planning, organizing and controlling of the administrative functions, ensuring accurate and timely collection and reporting of production, sales, inventory and payroll & employee information within policy standards.
• Develops effective metrics and performance standards to improve efficiency, remove bottlenecks, improve batch cycle times, reduce defect rates and costs, as well as maximizing quality and customer satisfaction.
• Establishes and monitors production techniques through screening of ideas presented by senior management, peers, subordinate personnel or generated through personal experience.
• Champions the concepts of continuous improvement and Six Sigma.
• Manages cost center expenses and drives productivity.

• Consistently administers corporate, regional, unit and local policies and procedures in accordance with their terms.
• Maintains good communication and working relationship within site departments, branch network and externally to sales and other corporate, regional or unit.
• Communicates, written and verbally, to the site team, customer service and sales.

• BS Degree in Chemical Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration or related.
• 7-10 years’ experience in supervision, employee relations, management and…