Plant Manager
Listed on 2026-11-01
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Manufacturing / Production
Production Manager, Manufacturing & Industrial Operations, Production QC/QA
1404 | Interim Plant Manager | Factory Relocation & Turnaround | USA
Factory Relocation | Automotive | Turnaround | Crisis Leadership
Area:
Automotive Manufacturing
Duration: 12-18 months
Start:
October 2026
Type:
Interim
Our client is a global Tier-1 automotive supplier operating across 10+ locations worldwide with annual turnover exceeding €1bn.
The group supplies leading German and US OEMs.
Following a strategic review, production from its US plant will be transferred to lower-cost manufacturing sites in Latin America over the next 12-18 months.
The challenge is clear: the US plant must continue performing while its programmes, tooling, equipment and know-how are progressively transferred across borders.
Job Challenge- Take full operational leadership of the US plant across production, quality, logistics, maintenance and site HR
- Stabilise delivery, quality and cost performance while protecting uninterrupted OEM customer supply
- Build and execute the plant-level relocation roadmap covering programmes, tooling, equipment, inventory and safety stock
- Coordinate customer approvals, programme transfers and structured knowledge transfer to receiving plants in Latin America
- Retain critical employees, align US and Latin American teams, and deliver an orderly transition without losing operational control
- Seasoned Plant Manager, Operations Director or comparable senior manufacturing executive
- Strong automotive or comparable high-volume, quality-critical manufacturing background
- Proven experience personally leading a factory, production line or programme relocation across borders
- Strong turnaround and crisis-management track record with the ability to stabilise performance under pressure
- Hands-on leader with strong knowledge of automotive customer processes, PPAP, customer audits and cross-cultural execution
Requirement 01: Senior Plant Manager or Operations Director experience in automotive supply or a comparable quality-critical manufacturing environment
Requirement 02: Proven delivery of at least one factory, production line or programme relocation or consolidation
Requirement 03: Strong turnaround or crisis-management track record, stabilising a plant under customer, operational or financial pressure
Priority will go to Interim Managers who have personally completed an end-to-end cross-border factory relocation in automotive or a comparable high-volume, quality-critical manufacturing environment.
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