Plant Manager

Plant Manager – Teknor Apex Company

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When Alfred Fain founded a small Rhode Island tire store in 1924, no one could have predicted how Teknor Apex would become an international custom compo under sought out by companies around the world. After a nearly hundred‑year journey that’s carried us through acquisitions and expansion, we now have nine U.S. locations, as well as operations in Belgium, Singapore, Germany, and China.

Throughout this global expansion Teknor has remained a privately held company, and today Fain’s grandson sits at the helm, maintaining the family’s tradition of fostering deep employee and customer relationships. These relationships are what allow us—together—to deliver customized compound solutions and help our customer’s create better products.

“Manufacturing is a team sport, and we work together to achieve our goals.” – Jon Fain

The Plant Manager will facilitate long‑range planning for plant operations. The Plant Manager will implement programs and procedures aligned with company goals and strategy with a focus on safety, quality, and on‑time production and delivery, environmental compliance, and continuous improvement.

• Promote safety awareness, and monitor safety programs and trends and ensure adherence to safety and procedure
• Direct and controls all departmental activities consistent within plant goals, i.e., safety production, waste, scrap, and employee relations while maintaining lowest costs for production.
• Ensure manufacturing capabilities meet or exceed all customer requirements for cost, quality, and responsiveness.
• Ensure key manufacturing metrics and key performance indicator systems are consistently tracking the appropriate measures and driving appropriate response behaviors.
• Implement and promote lean programs to ensure that proper standards of housekeeping are sustained.
• Passionately drives continuous improvement culture.
• Perform Annual Reviews for all direct reports.
• Build an exceptional team to deliver results and enhance employee engagement.
• Communicate effectively with site leaders, managers, and customers.
• Assist in developing short and long term strategies to reduce costs.
• Participate in and provide support for strategic projects.
• Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus.
• Promote quality standards and initiatives and oversee Root Cause Analysis, as needed.
• Administer established policies for performance management, staffing, training, employee relations, and compensation management.
• Work closely with production for daily and weekly scheduling to optimize plant performance.
• Assist with prioritizing engineering, maintenance and production improvement projects.
• Perform related responsibilities as required or directed.
• Apply Leader Standard Work principles to maintain process discipline, drive continuous improvement, and support team accountability.
• As a key leader at Teknor Apex, model the right leadership behaviors that align with our Core Values and build relationships and collaboration across the shift, other shifts and cross‑functionally.
• Model, promote and uphold our Core Values (Accountability, Integrity, Respect, Safety, Sustainability, Innovation & Partnership)

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably Engineering.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in plant leadership, Plant Manager role required.
• Compounding, or extrusion experience preferred.
• Must be able to evaluate complex situations, balancing production efficiencies with available equipment and assets.
• Demonstrated experience leading LEAN initiatives required.
• Must have strong problem solving/analytical skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel, and knowledge in or ability to quickly learn other computer applications.
• Be knowledgeable of safety, quality, and productivity processes.
• Ability to create accountability and to lead by example.
• Strong team building, decision‑making and people management skills.

• Ability to safely and successfully perform…