Plant Manager

Job Description

The Plant ManagerIIis responsible for overseeing manufacturing sites, driving improvements, and ensuring performance aligns with safety, quality, delivery, and cost expectations. They lead cross-functional strategies, manage structured change, and balance long-term vision with immediate actions. Effective Plant Managers prioritize safety, build trust, and communicate effectively with senior leaders.

Plant Managers take direct responsibility for team safety, build trust, develop team members, and sethigh expectations. They act as change agents, communicate effectively with senior leaders, anddemonstratepersonal resilience. Reporting to the Director of Operations, they play a crucial role in driving performance and executing manufacturing excellence strategies.

• Set a consistent expectation for respectful and inclusive relationships among supervisors, peers, and employees.
• Create work environments that positivelyimpactourphysicallyand mental well-being, emphasizing attention to detail in both output quality and daily routines.
• Develop site strategies for COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) while effectively managing growth and/or expansion.
• Achieve year-to-year cost savings byoptimizingdirect labor and overhead expenses.
• Oversee and ensurethe successful implementation of newproductsorpilot projects.

• Prioritize the safety and security of employees and company assets.
  
  Identify and address immediate safety concerns.
• Create schedules that balance production efficiency, supply delivery, and employee well-being while strategically using overtime as needed.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards (QA Index and Right First Time).
• Drive TQM activities within thesites.

• Invest time in reinforcing the manufacturing excellence roadmap.
• Hold oneself and others accountable for performance and leadership commitments.
• Implement ways of working that promote lean thinking and employee engagement. Focus on process improvement rather than individual blame.
• Drive efforts to simplify processes within the site; prioritize changes thatimpactoperational cost.
• Assistinestablishingproject teams for new equipment, clearly define a Commissioning/Qualification/Verification (CQV) process approach.

• Invest effort in talent development, aligning training with future business needs; focus on mindsets and skillsets crucial for our business
• Provide tactical guidance to all operations groups.
• Develop and train leadership and technical teams.
• Use qualitative and quantitative methods to forecast labor demand and mix.

• Foster a culture aligned with our mission, values, and success model.
• Activelyparticipatein the community, raise awareness about manufacturing industry opportunities, nurture future manufacturing talent, enhance the company’s reputation, and give back.
• Develop approaches to improve culture based on employee engagement survey data.
• Implement solutions that drive a high-performance culture.

• Lead andparticipatein cross-functional projects and business initiatives.
• Perform other duties as required.
• Environment and ability to energize others towards the achievement of business objectives.

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Preferred bachelor’s degree in engineering or business,alternatively,10-12 years of relevant professional experience.
• Minimum5 years in manufacturing (packaging, process engineering, warehousing, and assembly).
• Minimum of 3 years in people management role.
• Proven track recordof applying lean toolsandprocessesfor sustained improvement. 5s, 5y, Fishbone, PDCA, Kaizen
• Experience leading teams through formal management systems. Oracle, MES software, CPS pillars
• Experienceparticipatingoncross-functional teams,…