Plant Manager

Description

Located close to the Michigan/Ohio border, Toledo Tool and Die has diligently served the people of both of those great states since 1940. It was a company founded on one simple principle: to do the finest work possible for our clients and to deliver on every promise we make. Today Toledo Tool & Die has four facilities in the Toledo area and one in Pioneer, Ohio.

Toledo Tool & Die is looking for a Plant Manager to join our team to support our continued growth.

This is a full-time position based in Pioneer, Ohio. We offer competitive wages, growth opportunities, and a clean, safe work environment.

• Weekly pay
• 10 paid holidays
• 401k
• Full benefits

• Previous experience at the plant manager level or equivalent
• Strong work ethic
• Positive attitude
• Consistent attendance
• Willingness to learn
• Safety minded

The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, direction, and operational performance of an automotive manufacturing facility. This role ensures the plant meets or exceeds expectations for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee engagement while driving continuous improvement and operational excellence. The Plant Manager provides strategic leadership to all plant functions—including Production, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Materials, HR, and EHS—ensuring alignment with organizational goals and customer requirements.

This position plays a critical role in developing a high-performing culture, optimizing manufacturing processes, growing talent, and ensuring the long-term success and competitiveness of the facility.

• Provide overall leadership and accountability for plant operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production across stamping presses, assembly, and related processes.
• Establish and execute plant strategies focused on safety performance, customer satisfaction, financial targets, operational efficiency, and workforce development.
• Lead, mentor, and develop department managers, supervisors, and cross-functional teams to drive a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and high performance.
• Ensure compliance with safety policies, regulatory requirements, and environmental standards while actively promoting a world-class safety culture.
• Oversee adherence to IATF 16949, ISO, customer-specific requirements, and internal quality standards; partner with Quality to address issues and implement corrective actions.
• Monitor and manage plant KPIs including OEE, scrap, uptime, throughput, labor efficiency, and cost performance; ensure action plans are in place to address underperformance.
• Partner with Maintenance and Engineering to ensure equipment reliability, effective PM programs, and timely response to downtime or tooling issues.
• Oversee Materials/Logistics operations including inventory accuracy, material flow, scheduling, shipping, and customer delivery performance.
• Drive Lean Manufacturing initiatives, waste elimination efforts, standardized work implementation, and continuous improvement projects throughout the facility.
• Champion 5S, workplace organization, and visual factory standards across all production areas.
• Develop and manage annual plant budgets, capital expenditures, and long-term investment strategies.
• Collaborate with corporate leadership on production planning, capacity analysis, new program launches, engineering changes, and customer development initiatives.
• Ensure organizational compliance with HR, labor, ethics, and employment practices, including respect for human rights, non-discriminatory treatment, proper working hours, and wage law compliance.
• Build a positive employee relations environment…