Plant Manager

The Building 3 Plant Manager is the top level accountability in the Building 3 business unit. The Plant Manager steers the course of the business by providing planning to meet the corporate business objectives (Strategic), while being responsible for day to day activities within their business units (Tactical). Using the CPS Core Values, Plant Managers are expected to balance being People Focused, Customer Focused, and CPS Focused.

All are important and one cannot shadow the other two or cultural dysfunction will result. Plant Managers need to work through others to be successful, meaning they need to demonstrate excellent communication, accountability, and critical thinking (decision making) attributes in their work behaviors.

• Establish, maintain/improve, and measure a culture of safety within the business unit.
• Provide leadership, training, and development to direct reports.
• Utilize existing training and help develop new training tools for use in the business unit.
• Provide a culture of engagement for all employees within the business unit.
• Use information learned through employee engagement to create growth and developmental plans for the business unit employees, aligning with their personal aspirations.

• Understand customer requirements with regard to process and specification and assure both are maintained in operation.
• As a business unit, provide exceptional process information and details to satisfy customer information requirements and requests.
• Provide and execute to commitments for products to be available to the customer.

• Deliver as a business unit the revenue expected and committed to on a monthly basis.
• Assure business unit operates within the financial budget.
• Collaborate with EHS, Quality, Maintenance, Logistics, Planning, and Engineering to deliver the manufacturing plan within Job Metrics.
• Work with other Plant Managers and Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) to deliver the best overall business plan from a corporate perspective.

• Ensure Building 3 operations are cGMP compliant at all times
• Ensure the business unit is run to optimize output without compromising employee Health and Safety or Product Quality through shift attainment, uptime, and efficiency.
• Responsible for leading the daily production meeting and establishing clear communication of short and long term operational targets and goals.
• Responsible for maintaining accuracy of production elements of management information systems including financial reporting, CMMS, ERP, and HRM systems.
• Ensure that direct and indirect employees receive regular feedback on their performance related to established Goals & Objectives and to CPS Core Values.

• Conduct periodic evaluation of business requirements and communicate to corporate management if requirements are not readily available within defined responsibility scope.
• Participate in the budgeting process to set achievable financial goals for resources
• Share knowledge and expertise with others in the business unit to improve business execution
• Direct reporting and oversight of direct and indirect reports as well as hourly support staff from other expertise areas (Maintenance, Quality, Warehouse, etc.) either directly or matrixed
• Perform any other related duty as identified by Senior Leadership

• Safety Incident rate
• Employee retention
• 360 feedback from peers and co-workers
• On Time Availability (OTA)
• Customer Complaints
• EBITDA
• Schedule Adherence
• Production Shift Attainment
• Equipment and Labor Efficiency and Utilization

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline and three years of related experience in Manufacturing Leadership.
• Alternatively, Bachelor’s degree in a related field and ten years of related experience in Manufacturing Leadership.
• Experience with cGMP (food or excipient) manufacturing, preferably in a leadership role
• Experience with cGMP bottling lines and/or extraction equipment is a plus
• Champion and embodiment of CPS Core Values
• Willingness to work as part of a collaborative team, promoting trust and respect.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and…