Plant Manager

Job Description

Our Operations team plays an important role in our business operations and divisional success. As the Tucker Plant Manager, you will get to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, leveraging your entrepreneurial spirit, leadership, operational excellence, and continuous improvement expertise to create great outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a facility that manufactures LPS™ branded products and to set the cultural tone for safety, compliance, and performance.

Our Operations team plays an important role in our business operations and divisional success. As the Tucker Plant Manager, you will get to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, leveraging your entrepreneurial spirit, leadership, operational excellence, and continuous improvement expertise to create great outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a facility that manufactures LPS™ branded products and to set the cultural tone for safety, compliance, and performance.

Following the ITW 80/20 principles, the Tucker Plant Manager is responsible for developing, leading, and implementing an operational roadmap that aligns with divisional goals and delivers a culture of continuous improvement. The facility focuses on chemical blending, packaging (including aerosol), and shipping. It is home to 35 Operations personnel, the LPS R&D team, and staff from EHS, Customer Service, HR, Finance, IT, and Marketing.

The Plant Manager serves as the site’s cultural leader and ‘tempo setter’ for all functions relative to Regulatory Compliance, Environment, Health & Safety, and ITW 80/20 Toolbox Methodologies.

• We have an environment shaped by our decentralized, entrepreneurial culture that brings our exciting ideas to life. Our people thrive in our “flexibility within the framework” approach.
• We are committed to providing you with growth and development opportunities that maximize your unique potential. Our culture empowers you to think and act like a business owner – we want your entrepreneurial spirit to thrive!
• Be a part of One ITW/One Team, where everyone’s contribution matters in our quest to achieve our full potential.
• We live by our Core Values:
  • We focus on the essential core of each business opportunity, fostering simplicity in how we think and execute.
  • We gain strength through trial and error and work as a team through jointly sharing risk.
  • We treat our customers and suppliers with integrity and transparency and constantly strive to do the right thing.
  • We deeply respect diversity at every level of the company and promote an open environment where innovations can emerge from our various backgrounds and experiences.
  • We trust our team members and are confident that they each work to the highest professional standards and in the company’s best interests.

• Passionate about leading teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Committed to safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Skilled in driving operational excellence with a hands-on leadership style.
• Excited by the opportunity to set cultural tone and inspire high performance.
• Adept at problem-solving, collaboration, and building strong relationships across functions.
• Entrepreneurial spirit, with a drive to identify opportunities for growth and efficiency.
• Comfortable with complexity, change, and making data-driven decisions.

• EHS Goals:
  Lead initiatives for zero lost time and zero medical treatment injuries; ensure regulatory compliance; lead site EHS committee.
• Quality Goals:
  Commit to quality policy, drive process improvement, and implement ITW 80/20 Toolbox methodologies.
• Cost Control Goals:
  Manage inventory levels and ERP transactions;…