Plant Manager Wayne & EQYO NA Operations MAnager

Based in Wayne, NJ;
Must demonstrate and be a Strategic Thinker

Reporting to the Global Operations Director of EQYO Motion Tech, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the General Manager EQYO Sealing & Precision Tech, the role remains Plant Manager of the Wayne facility and provides operational leadership for EQYO activities in shared sites Saltillo, Bristol RI and Orange CT.

Key purposes are :

• Lead EQYO Motion Tech operations in the North America scope to adapt to the Vision 2030 of the Wayne site; focused on delivering added-value products to American-based customers through a streamlined operational setup and benchmark performance.
• The role translates global operations strategy into regional execution, strengthens site leadership and functional interfaces, and ensures that manufacturing, supply chain, quality, technical engineering, WCM and capex priorities support customer value, business continuity and profitable growth.
• The North America Operations Manager acts as the operational voice for this defined North America perimeter, connecting the realities of Wayne and the shared-site EQYO operations with EQYO global priorities.
• The role works closely with the General Manager EQYO Sealing & Precision Tech and relevant global functions to align industrial priorities, resources, customer responsiveness and transformation initiatives.

The key deliverables of this role will be:

• Remain accountable for the Wayne facility as Plant Manager, ensuring strong day-to-day site leadership, safety, operational performance and people engagement.
• Adapt the Wayne footprint to EQYO 2030 Vision objectives, including capacity, capability, competitiveness, technology roadmap and customer-service implications.
• Drive footprint simplification at Wayne to create a streamlined operating model aligned with Vision 2030 and capable of supporting future product and customer priorities.
• Support product portfolio migration toward higher value-added solutions for American-based customers, ensuring the industrial setup enables competitiveness, responsiveness and profitable growth.
• Benchmark Wayne and the North America SPT operations perimeter against best-in-class EQYO / Saint-Gobain sites to raise performance standards and accelerate operational maturity.
• Strengthen customer proximity for North American OEMs by improving operational responsiveness, delivery reliability and service coordination across Wayne, Orange CT, Bristol RI and Saltillo.
• Optimize EQYO SPT operations across the North America perimeter, with particular focus on enhancing delivery performance and customer service in Orange CT and Bristol RI.
• Strengthen coordination between Wayne, Saltillo, Bristol RI and Orange CT so the shared-site model delivers clear operational priorities, reliable execution and transparent escalation.
• Translate global EQYO operations objectives into practical regional action plans, with measurable progress on EHS, quality, service, cost, capex, WCM and business continuity.

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7–10 years of operations management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 7+ years of experience managing personnel.
• Strong understanding of profit and loss, cost accounting, capital management, budgeting, and other financial concepts routinely used to plan and measure plant performance.
• Safety-oriented management style developed in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to foster and establish effective working relationships with the management team, employees, and key corporate contacts to facilitate changes that support overall process improvements.
• Knowledge of materials and inventory control…