Plant Manager - Yuma AZ

Job Description Plant Manager
- Manufacturing Operations

Job Description This is an exciting opportunity for a proven Plant Manager to not only celebrate the sites history but has the unique opportunity to drive future success through investment and transformation of key manufacturing processes and lead the site to best in class performance levels and culture.

Come join our team where we empower employees to provide quality, innovative and sustainable products for beautiful energy-efficient homes.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

The Plant Manager will report to the Vice President of MFG. They will be a key leader of the Manufacturing Operations Team. They will have close working relationships with the Plant Manufacturing Operations Leadership and with Plant Manufacturing Managers, Supervisors, and support (HR, Quality, Finance, etc.) staff.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Plant Manager is to build the required operational and human capital capability. They will develop an environment of success where people willingly bring their best every day. They will drive consistent process deployment at their manufacturing plant. They will also learn deeply from other operations, internal and external to the company. Responsible for building an organization capable of significant and sustained improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and cost by developing an excellent organization, and methodically and aggressively implementing a lean operating methodology based on well-developed production system techniques and tools (e.g. Toyota, Danaher, GE, P&G etc.)More

specifically, the Plant Manager will:
Passionately drive a lean operating system mentality and culture in a highly structured and prescriptive way leading the development and implementation of the roadmap to achieve breakthrough operating performance (5S, SMED, TPS, etc.) Continually evolve manufacturing efficiency and assess opportunities to reduce cost, taking aggressive action to drive financial performance in the areas of direct and indirect labor, and manufacturing overhead cost, as well as inventory levels Drive significant, and sustainable improvement in SQDC Develop KPIs and lead regular KPI reviews for the plant team to ensure attainment of results and a sense of urgency with respect to implementation priorities Improve product quality, lead time, turnover, safety, OTIF and performance Interact thoughtfully with key stakeholders, including the CEO Create a high commitment work environment that attracts and retains the best manufacturing talent.

Build, coach and develop an outstanding team of production leaders Ensure effective allocation of resources across all areas of the plant to accomplish customer‐driven priorities Coordinate effectively with sales, marketing, design engineering, and other functional organizations Partner with the broader management team to ensure the best possible product, and customer satisfaction Continually benchmark best practices and drive effective implementationFIRST YEAR DELIVERABLES:
The successful candidate would have accomplished the following in their first year:
Assessed the current state of the operations and organization Developed a comprehensive strategic roadmap for the plant that determines the right priorities and sequence to build and drive a common operating model always with continuous, sustainable improvement top of mind Refine critical KPIs and review mechanisms; improvement in operating efficiencies noted Led a significant coaching/mentoring program designed to upgrade talent especially at the front-line supervisor level Driven technician turnover rates substantially down with accelerating improvement Develop enhanced and effective communication strategies that brings the 'voice of the customer"…