Plant Manager

Summary

The Plant Manager is responsible for assisting the General Manager in managing total plant operations and delivering superior customer satisfaction by driving results and exceeding expectations in the key areas of safety, service, quality and cost.

Major/Key Accountabilities

• Manage the work of all production employees oversees production and shipping schedules based on availability of raw and finished goods.
• Provide hands-on leadership as a working manager, responsible for mentoring and coaching all employees and managing employee relations issues.
• Support plant administration to ensure compliance to established policies
• Directly responsible for all employment decisions at the facility.
• Responsible in consult with General Manager for the cost and yield performance of the Plant in partnership with the overall P&L of the Plant.
• Support and implement cost control initiatives and process control within the Plant.
• Continually review operations activities, including local transportation activities to maintain compliance with all Federal, State and local laws (OSHA, DOL, DOJ, EPA, FD)
• Drive Safety improvements (Zero Harm) across the Plant
• Ensure the consistent execution of all SOPs throughout the Plant and in accordance with the PMS Commercial Organization, Global Supply Chain
• Deliver best operational practices and cost efficiencies across the Plant while maintaining critical quality and raw material utilization standards that are necessary to maintain customer satisfaction and Plant profitability.
• Ensure compliance through teamwork for all Standard Operating Procedures within the Plant
• Implement and manage Lean opportunities to effectively eliminate waste
• In partnership with Plant Manager, provide leadership to Plant staff to effectively recruit, train, develop, evaluate, motivate, delegate and monitor their activities
• Drive efficiencies in asset utilization through proper transportation scheduling, dispatch, & driver management while meeting customer expectations.

Measures

• OSHA Incident Rate
• Productivity/throughput
• Production yield Asset utilization
• Profitability to budget
• Regulatory Compliance
• Inventory reconciliation
• Direct Cost Metrics

Scope

• $5-20M
• 1 location
• 20 direct report

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Operations/Supply Chain or related field
• Six Sigma/Lean certification preferred

Experience:

• 5+ years in a plant supervisory role in an engineering or manufacturing environment
• Familiarity with private fleet management/transportation is helpful
• Strong customer focus orientation
• Expert people management capability including non-exempt production workforce
• Demonstrated success in delivering strong employee relations
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally
• Experience managing safety performance and programs
• Understanding of supply chain practices and metrics

Skills and Knowledge

• Superior ability to manage people and motivate a team
• Excellent problem-solving skills and strategic thinking ability

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to work in extreme conditions to include, but not limited to, elements, heat, cold, and air particulate 
• Repetitively lift up to 50-75 pounds and adjust body position to bend, stoop, walk, turn, pivot, and stand for entire shifts of varying lengths in time
• The employee is frequently required to sit, talk hear, walk and use hands to handle, feel and reach.
• The noise level in the work environment is dependent on location.
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is required (eye protection, ear protection is mandatory at several locations, safety shoes)
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include, close vision, distance vision and color vision.
• Must have a good sense of balance & good eye-hand-foot coordination

Benefits

• Competitive Pay
• Holiday Pay
• Referral Bonuses
• Long-Term Career Advancement
• Great Team Environment
• PTO
• Full-time employees eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, AD&D and Short-Term & Long-Term Disability insurance on the 1st of the month following 60 days of employment

48forty Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.