Plant manager

Position: Plant Manager
Location: USA | Lafayette, Louisiana

Direct management of an FDA cGMP Polymer, Bulk Manufacturing, and Unit Packaging facility.
This includes overseeing production, maintenance, warehouse, quality assurance, operational excellence processes, quality control, and safety processes. Responsibilities also encompass extended planning for capital projects, maintaining weekly/monthly reporting, and close collaboration with EHS and Quality.

*Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Oversee day-to-day operations, including safety, production, quality, and profitability.
- Establish and achieve weekly/monthly goals measured by KPIs.
- Implement organizational policies, processes, and procedures.
- Motivate, train, develop, and supervise all production associates.
- Maintain workplace organization and housekeeping.
- Drive continuous improvement, Lean manufacturing, and root cause analysis.
- Communicate effectively with all stakeholders.
- Initiate and implement capital projects.
- Support company growth initiatives and targets.
- Maintain strict compliance with standard work and standard operating procedures.

Education And Experience:
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, or related field preferred.
- Advanced degree is helpful.
- 10+ years of Chemical or Pharma Plant Manager Experience
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Good knowledge of manufacturing processes and safety practices.
- Understanding of complex chemical processes, pharma manufacturing guidelines, high
technical/analytical knowledge, and strong mechanical skills.
- Ability to manage a high-paced workplace, apply a plan, organize responsibilities, prioritize requirements while managing resources.
- Provide high-level troubleshooting and implement corrective actions.
- Highly responsive and provide quick support for 24-hour operations.
- Ability to handle multiple competing/conflicting priorities.
- Champion of continuous improvement in all plant areas.
- Ability to interface with customers, host plant visits, and facilitate plant presentations.
- Support commercial team discussions, vet new opportunities objectively, and analyze and communicate business benefit/risk probability, equipment capability, storage, cost, and staffing needs.
- Participate in NPPD Stage gate to commercialization process.
- Understand and manage the annual operating plan based on the business strategy, using it as the foundation for hoshin planning and meeting objectives.
- Manage plant expense budgets with appropriate accounting information and support.
- Develop short and long-term cost containment/reduction strategies.
- Understand Order to Cash Process, focused on OOR and OTIF.
- Act as a gatekeeper, accepting and executing projects with effective project management

skills.
- Demonstrated success in managing multiple cross-functional projects.
- Ability to lead people effectively, building and sustaining relationships at all levels, and
promoting a high-performance organization.
- Strong use of rewards and recognition programs.
- Superior communication skills required.