Responsible for ensuring that cost effective operations and infrastructure are in place to support all manufacturing staff. The plant manager ensures that the organization is well positioned in a rapidly evolving and competitive environment by being an agent for ongoing organizational change. The position ensures that strategies are clearly understood by all stakeholders and that the organization is achieving its strategic goals at the optimum pace. Also ensures highly productive relationships and partnerships for the benefit of the organization. In conjunction with the VP of Operations, this position acts as a representative and ambassador to promote positive relationships and strong partnerships for the benefit of the organization.
Examples of Duties:
• · Works with sales and production control to delivery exceptional quality and on-time delivery for our customers.
• · Systematically cultivates and maintains long-term, collaborative relationship with key stakeholders to achieve company goals.
• · Actively seeks out opportunities for investment, revenue generation and strategic partnerships.
• · Facilitates the development, maintenance and monitoring or organizational plans to improve safety, quality, delivery, and costs.
• · Responsible for preparing the organization for ongoing change.
• · Develops innovative initiatives to enhance internal efficiency and effectiveness.
• · Develops innovative initiatives to enhance revenue generation.
• · Provides training, guidance and counsel for all direct reports to assure an efficient work team, job satisfaction, and preferred employee relations and morale.
• · Establishes the necessary structure, planning, policies, methods, and goals to ensure a Behavior Based Safety culture.
• · Establishes and maintains positive interdepartmental interface within the plant operations to assure coordination and the accomplishment of company objectives.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• · Record of leading production of a custom or highly configurable product.
• · Ability to be both hands-on, but also strategic as needed.
• · Proven record of focusing on the customer.
• · Proven knowledge of the principles of management and supervision.
• · Proven knowledge of lean manufacturing methodology.
• · Proven skills in planning, organizing, directing and controlling projects.
• · Demonstrate financial management and budgeting skills.
• · Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
• · Able to think creatively and strategically to successfully mediate and negotiate with individuals and groups internally and externally.
• · Strong project management skills.
• · Ability to appropriately prioritize and manage competing tasks and projects.
• · Ability to maintain focus and composure under time pressure and other sources of stress.
• · Ability to lead others and influence them to support work unit and company objectives.
• · Ability to mentor and develop others.
Minimum Qualifications:
• · Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Management preferred
• · Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment including five years of operational leadership experience.
