Plant Manager

Job Description

Overview

As a Plant Manager, you’ll get to work alongside a General Manager to manage all plant operations and deliver superior customer satisfaction! You’ll be able to drive results and exceed our customer’s expectations in the areas of safety, service, quality, and cost by achieving the highest of standards. We’re looking for the individual who finds motivation in motivating others to achieve lofty goals.

Responsibilities

Manage the work of all 60-70 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

Assist with the entire new hire process with dedicated Recruiter and Onboarding Team in HR, and make all employment decisions within the plant

Consult with the General Manager for the cost and yield performance 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 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

Implement and manage Lean opportunities to effectively eliminate waste

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

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Operations/Supply Chain or related field

Six Sigma/Lean certification preferred

5+ years of experience in a supervisory role in an engineering or manufacturing environment

Familiarity with private fleet management/transportation is preferred

Demonstrated success in motivating and delivering strong employee relations with non-exempt employees

Experience managing safety performance and programs

Full-time