Reporting to the General Manager, as
Plant Manager you will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of a small manufacturing site, ensuring safe, reliable and cost-effective plant performance in line with company standards and applicable regulations.
Tasks:- Plan, schedule and monitor production activities, ensuring alignment between customer demand, manufacturing output, available capacity and delivery commitments.
- Ensure that customer orders are completed on time, within budget and in accordance with the required quality standards and operational targets.
- Monitor production processes, productivity, labour efficiency and product standards, adjusting schedules and resources when necessary.
- Coordinate the warehouse and material flow, ensuring adequate stock levels and the timely availability of materials for production.
- Coordinate industrialization activities and support the integration of new products, manufacturing prototypes and new equipment in collaboration with R&D and the relevant functions.
- Select and coordinate production equipment requirements, oversee preventive and corrective maintenance activities and organize the repair of damaged equipment.
- Ensure full compliance with health, safety and environmental requirements, company guidelines and applicable regulations, promoting a strong safety culture across the site.
- Monitor quality indicators and support the implementation of corrective actions and quality control initiatives to ensure standards are consistently met.
- Monitor direct and indirect operating costs, contribute to budget preparation and ensure the cost-effectiveness of plant activities.
- Identify and implement continuous improvement actions using Lean manufacturing, Kaizen, PDCA and TQM principles.
- Coordinate regular plant operating meetings and ensure effective collaboration among production, warehouse, industrialization, maintenance and HSE activities.
- Lead, supervise and motivate the site team, including leased staff; organize work, review performance and identify training needs.
- Provide clear operational reporting to management and promptly escalate significant risks, constraints or deviations affecting safety, quality, delivery or cost.
Your profile:Our ideal candidate has a technical background and 3/4 years of experience in similar role in a manufacturing company.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel; ability to work with production data, KPIs and operational reporting.
Knowledge of Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement approaches, including TQM, Kaizen, PDCA and/or Six Sigma is a plus.
Entrepreneurship, organizational and planning skills, teamwork attitude, flexibility and proactivity will complete the profile.
Place of work: AlleganLocation:
