Quanex Building Products

Plant Manager

Quanex Building Products$110K — $135K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or business-related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years of progressive manufacturing experience.
  • 5+ years in a leadership role within manufacturing.
  • Strong leadership and team-building skills.
  • Excellent communication and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

  • Create a culture of safety, teamwork, and accountability.
  • Develop and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Manage plant operations including maintenance, shipping/receiving, and quality.
  • Oversee production planning and inventory levels.
  • Ensure production targets are met in terms of schedule, budget, and quality.

Benefits

  • 401K with 5% company match after 2 years.
  • 15% immediate return for participation in the employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
  • Employer-covered disability and life insurance.
  • Tuition support for education and continuous learning.
  • Access to employee resource groups promoting empowerment and inclusivity.
Full Job Description
Plant Manager to join our team in Allentown PA.

As the leader of this manufacturing facility, you will create a culture that embraces safety, teamwork, inclusion, accountability, employee development, open communication, and key performance metrics. You will support company initiatives and balance strategic planning with day-to-day operational excellence. You will lead a team that meets customer, productivity, quality, and financial goals. You will be responsible for P&Ls for the location, overseeing all aspects of plant operations and maintenance.

We Offer You!
  • Competitive Salary
  • Bonus Potential
  • 401K with 5% company match, yours to keep after 2 years
  • 15% immediate return if you participate in the company's ESPP
  • Medical, Dental & Vision Plans
  • Employer paid disability plans and life insurance
  • Paid Time Off & Holidays
  • Tuition support for degree and continuous education
  • Employee Resource Groups focused on employee empowerment

What's attractive about the Plant Manager position?
  • Opportunity to partner with a team across the US.
  • Supportive & collaborative culture
  • Opportunity to grow within the organization
  • Monthly Leadership webinars

What Success Looks Like:
  • Lead and develop talent, succession planning, create a culture of effective performance management and accountability.
  • Develop and champion an overall continuous improvement and innovation philosophy for the plant.
  • Ensure the plant is safe, clean, and environmentally compliant and cultivates a culture of safety and accountability.
  • Manage key operational functions including Operations, Maintenance, Shipping/Receiving, and Quality.
  • Assure the yield targets are achieved or exceeded through each process of production.
  • Proactively seek opportunities to create efficiencies and/or savings opportunities while engaging employees and listening to ideas for continuous improvement.
  • Develop and manage inventory levels to support divisional sales service objectives.
  • Supervise the development of production planning forecasts based on historical data, customer input, and information from the operations leadership and sales.
  • Assure all production orders are completed on schedule, per budget, and at the quality levels developed by divisional management to satisfy requirements.

What You Bring:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering or business-related field. Experience in lieu of education.
  • Ten or more years of progressive manufacturing experience and a minimum of five years in a leadership role.
  • Strong leadership, team building, coaching and ability to build a positive, safe culture while motivating people.
  • Excellent communication, technical writing skills, problem-solving, decision-making, and influencing skills.
  • Strong skills in using MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
  • A high degree of decision-making authority is required to maintain on-time delivery in this just-in-time/ship-by-shift environment.

The salary range for this position is $110K to $135K w/ bonus potential.

About Quanex Building Products

Quanex Building Products Corporation is a manufacturer of components sold to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in the building products industry. The company is based in Houston, Texas and has locations in North America, Europe and Asia. Quanex Building Products Corporation was founded in 1927 and is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol NX.
Learn more about Quanex Building Products
Size
3,860 employees
Market Cap
$792.3 million
Industry
Net Income
$46.3 million
Founded
1927
5 Year Trend
+7.1%
Revenue
$885.1 million
NASDAQ

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