Job Purpose Direct and manage all plant operations with overall responsibilities for safety, production, maintenance, employee relations, employee development, quality and other production related activities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities- Direct and manage plant safety, production, maintenance, quality, training and shipping and receiving.
- Coordinate plant activities through departmental managers to insure manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost effective manner.
- Develop and control costs, plans, and budget.
- Implement cost effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, manpower, scrap, wages and salaries. Position is accountable for the total outcomes of the facility.
- Manage capital asset maintenance.
- Establish and monitor overall plant performance for production and quality standards.
- Control and minimize labor overtime, premium freight and repair expenses
- Maintain existing plant facilities and equipment; replace or make adjustments to plant facilities and equipment when necessary.
- Implement and maintain preventative maintenance programs.
- Incorporate shop floor organization and plant cleanliness among plant personnel.
- Provide direction, development and leadership to production managers.
- Perform all assigned tasks in a safe, efficient, timely, and accurate and highly productive manner according to company policy.
- Contribute to the team effort to produce a quality product
- Attend scheduled work hours on a regular and timely basis. Maintain appropriate attendance.
- Comply with all company policies and procedures.
- Prepare formal communication to keep rest of company informed on plant performance.
- Improvement projects.
- Employee relations (programs, meetings, etc.)
- Work and communicate in a team environment
- Other duties may be assigned as required by the Company.
Above is a list of the most important responsibilities and functions, which are essential to the position. Employees must be able to perform these essential functions satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Accommodations will be evaluated and provided to eligible employees on a case by case basis, depending on the employee's medical restrictions, work availability, the nature of the position, the position's essential functions and other relevant factors.
Qualifications- Education: Bachelor's degree in related field and minimum of 7 years plant/general management experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Licenses/Certifications:
- Lean Certifications or background
- Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Working knowledge of budgets and financial statements.
- Background with manufacturing methods, process improvement programs and procedures required.
- Understand how people work together in a complex organization- how to organize and get effective behavior from individuals in a complex organization.
- Demonstrated experience as a mentor, leader, manager, planner, trainer (i.e.: ability to sell goals of where the company is going).
- Experience with a health and safety management system (e.g.: VPP)
- Uncompromising, objective, able to follow and create policy, aggressive, positive attitude, hard worker, motivated by challenge.
- Core Competencies:
- Excellent communication
- Motivational
- Leadership- able to instill confidence in others and earn their respect.
