Director, Plant Manager
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What you'll do
- Lead Operations Management, Operational Excellence, Safety, Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing Engineering, and plant Procurement functions
- Establish processes to ensure manufacturing capabilities meet or exceed requirements for EHS, cost, quality, delivery, and responsiveness
- Drive plant breakthrough operational performance by increasing productivity and reducing cost, lead-time and inventory while delivering a quality product complete and on-time to the customer
- Continuously improve customer satisfaction through improved product quality First Pass Quality and On Time In Full
- Implement and deliver a continuous improvement environment/culture
- Develop key metrics to measure the plants performance and aligning area key performance metrics with overall platform goals; organizing resources to deliver on these metrics
- Support new product launches and other manufacturing projects/initiatives
- Oversee financial and cost management processes to ensure delivery against performance targets
- Develop requests for capital and implement in accordance with approved plans
- Partner with peers in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Footprint, HSE, Planning and Engineering etc.
- Develop and recommend annual and multi-year strategic manufacturing plans, capital, and special projects
- Manage resource productivity to result in manufacturing and material cost reductions
What they're looking for
- BS or BA Degree in relevant field
- 10+ years of relevant experience in a manufacturing environment, including min. 4 years leading teams
- Strong record of safety performance in a manufacturing plant
- Plant Management/Operations experience in low volume / high mix environment of similar size and scale
- Asset intensive, discrete manufacturing experience across various manufacturing functions, such as manufacturing, engineering, CIP, supply chain, quality, EHS, and related
- Experience in materials management, supply chain, inventory control, planning and/or logistics
- Experience in a manufacturing to order (must) or engineered-to-order (preferred) environment
- Track record meeting/exceeding KPI’s in manufacturing cost reduction and productivity improvement, EHS and related
- Track record implementing continuous improvement / lean initiatives for YoY results
- Experience developing and managing budgets, schedules, capital expenditure plans with an understanding of the financial implications of operational strategies
- Proven leadership and people management skills – ability to foster effective relationships amongst manufacturing teams
Nice to have
- Experience in an engineered-to-order environment
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Full description from employer
Position Overview and Responsibilities
Responsible for Elland, the Plant Director manages and directs directing all
manufacturing activities a plant or production process, including production, materials,
quality control, and manufacturing engineering, to produce products in the most cost effective way, while meeting shipping requirements and sales commitments.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead Operations Management, Operational Excellence, Safety, Continuous
Improvement, Manufacturing Engineering, and plant Procurement functions
• Establish processes to ensure manufacturing capabilities meet or exceed
requirements for EHS, cost, quality, delivery, and responsiveness
• Drive plant breakthrough operational performance by increasing productivity and
reducing cost, lead-time and inventory while delivering a quality product complete
and on-time to the customer
• Continuously improve customer satisfaction through improved product quality First
Pass Quality and On Time In Full
• Implement and deliver a continuous improvement environment/culture
• Develop key metrics to measure the plants performance and aligning area key
performance metrics with overall platform goals; organizing resources to deliver on
these metrics
• Support new product launches and other manufacturing projects/initiatives
• Oversee financial and cost management processes to ensure delivery against
performance targets
• Develop requests for capital and implement in accordance with approved plans
• Partner with peers in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Footprint, HSE,
Planning and Engineering etc.
• Develop and recommend annual and multi-year strategic manufacturing plans,
capital, and special projects
• Manage resource productivity to result in manufacturing and material cost
reductions
• Meet or exceed On-Time Delivery (OTD) standards
• Own and reduce past due backlog using a continuous / solutions drive approach
Qualifications & Experience
• BS or BA Degree in relevant field
• 10+ years of relevant experience in a manufacturing environment, including min. 4
years leading teams
• Strong record of safety performance in a manufacturing plant
• Plant Management/Operations experience in low volume / high mix environment of
similar size and scale
• Asset intensive, discrete manufacturing experience across various manufacturing
functions, such as manufacturing, engineering, CIP, supply chain, quality, EHS,
and related
• Experience in materials management, supply chain, inventory control, planning
and/or logistics
• Experience in a manufacturing to order (must) or engineered-to-order (preferred)
environment
• Track record meeting/exceeding KPI’s in manufacturing cost reduction and
productivity improvement, EHS and related
• Track record implementing continuous improvement / lean initiatives for YoY
results
• Experience developing and managing budgets, schedules, capital expenditure
plans with an understanding of the financial implications of operational strategies
• Proven leadership and people management skills – ability to foster effective
relationships amongst manufacturing teams
Company
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