Plant Manager

General Description The Plant Manager provides full operational leadership for the facility, accountable for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people development. This role builds a disciplined operating system, develops strong leaders, and ensures the plant meets customer commitments while driving year‑over‑year performance improvement. Responsibilities Production performance — Own daily throughput, uptime, cycle times, and delivery performance. Ensure stable, predictable operations. Quality management — Lead the plant to meet or exceed quality objectives; ensure QMS compliance and rapid issue resolution. Safety culture — Champion a zero‑incident environment. Ensure safety is embedded in pre‑shift meetings, behaviors, and accountability. Cost control — Build and manage the plant budget; deliver annual cost‑reduction targets through process improvement and waste elimination. Talent development — Strengthen supervisory and operator capability; build succession plans and upgrade talent to meet future business needs. Performance management — Set clear KPIs for safety, quality, cost, delivery, and employee relations. Hold leaders accountable for results. Employee relations — Maintain open communication, fair treatment, and a positive work environment aligned with company values. Daily management system — Ensure robust tiered accountability, problem‑solving, and communication routines. QMS oversight — Maintain compliance with all quality, regulatory, and customer requirements. Lean deployment — Drive Lean Manufacturing, visual controls, standard work, and continuous improvement across all departments. Cross‑functional alignment — Partner with engineering, maintenance, quality, and program management to ensure coordinated execution and planned downtime. Budgeting & forecasting — Prepare and manage departmental budgets; forecast labor, materials, and capital needs. Staffing & scheduling — Set manpower plans and schedules to meet customer demand efficiently. Operational problem‑solving — Resolve production, processing, and facility issues quickly to prevent delays and minimize cost. Job Requirements Work Experience 10+ years manufacturing leadership with increasing responsibility 5+ years direct plant or operations management in automotive, industrial, or high‑volume production Proven success leading supervisors and managers Demonstrated results in safety, quality, cost reduction, throughput, and delivery Experience with Lean systems (policy deployment, standard work, visual management, CI) Budget ownership for multi‑million‑dollar operations Cross‑functional leadership with engineering, maintenance, quality, HR, and supply chain Education Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Technology, or related field Advanced degree (MBA or technical master’s) preferred Lean / Six Sigma certification strongly preferred Safety & compliance knowledge (OSHA, EPA, ISO, IATF depending on industry) Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Strong understanding of manufacturing processes (assembly, plastic injection, painting, molding, etc.) Production planning & scheduling Maintenance coordination and reliability fundamentals Quality systems expertise (ISO/IATF, audits, corrective actions) Data‑driven decision making using KPIs, OEE, downtime analysis, scrap trends Continuous improvement tools (Kaizen, 5S, SMED, root cause analysis) Strategic thinking — ability to build long‑range plans and align the plant to business goals Strong communication — clear, direct, consistent with all levels of the organization Talent development — coaching, succession planning, upgrading capability Accountability culture — sets expectations, measures performance, drives results Problem‑solving — structured, fast, and fact‑based Customer focus — ensures delivery, quality, and responsiveness Change leadership — lead…

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