Plant Manager

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The Plant Manager position is responsible for providing leadership to and managing all Production Operations located in Akron, Ohio.

Primary Responsibilities

• Maintains high ethics and values in the workplace.
• Ensures compliance with all EHS rules required for the operation.
• Maintains Employee Engagement at high levels, including through regular all-employee meetings and communications.
• Partners with the VP of Operations to develop and execute strategic plans, through the use of Lean and other planning tools.
• Partners with Corporate Sales Team to support development of new market opportunities from proposal through market realization.
• Coordinates hiring / headcount plans with Local and Corporate HR teams.
• Coordinates with Local and Corporate EHS team to continuously reduce workplace risks and environmental impacts.
• Coordinates with Corporate Finance team in achieving P&L targets.
• Provides direct oversight of Production operations and dotted line oversight of functional positions including Quality, Procurement, EHS, and HR.
• Participates in the SIOP process and forecast reviews for site and overall company.
• Prepares for and directs monthly business reviews of the operation with Senior Management teams.
• Establishes criteria to measure short and long-term KPI’s and regularly evaluates results against these performance standards.
• Takes action to correct unsatisfactory conditions that may arise in any phase of the business operation and directs necessary actions to accomplish forecasted objectives.
• Provides clear leadership on issues related to asset management, including management of inventory levels and OEE of critical assets within targets.
• Analyzes production capacity against demand projections to identify bottlenecks and proactively resolves them through utilization of Lean Concepts, procurement of additional assets, or both.
• Drives development of talent throughout the team and ensures viable succession plans for key team members.

Additional Responsibilities

Owns P&L with an entrepreneurial mindset; understands internal and external customers and products, anticipating needs with a future orientation;

provides vision and guidance toward overall corporate goals.

• Understands the role of the plant as part of a larger system both within segment and organization; considers the relationship between the business for which they are responsible and other components within the matrix.
• Recognizes internal and external risk factors and plans accordingly; initiates change while remaining responsive to factors outside prediction;

proactive in the service of continuous improvement.

• Sets the tone for work environment, expectations, and accountability within the plant; leads by example; celebrates successes and creates an environment of performance.
• Enables interactions between sub-teams and senior staff; scales systems and empowers others to ensure continuation of performance in his / her absence.
• Coaches, mentors, and creates experiences to develop talent from within the plant and overall enterprise; prioritizes investment in people as the best means to achieving meaningful and measurable outcomes.
• Owns 360-degree communication and relationship; understands how to message and contribute up, across and down the chain of command.
• Trusts direct reports to interpret and execute throughout the plant; supports local level decision making and accountability.
• Maintains a posture of curiosity and consultative questioning; knows the business well enough to identify the right stakeholders and the right questions to diagnose or inform.

Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering, Manufacturing, or Business discipline from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 10 years of manufacturing experience; at least 7 years within a leadership capacity.
• Experience must include financial P&L, leading manufacturing excellence, customer management, and driving improvements through the implementation of lean manufacturing principles.
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Experience driving improvement through the implementation of lean manufacturing principles and total quality practices.
• Greenbelt or Blackbelt highly preferred.
• Strong leadership skills that create an engaged employee environment.
• Strong customer management skills.
• Strong technical understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Strong analytical, communication, interpersonal, organizational and negotiation skills.

This is a full-time position with hours dictated by business needs. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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