Job description:
The Plant Director will provide leadership, industrial manufacturing expertise, Lean operating methodology, experience with automation, financial acumen and safety direction, to drive continuous and significant improvements in the operations of this industrial machining operation. You will be expected to develop and maintain a culture where safety, quality, schedule and cost are the main focal points with a continuous improvement mentality.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Strategic planning for annual plans to ensure that the business complies with ISO, FDA, EPA, OSHA and all other legal requirements.
- P&L management
- Develop and execute of a strategy that supports the overall market‐driven business strategy
- Lead regular KPI reviews for the plant team to ensure attainment of results and a sense of urgency with respect to implementation priorities
- Passionately drive a lean operating system mentality and culture in a highly structured and prescriptive way leading the development and implementation of the roadmap to achieve breakthrough operating performance (5S, SMED, TPM, etc.)
- Build, coach and mentor an outstanding team, including maintaining morale at a high level
- Ensure key operational metrics and key performance indicator systems are consistently tracking the appropriate measures and provoking appropriate responsive behavior
- Coordinate effectively with sales, marketing, design engineering, and other functional organizations
- Facilitate resolutions for customer production concerns or problems between sales staff and plant production staff as needed.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field, is required. MBA is preferred.
- 10+ years manufacturing to include operations leadership experience
- Demonstrated track record of significant performance improvement through the successful development of a lean culture, and implementation of the tools.
- Recognizes that the development and implementation of standard processes, that are part of an integrated operating management system,
- Strong developer of people and teams, believing it a critical component in driving organizational change and effectiveness.
