Job Description

The Plant Manager (PM) is accountable for all aspects of plant performance, including safely delivering all products on-time, with the right quality, and at the targeted cost. The PM leads the development and execution of departmental strategies and plans that achieve our safety, revenue, operating profit, quality and lean manufacturing objectives.

The Plant Manager must demonstrate knowledge and expertise in their departmental subject area including lean manufacturing principles, departmental strategy development and execution, and departmental technology. The position will coach and develop Operations talent, mentor project teams and ensure linkage of corporate objectives to manufacturing activities. Critical to this function are the planning and managing of budgets and coordination of facility initiatives.

The position requires excellent focus, high energy and enthusiasm, forward thinking, strong analytical capability, excellent problem solving, the ability to manage change, solid execution and a commitment to help the company meet financial objectives and exceed customer expectations.

PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee all elements of day-to-day plant operations to ensure Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) commitments are met in an agile environment
• Develop and deploy long-term (1-3 year) plant strategies that align with corporate objectives and targets
• Balance the day-to-day execution of operations with long-term vision achievement
• Work across locations with other plant leadership to benchmark and share standard processes, and identify solutions to common challenges
• Strong organizational skills and detail-oriented.
• Ability to think abstractly and implement action-oriented solutions to ambiguous or undefined problems
• Establish plant policies, and procedures and coordinate plant operations
• Drives overall operational excellence and continuous improvement through the application of Lean practices and processes
• Create and sustain healthy communication channels across departments and functions at all levels
• Must possess a solid background in Lean Manufacturing.
• Demonstrated leadership in people management, motivational, and teambuilding skills.
• Increase production, assets capacity, and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards
• Builds capabilities, tools, and processes to analyze and deliver globally cost-competitive products, including evaluation of make vs. buy decisions
• Owns and deploys the culture of financial compliance and controls in alignment with the company’s overall requirements and principles
• Create a strong operations talent base and have a positive impact on morale by coaching and motivating team members in support of their optimum performance and career development

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Industrial Management, Engineering, or a related field
• Minimum 10 years of operations experience in Planning, Material Management, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, and Supervisory or Production Management.
• 5+ years proven track record as a Plant Manager experience or progressive experiences in plant management including operations, production management, and value stream implementation.
• Lean Manufacturing experience

Company: BrassCraft Manufacturing

Brasscraft (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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