Plant Manager

Saint-Gobain North America; Brampton; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Plant Manager to lead a dynamic manufacturing team. This pivotal role involves overseeing plant operations, ensuring safety and efficiency, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. The ideal candidate will embody strong leadership qualities and possess a keen business acumen, ready to tackle the challenges of the manufacturing sector. Join a company that values trust, empowerment, and collaboration, and contribute to a sustainable future while making a real impact in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and business acumen required for managing teams.
• Experience in developing KPIs and implementing strategic solutions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee manufacturing environment and ensure safety practices.
• Support plant supervisors and manage production efficiencies.
• Promote continuous improvement and strategic goal translation.

Skills

Coaching and development of supervisor-level employees

Planning and organization

Positive change initiation

Business acumen

Leadership skills

Understanding of manufacturing industry issues

KPI development and implementation

Analytical thinking

Job description

Agway, a proud subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, stands tall as part of the world's largest building materials company. With a 360-year legacy of innovation and growth, Saint-Gobain leads the way in sustainable product development and environmental responsibility.

Saint-Gobain North America's commitment to excellence has earned it recognition from the Top Employers Institute as one of the best workplaces in North America and Canada. Join us at Bailey and be part of a future where innovation meets sustainability!

Founded in 1979, Agway’s diverse solutions comprise a range of product lines focused on residential, agricultural, industrial, commercial, and institutional market applications. Agway ensures that every steel solution it delivers meets or exceeds the specific demands and expectations of the Customer.

Position Summary

The Plant Manager, under the direction of the Vice President of Operations, People and Culture, will primarily be responsible for overseeing the manufacturing environment. This position will develop strategic performance metrics and targets that are consistent with company goals. This role will also seek opportunities to improve efficiencies and undertake continuous improvement objectives. The Plant Manager must be a positive role model in the workplace, displaying adaptability, leadership, and innovation.

IS THIS JOB FOR YOU?

Responsibilities:

What you’ll do:

1. Cultivate a work environment committed to the health, safety, and wellness of all employees, and ensure safe work practices are followed.
2. Plan and conduct meetings with supervisors to communicate team targets, goals, and projects.
3. Show support and provide mentorship to the plant supervisors and lead hands.
4. Work directly with human resources regarding employee issues and assist the supervisors and lead hands in their documentation of shop floor issues.
5. Work closely with the Production Manager to ensure that the Quality Control program is being monitored, and that the staff are performing according to established standards.
6. Oversee the production office via communication with the production schedulers.
7. Manage a workplace succession plan in coordination with the plant supervisors and human resources, to determine potential areas for employee promotion.
8. Liaise with the maintenance team to ensure that equipment is being maintained appropriately.
9. Ensure that plant efficiencies are monitored and that production lines are running as required.
10. Assist sales with rush order requests.
11. Hold staff accountable for the performance objectives.
12. Promote continuous improvement in the workplace and be a champion for change in the organization.
13. Translate strategic goals into practical actions.
14. Stay up to date on new and emerging trends in the manufacturing industry.
15. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements:

1. Experience with coaching and development of supervisor-level employees.
2. Ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret goals, objectives, and policies.
3. Ability to initiate and model positive change.
4. Strong business acumen.
5. Strong formal and informal leadership skills.
6. A clear and solid understanding of the issues faced by the organization and the manufacturing industry.
7. Prior experience developing and implementing successful KPI’s.
8. Ability to identify issues and implement creative and strategic solutions to overcome problems.
9. Ability to delegate, set expectations, and monitor progress of all direct reports.
10. Sound analytical thinking, planning, prioritization, and execution skills.

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT US

WHY WORK WITH US?

At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.

LEGAL STATEMENT

Saint-Gobain is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process to applicants upon their request. This commitment is in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).