Assistant Plant Manager

Adient plc; Detroit (MI); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Adient plc, Bridgewater Interiors IV, Detroit area, is seeking a Plant Manager to lead plant operations, drive efficiency, and manage a manufacturing team. The role requires directing staff, implementing controls, and aligning with company policies to achieve profitability and smooth production flow.

The candidate will oversee planning, budgeting, and inter-department collaboration, while promoting strong customer relations and continuous improvement initiatives within a global automotive

Formación

• Education: College degree in industrial management, engineering or business administration or equivalent.
• Experience: 8–10 years in supervisory roles in manufacturing environments.

Responsabilidades

• Establishes goals, objectives and guidelines covering all plant operations and staff activities to maintain an efficient, functional plant.
• Directs, motivates subordinates to achieve projected goals and improve operational efficiency.
• Establishes and enforces procedures and controls within the plant to attain goals and objectives.
• Supports and promotes company philosophies and policies to establish organizational support.
• Participates in decisions and approvals to exercise control over vital plant elements.

Conocimientos

Operations management

Leadership

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Management/Engineering/Business

Herramientas

MS Office

ERP systems

Descripción del empleo

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities

• Establishes goals, objectives and guidelines covering all phases of plant operations and staff activities to maintain an efficient, functional, operational and profitable plant.
• Directs, guides and motivates immediate subordinates in attainment of projected goals and objectives to increase operational efficiency.
• Establishes and enforces procedures and controls within the plant to attain projected goals and objectives.
• Supports and promotes Company philosophies and policies to establish support and organization within the plant.
• Participates in making decisions and approvals to exercise control over vital elements of the plant organization and formulates such decisions based upon Company policy and other pertinent data.
• Assist with Plans and forecasts plant requirements with respect to equipment, manpower, materials and facilities to establish budgets for labor and materials and to complete the organizational structure by requesting reports from departmental subordinates and transcribing the information into the required forecasts and/or reports.
• Initiates and implements new methods and procedures in areas such as scrap control, manufacturing techniques and work force utilization to capitalize upon deployment of the plant facilities and to increase the efficiency of the operations by becoming familiar with related industries through meetings, seminars and periodicals.
• Participates heavily in customer relations by both receiving and calling on customer representatives to promote a sound relationship and to act as liaison between them and the plant to solve problems which have or might arise.
• Recommends acquisition of capital equipment to update present equipment, to increase plant efficiency and to compensate for design and product changes.
• Maintains contact with civic and business leaders in the community relations and to improve the Plant's local image by participation in organizations with company interests.
• Assists with recommending changes in organization classifications, compensations and/or fringe benefits for salaried and plant personnel to provide working conditions equivalent to or better than those in the area.
• Assists the Plant Manager in reviewing job performances of each subordinate so that employee training and development maybe utilized per Company policy.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: College degree in industrial management, engineering or business administration or equivalent. Eight (8) to ten (10) years of experience in supervisory positions at progressively higher levels, Preferably in a manufacturing environment, or equivalent.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and procedure manuals. Candidate has the ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtracts, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Candidate has the ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

Reasoning Ability: Candidate has the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Other Skills and Abilities: Must be computer literate and familiar with appropriate software programs. Candidate has the ability to create visual aids for communication purposes.

PRIMARY LOCATION

Bridgewater Interiors IV Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With more than 65,000 employees in 29 countries, Adient operates ~200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. We take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing - and into millions of vehicles every year. For more information, please visit www.adient.com.