Manufacturing Plant Manager

Overhead Door Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Overhead Door Corporation is seeking a Plant Manager to serve as the senior operating leader for the facility, driving Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Cash and People. The role translates business priorities into daily execution and develops the plant leadership team to build operating discipline and reliable customer service.

The role leads via value stream and functional leaders, ensuring standards are executed and conflicts resolved.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations, supply chain, business or a related field or equivalent leadership experience.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive manufacturing leadership, including leadership through other managers.
• Proven results improving safety, quality, delivery, cost and organizational capability via a structured operating system.
• Strong financial and operational acumen including budgets, labor planning, working capital, capital investment and forecasting.
• Experience with Lean daily management, standard work, problem solving, flow, pull, TPM; Six Sigma helpful but not a substitute.
• Familiarity with ERP and manufacturing data systems.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for safe, quality, delivery, cost, cash and people performance across the site.
• Translate business priorities into daily execution and develop the plant leadership team.
• Lead through value stream and functional leaders to ensure standards are executed.
• Manage cross-functional coordination across Quality, EHS, Materials, Engineering, HR and Finance.
• Oversee capital investments, cost reductions and working capital improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Operations Leadership

Lean / Six Sigma knowledge

ERP experience

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations, supply chain, business or related field

Master's degree in business, engineering or operations management

Tools

ERP systems

Manufacturing data systems

Job description

The Plant Manager is the senior operating leader for the facility and is accountable for predictable performance across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Cash and People. The role converts business priorities into daily execution, develops the plant leadership team, and builds the operating discipline needed to serve customers reliably while improving cost, capacity and working capital.

The Plant Manager leads through value stream and functional leaders and is accountable for integrated site results regardless of reporting line. Functional leaders establish standards and governance; the Plant Manager ensures those standards are executed in the plant and resolves conflicts that prevent performance

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations, supply chain, business or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant manufacturing leadership experience.
• At least 12 years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience, including leadership through other managers in a large, multi-value-stream or similarly complex operation.
• Demonstrated results improving safety, quality, delivery, cost and organizational capability through a structured operating system.
• Strong financial and operational acumen, including operating budgets, labor planning, working capital, capital investment and performance forecasting.
• Experience with Lean daily management, standard work, problem solving, flow, pull, TPM and change leadership. Formal Lean or Six Sigma certification is helpful but is not a substitute for sustained results.
• Working knowledge of ERP and manufacturing data systems and the ability to use operational data to identify risk, set priorities and verify results.

Preferred Experience

• Leadership in a high-mix manufacturing, engineered-product or building-products environment with intercompany supply relationships.
• Experience with significant product launches, plant transfers, automation, footprint changes, turnaround conditions or ERP deployment.
• Experience leading across matrixed Quality, EHS, Materials, Engineering, Human Resources and Finance functions.
• Master's degree in business, engineering or operations management.

Work Requirements

• This is an on-site leadership role with regular presence across shifts and availability for significant operating or emergency events.
• Travel is required as business needs dictate for enterprise reviews, supplier or customer matters, and cross-plant work.
• The role must comply with all site safety requirements and be able to access active manufacturing and warehouse areas with required personal protective equipment.