Plant Manager

Saigepartners; Ash Flat (AR); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Saigepartners is seeking a Plant Manager for their Ash Flat, Arkansas facility. This role involves leading a multi-shift manufacturing plant with around 150 employees, ensuring safe and efficient operations, and delivering on business goals.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree and significant experience in manufacturing leadership, focusing on continuous improvement and team-building.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in a manufacturing environment commensurate with the level and scope of this position.
• Strong leadership, team-building, problem-solving, and conflict-management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership of all plant operations, including production and logistics.
• Monitor and optimize operational performance through the effective use of KPIs.
• Lead and champion Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Production planning tools

Job description

Plant Manager - Ash Flat, Arkansas

If you are a Plant Manager professional looking for an opportunity to grow your career, this role offers the chance to lead a multi-shift manufacturing facility of approximately 150 employees within our Client's global manufacturing organization. You will set the strategic and operational direction of the plant, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality operations while delivering on customer commitments and business goals. This role plays a critical part in building a strong leadership bench, advancing continuous improvement initiatives, and fostering a culture of innovation, integrity, collaboration, and inclusion.

Our Client is a global leader in industrial manufacturing, delivering reliable products and technologies that support critical industries around the world. The organization is committed to operational excellence, customer satisfaction, employee development, and continuous innovation.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Provide overall leadership of all plant operations, including production, manufacturing engineering, maintenance, quality, supply chain, and logistics, ensuring the facility consistently meets production targets, on-time delivery commitments, and P&L objectives.
• Monitor, analyze, and optimize operational performance through the effective use of KPIs and metrics, identifying opportunities for improvement and driving accountability across the organization.
• Lead and champion Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and improve overall plant performance.
• Promote a strong culture of safety, quality, and compliance by reducing risk, meeting regulatory requirements, and driving effective root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Manage plant financial performance by overseeing budgets, improving cost efficiency, and translating operational results into clear business actions.
• Build, develop, and engage a high-performing leadership team by partnering with Human Resources on workforce planning, talent development, succession planning, and positive employee relations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with supply chain, engineering, procurement, and commercial teams to align priorities, balance capacity, and execute manufacturing plans that support growth and customer commitments.

Who You Are:

You consistently deliver results by setting clear priorities, holding yourself and others accountable, and following through on commitments. You build effective teams by creating strong morale and engagement, developing people’s strengths, and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute. You use a strategic and data-informed mindset to anticipate challenges, connect operational decisions to broader business outcomes, and drive continuous improvement. You collaborate openly across functions and levels, gaining trust through integrity, clear communication, and a shared focus on safety, quality, and performance.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience in a manufacturing environment commensurate with the level and scope of this position.
• Strong leadership, team-building, problem-solving, and conflict-management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Solid financial acumen, including budgeting, cost control, and operational performance management.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and production planning tools.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present operational results and business recommendations to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change and drive operational improvements in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA preferred.
• Proven success leading plant operations with accountability for safety, quality, delivery, and financial performance.
• Seven (7) or more years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
• Experience leading multi-shift manufacturing operations.
• Demonstrated success developing leaders and building high-performing teams.
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing, Operational Excellence, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement programs.