Plant Manager

Inteva Products; Birmingham (AL); Presencial; USD 150.000 - 230.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Inteva Products, LLC is launching a new manufacturing facility in the southwest Birmingham metro area and seeks a seasoned plant leader. You will direct all operations to meet safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity targets while managing staffing, material flow, and equipment readiness.

Lead JIT/JIS, drive continuous improvement, and own KPI performance while fostering cross-functional teamwork and a strong safety culture across shifts.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience within automotive manufacturing or related operations.
• Experience supporting JIT/JIS automotive environments.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Fluent in safety, quality, production, and KPI management.

Responsabilidades

• Lead all plant operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
• Direct JIT and JIS operations to ensure accurate, uninterrupted delivery aligned with customer production schedules.
• Establish plant priorities, performance expectations, and accountability across all shifts and teams.
• Ensure staffing, labor utilization, material flow, equipment readiness to meet customer requirements.
• Monitor plant performance and drive corrective actions for production, sequencing, quality, delivery, and costs.
• Serve as primary site leader for customer operational issues and escalations; drive containment and recovery as needed.
• Champion safety and quality culture; ensure regulatory compliance and standardized work.
• Manage plant financials and KPIs, budgets, labor and operating costs.
• Lead and develop plant leadership, drive engagement and continuous improvement.
• Drive lean initiatives to optimize sequencing, material flow, and overall plant performance.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Lean manufacturing

Safety culture

Problem solving

Communication

Decision making

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Descripción del empleo

This position will support the launch of a new manufacturing facility in the southwest Birmingham metropolitan area.

• Lead all plant operations to achieve objectives for safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
• Direct Just-in-Time (JIT) and Just-in-Sequence (JIS) operations to ensure accurate, uninterrupted delivery aligned with customer production schedules.
• Establish plant priorities, performance expectations, and accountability across all shifts and functional teams.
• Ensure effective staffing, labor utilization, material flow, equipment availability, and operational readiness to meet customer requirements.
• Monitor plant performance and drive corrective actions for production, sequencing, quality, delivery, labor, and cost concerns.
• Serve as the primary site leader for customer operational issues and escalations, leading containment, recovery, and corrective action activities as needed.
• Champion a strong safety and quality culture, ensuring compliance with company standards, regulatory requirements, standardized work, and customer-specific requirements.
• Manage plant financial and operational performance, including labor, overtime, productivity, scrap, premium freight, operating costs, budgets, and key performance indicators.
• Lead, develop, and hold accountable the plant leadership team while fostering employee engagement, communication, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Drive lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives to optimize sequencing accuracy, material flow, labor efficiency, quality, equipment reliability, and overall plant performance.

Position Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience within automotive manufacturing, sequencing, or related operations.
• Plant management or senior operations leadership experience.
• Experience supporting JIT/JIS automotive environments strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, customer-driven operation.
• Strong knowledge of safety, quality, production, material flow, labor planning, and continuous improvement principles.
• Experience with lean manufacturing, standardized work, root-cause problem solving, and operational KPI management.
• Strong financial and business acumen with experience managing plant operating costs and performance.Strong leadership, communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and respond effectively to operational and customer escalations.

Education Requirement

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain, or a related field.

Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time

Shift -not applicable-

Location Inteva Products, LLC - Greater Birmingham, AL Operations

Req Number MAN-26-00030

About the Organization Inteva Products is a leading global automotive supplier providing innovative, reliable, environmentally friendly products that enhance vehicle quality, safety and performance. Inteva has global resources for design, engineering, manufacturing and customer service for Interiors, Latches, Door Systems, Motors & Electronics, Overhead Systems, and Hard Trim. Formed in 2008, the tier-one supplier is focused on achieving sustained global growth, providing excellent customer service, and driving innovation. Inteva was founded on innovative solutions and the use of applied technology to drive value-based solutions. The company employs 12,000 people in over 35 sites and maintains its World Headquarters in Troy, Michigan USA. For more information, please visit www.intevaproducts.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Positions are open to qualified candidates who have work authorization for the listed locations. All candidates must have the on-going legal right to work within the country where the position is located.

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Category Manufacturing/Operations

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