Plant Manager

Stanley Black & Decker; East Longmeadow (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global tools company as a Plant Manager, responsible for driving significant improvements in safety, quality, and cost. Lead a high-performing team, implement lean manufacturing techniques, and ensure customer satisfaction through innovative strategies. You'll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits while contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and excellence.

Benefits

Medical, dental, life, vision, disability benefits

401(k)

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools

Qualifications

• 5–10 years operations leadership experience.
• Experience in lean culture development and lean tool implementation required.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement in safety, quality, delivery, cost.
• Develop and execute a manufacturing strategy.
• Lead regular strategy deployment & KPI reviews.

Skills

Lean Culture Development

Team Building

Continuous Improvement

Resource Allocation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

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Come make the world and accelerate your success.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of more than 50,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT, BLACK+DECKER, CRAFTSMAN, STANLEY, CUB CADET, and HUSTLER.

The Job:

The Plant Manager is responsible for driving continuous and significant improvements in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, cost, and working capital. This will be achieved by developing a world class organization and methodically implementing the strategic business objectives – including, strategic planning/deployment, lean management/manufacturing techniques and six sigma tools. An emphasis will be placed on experience in building teams, developing talent and leading synergy and engagement activities.

As a Plant Manager, you’ll be part of our Tools & Outdoor team working as an onsite employee. You’ll get to:

• Drive rapid, significant and sustainable improvement in on-time delivery, service level and lead-time.
• Develop and execute a manufacturing strategy that support the division’s overall market-driven business strategy. Specifically, lead expansion of highly successful point of impact manufacturing and delivery models.
• Lead regular strategy deployment & KPI reviews for the manufacturing team ensuring attainment of results and a sense of urgency with respect to the strategic implementation priorities.
• Strategically drive the implementation of safety and industrial hygiene programs designed to minimize the severity and frequency of workplace injuries and illnesses.
• Passionately drive continuous improvement culture while implementing the strategic Roadmap to achieve breakthrough performance in working capital, quality, delivery, cost, and growth.
• Build an outstanding team and evolve the organizational structure to meet and exceed objectives. Ensure development and engagement of talent across all levels of the organization.
• Drive cycle time and working capital improvements through flexible and lean manufacturing processes.
• Ensure key manufacturing metrics and key performance indicator systems (KPIs) are consistently tracking the appropriate measures and driving appropriate response behaviors.
• Periodically present plans and actual results, as well as strategy deployment and KPI progress.
• Take aggressive action to drive financial performance in the areas of direct and indirect labor, manufacturing overhead cost, and inventory levels.
• Partner with internal resources and the matrix structure to coordinate manufacturing functions with sales, marketing, design engineering, finance, supply chain, human resources and other departments.
• Ensure effective allocation of resources across all areas of the operation to accomplish customer-driven priorities.
• Partner with Product Marketing, R&D and Quality teams to ensure the best possible product and customer satisfaction.
• Play an active and significant role in the S&OP process.
• Continually benchmark best practices and implement as appropriate.

The Person:

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field required. Master’s degree preferred.
• 5–10 years operations leadership experience with a demonstrated track record of significant performance improvement.
• Experience in lean culture development and lean tool implementation required.
• Manufacturing experience in metal fabrication, finishing/machining and assembly preferred.
• Supply chain and inventory management are critical.
• Working knowledge of OSHA guidelines, environmental regulations and EHSMS.
• Resourceful, combining strong manufacturing and technical abilities with overall management acumen.
• Ability to effectively deploy resources to key priorities with resources at hand.
• Set high expectations (driven by metrics and countermeasures) for self and the organization.
• Ability and passion to rapidly learn and utilize the business system and achieve objectives.

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship (H1B, OPT/CPT, TN etc).

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We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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For the builders and protectors, for the makers and explorers, for those shaping and reshaping our world through hard work and inspiration, Stanley Black & Decker provides the tools and innovative solutions you can trust to get the job done—and we have since 1843.

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