Plant Manager

Strategic Partners Inc; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 91,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexible freelance hours

Job summary

Strategic Partners Inc in Kalamazoo, MI is seeking a freelance Plant Manager who turns “we should look into that” into sized, scoped, defensible recommendations. You own outcomes, sharpen Ladder Logic, and grow with a tight-knit team.

Lead 7-year strategy, oversee budgeting cycles, and ensure smooth handoffs between Lean Manufacturing, Predictive Maintenance, and operations. This role offers mentorship, benefits, and flexible freelance hours that respect your life in Michigan.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way.
• Ability to mentor or support manager teammates.
• Judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time.
• Instinct to ask what would change your mind before debating.
• Proven experience with FMEA and risk assessment.

Responsibilities

• Shape the 7-year strategy without turning it into a slide museum.
• Oversee budgeting cycles and hold teams accountable to spending targets.
• Smooth the handoff between Lean Manufacturing and Predictive Maintenance onboarding.
• Carry a growth-minded business problem from whiteboard to working pilot in Kalamazoo, MI.
• Set up the Kalamazoo, MI team to make calls without waiting on you.
• Prepare board-ready presentations and quarterly business reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Strategic thinking

FMEA

Budgeting

Lean manufacturing

Communication

Job description

You'll be the Plant Manager who turns \"we should look into that\" into a sized, scoped, defensible recommendation for Strategic Partners Inc. This is a freelance opportunity built for someone who wants to own outcomes, sharpen Ladder Logic, and grow with a tight-knit team.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape the 7-year strategy without turning it into a slide museum
• Keep Strategic Partners Inc from optimizing a number that doesn't pay rent
• Oversee budgeting cycles and hold teams accountable to spending targets
• Smooth the handoff between Lean Manufacturing closing and Predictive Maintenance onboarding
• Carry a growth-minded business problem from whiteboard to working pilot in Kalamazoo, MI
• Set up the Kalamazoo, MI team to make calls without waiting on you
• Prepare board-ready presentations and quarterly business reviews

What You'll Bring

• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support manager teammates
• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time
• The instinct to ask \"what would change your mind?\" before debating
• 8+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way
• A knack for FMEA that colleagues quietly come to rely on

Ask anyone in Kalamazoo about Strategic Partners Inc and you'll hear the same thing: a goal-oriented crew that ships fast and sweats the FMEA details. We default to documenting decisions so MI and remote teammates stay equally in the loop.

The whole offer in one line: $91,000 - $129,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexible freelance hours that respect the life you have in MI.

Demand on the business team has us moving fast to fill this seat.