Plant Manager

MANN+HUMMEL; Louisa (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MANN+HUMMEL in Louisa, VA is seeking a Plant Manager to lead all daily manufacturing operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production aligned with business goals and customer requirements.

The role drives accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement, coordinating across production, maintenance, quality, engineering, supply chain, HR, and finance to meet safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; advanced degree preferred.
• Several years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing.
• Experience managing budgets and operational KPIs.
• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, Kaizen, or similar methods.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to lead teams, manage change, and drive accountability in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all plant operations to meet production targets and business objectives.
• Oversee daily manufacturing activities, resource planning, and performance.
• Coordinate across production, maintenance, quality, engineering, supply chain, HR, finance.
• Monitor KPIs and drive improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Promote safety culture and ensure compliance with EH&S requirements.
• Lead lean initiatives and continuous improvement across the plant.
• Provide leadership and development for plant leadership teams and staff.
• Manage budgets, cost controls, and operational spending.

Skills

Leadership

Operational excellence

Lean / Six Sigma

Budget management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business/Operations

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Role Summary

MANN+HUMMEL - Louisa, VA

The Plant Manager is responsible for leading all daily operations of the manufacturing facility to ensure safe, efficient, high-quality production in alignment with business goals, customer requirements, and MANN+HUMMEL standards. This role provides overall leadership for plant operations, including production, safety, quality, maintenance, continuous improvement, employee development, cost control, and operational performance.

The Plant Manager will drive a culture of accountability, teamwork, operational excellence, and continuous improvement while ensuring the facility meets or exceeds expectations for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people performance. #LI-Onsite

Main Tasks

• Lead and manage all plant operations to ensure production targets, customer requirements, and business objectives are met.
• Oversee daily manufacturing activities, resource planning, production performance, and operational execution.
• Ensure effective coordination between production, maintenance, quality, engineering, supply chain, HR, finance, and other support functions.
• Monitor key performance indicators and implement action plans to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and efficiency.
• Promote and maintain a strong safety culture across the facility.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, environmental, health, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Support quality systems and ensure products are manufactured in accordance with customer, company, and industry standards.
• Drive corrective actions and continuous improvement activities related to safety, quality, process stability, and customer satisfaction.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to plant leadership teams and employees.
• Build a high-performance culture focused on accountability, engagement, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Support workforce planning, employee development, performance management, and succession planning.
• Partner with Human Resources to address employee relations, staffing, training, and organizational needs.
• Manage plant budgets, cost controls, productivity initiatives, and operational spending.
• Identify and implement opportunities to reduce cost, improve efficiency, and optimize resources.
• Support business planning, forecasting, capital planning, and operational strategy.
• Ensure plant performance aligns with company financial and operational goals.
• Lead and support lean manufacturing, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive standardization, process improvement, waste reduction, and improved plant performance.
• Encourage problem-solving and data-driven decision making throughout the organization.
• Support implementation of best practices, systems, and tools to improve operational effectiveness.

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
• Several years of progressive leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Prior plant management or senior operations leadership experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, safety, quality, maintenance, production planning, and continuous improvement.
• Experience managing budgets, operational KPIs, productivity initiatives, and cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5S, Kaizen, or other continuous improvement methods preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to lead teams, manage change, and drive accountability in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Experience with ERP systems and Microsoft Office applications preferred.