Plant Manager

Parker; Manitowoc (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking a Plant Operations Leader in Manitowoc, WI to drive the Win Strategy and Parker Lean initiatives. You will lead a team to meet and exceed daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual goals while ensuring safe operations, quality, and cost efficiencies.

Key responsibilities include developing associates, managing budgets, and coordinating across departments to deliver premier customer service. Six Sigma and lean experience are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical/manufacturing engineering required.
• Minimum of five years’ experience leading others in a manufacturing environment.
• Practical experience implementing lean technologies and practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and interpersonal/communication skills.
• Six Sigma preferred.
• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities with a team focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant operations to meet daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly goals.
• Drive Parker Lean and Win Strategy to improve safety, quality, cost, and delivery.
• Develop associates and manage budget within constraints.
• Promote premier customer service and coordinate cross-functional collaboration.
• Oversee inventory, production control scheduling, shipping/receiving logistics and quality procedures.
• Provide leadership for strategy deployment and performance management.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/ Manufacturing Engineering

Advanced degree (a plus)

Job description

Accountable for Plant operations to achieve results identified by the Corporation’s Win Strategy. Leads a team of empowered employees to continuously achieve and exceed customer expectations. Broad responsibility and leadership for overall Plant operations. Implements the Parker Lean system and Win Strategy to ensure a safe work environment, maximize profitable growth, drive quality improvements, provide premier customer service, develop a technically qualified work force, reduce operating costs, inventories and lead times through continuous improvements. Oversee day-to-day activities to meet daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly expectations.

Scope/ Supervision and Interaction

_X_ Has Direct Reports ____ Does Not Have Direct Reports

Provides leadership for Plant operation employees. Coordinates all manufacturing functions within the Plant environment.

Responsible for all aspects of managing the Plant Operations to include: developing associates, ensure that team consensus is used to thoroughly evaluate decisions, ensure that decisions are rapidly implemented, budget planning, employment decisions related to associates and performance assessment of all direct reports, team leaders and associates.

• Profitably grow the Plant and achieve goals measured weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually. Works with internal and external customers to promote and leverage Company technologies, systems, products, services and processes.
• Establishes and maintains premier customer service at all times.
• Leads strategy deployment for the Plant initiatives and growth. Leads Manufacturing functions to ensure operational efficiency and economy.
• Previous experience in Team collaboration with the following Departments: Human Resources, Lean, Quality, Engineering, Information Technology Production Control and Planning.
• Accountable for driving Lean initiatives throughout the Plant to ensure they are fully embraced and implemented.
• Ensures the Plant has proper inventory, production control scheduling, shipping/receiving logistics and quality procedures in place.
• Develops a budget plan and manages Plant within budget constraints.
• Instills and maintains a positive can-do team atmosphere within the Plant; holding regular team meetings and assigning team members’ tasks and coordinate support services needed outside the team. Utilizes PDCA in conjunction with the Tracking Centers and Team Improvement Boards to ensure results.
• Maintains familiarity with competitive environment.
• Provides leadership by promoting team concepts, coaching, counseling, retaining, mentoring, training, talent management, and individual development. Drives a culture of accountability and results through strategy deployment and effective performance management.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent technical discipline is required. An advanced degree is a plus.
• Minimum of five years’ experience leading others in a Manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and manage multiple priorities using effective problem solving / resolution skills and a team focus.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to effectively and persuasively present information to Management, customers, and employees.
• Practical experience in implementing lean technologies and practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills. Six Sigma preferred.

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Parker offers competitive benefit programs, including:

• Comprehensive coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, voluntary optional life, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance and critical illness insurance with competitive premium cost.
• 401(k) Plan with company matching contributions at 100% of the first 5% of pay.
• Company provided defined-contribution retirement plan with annual contribution equal to 3% of pay.
• Career development and tuition reimbursement.
• Other benefits including paid parental leave, short and long-term disability programs, adoption assistance, a Care.com membership and financial planning assistance are provided at no cost to you.
• Supplemental benefit programs including identity protection, legal protection, and pet wellness are available at competitive rates.
• Paid Time Off and Company-Paid Holidays.

Additional Comments:

The essential functions have been provided as example of the type of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. The company reserves the right to modify the work assignments and/or to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions. The job description is not intended to be an inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. It is intended to describe the general nature of the position.

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Drug-Free Workplace

• In accordance with Parker’s policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.