Plant Manager

Columbus McKinnon; Menomonee Falls (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Plant Manager to lead operations in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This role involves driving customer service excellence and operational efficiency while fostering a positive workplace culture. The ideal candidate will leverage their extensive experience in Lean Manufacturing and team leadership to enhance productivity and quality. If you're passionate about leading high-performing teams and implementing innovative solutions, this is the opportunity for you to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of operations experience in manufacturing and quality.
• 5+ years proven track record as a Plant Manager.

Responsibilities

• Oversee manufacturing plant policies and goals.
• Drive transformational change and continuous improvement.
• Manage day-to-day operations and motivate team members.

Skills

Leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Six-Sigma

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

People Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

10+ years related experience

Job description

Job Summary/Overview

The Plant Manager provides senior leadership at plant level and creates a positive environment for all associates. This leader drives customer service excellence, best-in-class quality, and high operating efficiency with outstanding manufacturing agility through lean and continuous improvement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Plans, implements and oversees manufacturing plant organization policies and goals.


• Leverage KPI's and action plans to ensure effective daily management of operations inclusive of materials, quality, machining, assembly, shipping/receiving.


• Coordinate activities of departments such as manufacturing, engineering, production control, materials management, quality, service, and maintenance to ensure customer service excellence, high quality, cost control, and operational efficiency.


• Drive transformational change throughout the plant in coordination with business unit strategies and plans.


• Work with the plant management team to continuously improve manufacturing and other plant processes through Lean, Six-Sigma, and other similar metric driven methods.


• Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead team members to their optimum performance levels and career development.


• Manage morale and turnover through building an understanding of what motivates your team members.


• Communicate the vision from senior leadership and set and communicate business objectives for your team that align with this vision.


• Manage the day-to-day activities and motivate team members to succeed in a fast-paced collaborative agile environment.


• Guide and support plant resources in capital investments, material management, and labor & overhead productivity plans.


• Confers with administrative personnel and reviews business activity including related operating and sales reports to ensure customer service excellence, quality, and operational efficiency.


• Works directly with the General Manager to manage the business division's P&L to ensure meeting the company's profitability and growth targets.


• Works directly with local Human Resources on all employee relations items, employee recruiting, onboarding, discipline and terminations in a professional manner.

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities

• Demonstrated expertise in adding value through leadership by building strong high performing teams and achieving successful outcomes on complicated programs.


• Acts independently or as a member of a project team responsible for providing technical process guidance concerning the business implications of the application of various systems.


• Demonstrated success in a high mix ETO manufacturing environment of products with complex BOM structure.


• A team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• Strong organizational skills and detailed oriented.


• Ability to think abstractly to deal with ambiguous/undefined problems


• Must possess a strong background in Lean Manufacturing with demonstrated success in driving labor, material and productivity savings.


• Requires good people management, motivational and leadership skills.

Required Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or 10+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

* 10+ year operations experience involving materials management, machining, manufacturing engineering, quality, production, and warehousing.

* 5+ years proven track record of Plant Manager experience and/or progressive experiences in plant management to include operations, production, value stream, factory manager.