Plant Manager

Movement Search & Delivery; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Movement Search & Delivery in Nashville partners with a leading global automotive supplier to identify a Plant Manager for a 500+ employee facility. This high-impact leadership role demands a proven track record in complex automotive manufacturing transformations and a capability to drive cultural and operational turnaround.

You will rebuild culture, set clear expectations, and lead the plant leadership team to deliver safety, quality, delivery, and cost improvements, while aligning with

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience within global automotive manufacturing.
• Proven success leading a 500+ employee manufacturing operation.
• Experience executing a significant plant turnaround.
• Track record leading a cultural transformation or cultural reset.
• Strong leadership across safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people.

Responsibilities

• Lead the performance and transformation of a 500+ employee manufacturing facility.
• Establish accountability, ownership, engagement, and execution.
• Lead a comprehensive cultural reset throughout the organization.
• Develop, coach, and strengthen the plant leadership team.
• Drive measurable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity.
• Identify operational gaps and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Establish clear performance expectations and operating discipline throughout the facility.
• Build alignment between plant leadership, employees, customers, and the broader organization.
• Lead change initiatives while maintaining focus on day-to-day customer and operational requirements.
• Create a high-performance environment capable of delivering consistent, sustainable results.

Skills

Global automotive

Leadership

Plant management

Operational leadership

Culture transformation

Job description

Movement Search and Delivery is working with a leading global automotive supplier in the Greater Nashville, TN area to identify and evaluate a Plant Manager.

About the Role

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for a proven Plant Manager who has successfully led large, complex automotive manufacturing operations through significant operational and cultural transformation.

The Plant Manager will have responsibility for a 500+ employee manufacturing facility and will be expected to drive a comprehensive turnaround focused on people, accountability, execution, and sustainable performance. This role requires a highly visible leader who can assess the organization, establish clear expectations, rebuild the culture, and deliver measurable improvements across the operation.

What You Will Do

• Lead the overall performance and transformation of a 500+ employee manufacturing facility
• Establish a strong culture of accountability, ownership, engagement, and execution
• Lead a comprehensive cultural reset throughout the organization
• Develop, coach, and strengthen the plant leadership team
• Drive measurable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity
• Identify operational gaps and implement sustainable corrective actions
• Establish clear performance expectations and operating discipline throughout the facility
• Build alignment between plant leadership, employees, customers, and the broader organization
• Lead change initiatives while maintaining focus on day-to-day customer and operational requirements
• Create a high-performance environment capable of delivering consistent, sustainable results

What You Need to Succeed

• Significant leadership experience within global automotive manufacturing
• Proven success leading a 500+ employee manufacturing operation
• Demonstrated experience executing a significant plant turnaround
• Successful track record leading a cultural transformation or cultural reset
• Strong operational leadership across safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people
• Ability to assess an organization quickly and establish clear priorities
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to hold teams accountable while building employee engagement
• Experience developing and upgrading leadership teams
• Comfortable operating in a complex, fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Proven ability to create lasting operational and organizational change