Plant Manager

Adient plc; Normal (IL); On-site; USD 185,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision insurance

Disability Life and AD&D Insurance

401k

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Job summary

Adient plc is seeking a Plant Manager to lead all plant activities, ensuring production schedules and customer requirements are met while achieving financial targets. The role focuses on driving safety, quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement across operations in Normal, IL.

You will manage budgets, lead the hourly workforce, and maintain strong relationships with customers and suppliers. The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in industrial management, engineering, or business, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in industrial management, engineering, or business administration.
• 8–10 years manufacturing experience with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Strong leadership, written and spoken communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers.
• Lean certification preferred (Green Belt).

Responsibilities

• Lead plant operations to meet production schedules and customer requirements.
• Drive safety, quality, efficiency, and financial performance.
• Develop budgets for labor and materials; forecast plant needs.
• Engage hourly workforce through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate with customers and suppliers to resolve issues.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Decision making

Customer communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in industrial management/engineering/business administration

Tools

Lean Certification

Job description

Summary

The Plant Manager leads and directs all plant activities, is responsible for meeting production schedules and producing a product in accordance with customer requirements while achieving the plant financial targets.

Specific Duties

Establishes goals, objectives and guidelines covering all phases of plant operations and staff activities to maintain a safe, efficient, functional, operational and profitable plant. Drives performance to achieve financial and operational targets. Communicates across the organization to ensure attainment to targets and successful launches. Engages the hourly workforce through continuous improvement actions to ensure all employees are involved in the business. Directs, guides and motivates immediate subordinates in attainment of projected goals and objectives to increase operational efficiency. Ensures compliance with all corporate communications, adheres to and promotes HSE & E policies and procedures. Leads activities to ensure a continuous improvement culture is established in the plant. Leads and manages, the plant continuous improvement operations around safety, quality, efficiency, and/or financials. Communicates with customers and suppliers to identify/resolve concerns on an as needed basis. Positive Employee and Labor Relations. Ensure that material released from this facility has achieved the highest quality standard possible. Plans and forecasts plant requirements with respect to equipment, manpower, materials and facilities to establish budgets for labor and materials. Maintains contact with civic and business leaders in the community relations and to improve the Plant’s local image by participation in organizations with company interests. All other tasks as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in industrial management, engineering, or business administration.
• 8 to 10 years of experience in manufacturing to include at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Solid leadership skills.
• Strong written, verbal, and communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers.
• Good decision maker.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification in Lean; prefer Green Belt.

Pay Range

$185,000.00 - $210,000.00

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision insurance
• Disability Life and AD&D Insurance
• 401k
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid vacation
• Paid holidays

PRIMARY LOCATION

Normal Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With more than 65,000 employees in 29 countries, Adient operates ~200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. We take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into millions of vehicles every year. For more information, please visit www.adient.com.