Plant Manager

Sika Schweiz AG (Group); Versailles (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Sika Schweiz AG (Group) seeks a Plant Manager to lead the Versailles facility's safe, efficient, compliant operation and development.

You will drive safety, quality, service, productivity, and cost, while building high-performing teams and a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. This role partners across engineering, maintenance, EHS, quality, supply chain, R&D, and commercial teams to ensure reliable operations and long-term site development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the plant safety culture by actively advancing Sika SAFE principles, ensuring compliance with safety rules and procedures, and driving progress toward annual safety objectives.
• Deliver annual quality, service, and productivity goals by ensuring strong manufacturing execution, disciplined problem solving, process control, and effective response to customer and business requirements.
• Build and sustain high-performing teams across production, maintenance, engineering, quality, materials, logistics, and support functions.
• Partner with engineering, maintenance, EHS, quality, supply chain, R&D, and commercial teams to support reliable operations, new product introductions, capital planning, preventive maintenance, and long-term site development.
• Drive continuous improvement using lean manufacturing, statistical process control, error-proofing, root cause analysis, standard work, and other structured problem-solving methods.
• Develop a flexible and capable organization that can respond effectively to changing customer demand, business priorities, product mix, and capacity requirements.
• Manage annual operating expense targets and execute approved capital projects to deliver committed safety, quality, capacity, cost, and productivity benefits.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, local, corporate, environmental, safety, and quality requirements.
• Select, coach, train, and develop salaried and hourly associates to strengthen capability, succession depth, accountability, and employee engagement.
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization and promote a culture of respect, teamwork, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Job description

The Plant Manager is responsible for leading the safe, efficient, compliant, and environmentally responsible operation and continued development of the Versailles facility. This role provides overall site leadership for manufacturing performance, including safety, quality, service, productivity, cost, people development, and continuous improvement. The incumbent will create a culture of accountability, trust, employee engagement, and operational excellence while representing the Corporation’s vision and values at the plant level.

Specific Responsibilities

• Lead the plant safety culture by actively advancing Sika SAFE principles, ensuring compliance with safety rules and procedures, and driving progress toward annual safety objectives.
• Deliver annual quality, service, and productivity goals by ensuring strong manufacturing execution, disciplined problem solving, process control, and effective response to customer and business requirements.
• Build and sustain high-performing teams across production, maintenance, engineering, quality, materials, logistics, and support functions.
• Partner with engineering, maintenance, EHS, quality, supply chain, R&D, and commercial teams to support reliable operations, new product introductions, capital planning, preventive maintenance, and long-term site development.
• Drive continuous improvement using lean manufacturing, statistical process control, error-proofing, root cause analysis, standard work, and other structured problem-solving methods.
• Develop a flexible and capable organization that can respond effectively to changing customer demand, business priorities, product mix, and capacity requirements.
• Manage annual operating expense targets and execute approved capital projects to deliver committed safety, quality, capacity, cost, and productivity benefits.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, local, corporate, environmental, safety, and quality requirements.
• Select, coach, train, and develop salaried and hourly associates to strengthen capability, succession depth, accountability, and employee engagement.
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization and promote a culture of respect, teamwork, ownership, and continuous improvement.