Plant Manager: Safety, Lean & Ops Excellence

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

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.