Plant Manager - Wood Products Manufacturing

Woodweb; Arkansas; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Woodweb in Arkansas is seeking a Plant Manager to lead all plant operations, drive safety, quality, and cost efficiency, and deliver exceptional customer satisfaction. You will work closely with the CEO to maximize performance and profitability while mentoring a production team.

The role requires hands-on leadership, significant experience in wood products manufacturing, and a track record of implementing Lean initiatives and compliant safety programs. Relocation support is available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in operations/supply chain or related field preferred.
• Six Sigma/Lean certification preferred.
• 5+ years of supervisory experience in wood products manufacturing.
• Experience motivating and delivering strong employee relations with non-exempt employees.
• Experience managing safety performance and programs.

Responsibilities

• Manage the work of all production employees and oversee production and shipping schedules based on raw and finished goods availability.
• Provide hands-on leadership as a working manager, mentoring and coaching all staff and handling employee relations issues.
• Support plant administration to ensure compliance with policies.
• Assist with the full hiring process and onboarding team decisions within the plant.
• Consult with the CEO on cost and yield performance of the plant.
• Support cost control initiatives and process control within the plant.
• Review operations and local transportation to comply with OSHA, EPA, and related laws.
• Drive safety improvements across the plant.
• Ensure consistent execution of SOPs throughout the plant.
• Deliver best operational practices and cost efficiencies while maintaining quality and material utilization.
• Implement Lean initiatives to eliminate waste.
• Provide leadership to recruit, train, develop, and motivate plant staff.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

Employee relations

Safety management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Operations/Supply Chain or related field

Job description

Plant Manager - Wood Products Manufacturing
Arkansas
Salary: 100-120K+ bonus, very good benefits, relocation assistance if needed.

Overview

As a Plant Manager, you’ll get to work alongside a CEO to manage all plant operations and deliver superior customer satisfaction! You’ll be able to drive results and exceed our customer’s expectations in the areas of safety, service, quality, and cost by achieving the highest of standards. We’re looking for the individual who finds motivation in motivating others to achieve goals.

Responsibilities

• Manage the work of all production employees oversees production and shipping schedules based on availability of raw and finished goods.
• Provide hands-on leadership as a working manager, responsible for mentoring and coaching all employees and managing employee relations issues.
• Support plant administration to ensure compliance to established policies.
• Assist with the entire new hire process and Onboarding Team in HR, and make all employment decisions within the plant.
• Consult with the CEO for the cost and yield performance of the Plant.
• Support and implement cost control initiatives and process control within the Plant.
• Continually review operations activities, including local transportation activities to maintain compliance with all Federal, State and local laws (OSHA, DOL, DOJ, EPA, FD).
• Drive Safety improvements across the Plant.
• Ensure the consistent execution of all SOPs throughout the Plant.
• Deliver best operational practices and cost efficiencies across the Plant while maintaining critical quality and raw material utilization standards that are necessary to maintain customer satisfaction and Plant profitability.
• Implement and manage Lean opportunities to effectively eliminate waste.
• Provide leadership to Plant staff to effectively recruit, train, develop, evaluate, motivate, delegate and monitor their activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Operations/Supply Chain or related field a plus.
• Six Sigma/Lean certification preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in a supervisory role in wood products manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated success in motivating and delivering strong employee relations with non-exempt employees.
• Experience managing safety performance and programs.