Plant Operations Leader — Lean & Continuous Improvement

Hubbell Incorporated; Rocky Mount (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hubbell Incorporated is seeking a Plant Manager for the Rocky Mount Site to lead all operations, personnel, on-time delivery, cost, budgeting and asset management, developing a high-performing team in a Lean/Six Sigma environment.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a technical field (MBA preferred), 5+ years of manufacturing leadership (Plant Manager/Director or Operations Manager), bi-lingual preferred, and strong Lean knowledge with focus on metrics, forecasting,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, Engineering or technical field preferred; MBA preferred.
• 5+ years manufacturing leadership experience (Plant Manager/Director or Operations Manager).
• Bi-Lingual preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing.
• Understanding of operations metrics and managing to metrics.
• Ability to influence metrics through planned decision making.
• Experience forecasting manufacturing needs/hours to meet objectives.
• Ability to identify bottlenecks and implement improvement plans.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication and training skills.
• Dynamic, results oriented and metric driven leadership.

Responsibilities

• Manage and direct overall manufacturing activities of the Rocky Mount Site.
• Maintain a safe working environment compliant with OSHA.
• Originates, measures, and improves key indicators (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, Cost).
• Ensure quality systems are established and maintained.
• Enhance LEAN culture; drive continuous improvement and 5S; eliminate waste.
• Develop budgets and forecasts; approve expenditures for supplies, materials and HR.
• Establish work requirements and ensure production schedules are met.
• Develop staff and a culture focused on quality and customer service.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Leadership

Forecasting

Problem solving

Communication

Training

Bilingual

Education

Bachelor's degree

Engineering

MBA

Job description

Hubbell Incorporated is seeking a Plant Manager for the Rocky Mount Site to lead all operations, personnel, on-time delivery, cost, budgeting and asset management, developing a high-performing team in a Lean/Six Sigma environment.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a technical field (MBA preferred), 5+ years of manufacturing leadership (Plant Manager/Director or Operations Manager), bi-lingual preferred, and strong Lean knowledge with focus on metrics, forecasting,