Plant Operations Leader | Lean, Safety & Customer Focus

Tremco; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 73,800 - 90,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Company Pension Plan

Performance Based Bonus/Commission

Continuing education

Job summary

Tremco Sealants is seeking a Business Leader to manage daily production operations, ensure on-time shipping, and meet cost and quality targets in a chemical plant environment in Grand Rapids, MI.

You will lead staffing, resource planning, and collaboration with senior leadership to drive Lean practices, continuous improvement, and safe operations while maintaining compliance with SOX and ISO standards. Experience in specialty chemicals and a Bachelor's degree are required.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 4 years operations experience (3 years management or supervisory) with a preference in a specialty chemical plant environment.
• Bachelor's Degree in Science or Business, Chemical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent business experience.

Responsibilities

• Leads the development, revision, and accuracy of production plan. Sets lead-times and ensures orders are shipped on-time, ensures all necessary inventory is available to meet customer timelines and demands.
• Defines necessary manpower and material resources to meet schedules and product delivery commitments. Troubleshoots and finds solutions when bottlenecks or threats to delivery commitments arise & communicates promptly to any key stakeholders impacted.
• Acts as primary contact with customers.
• Provides technical support to customers including collaboration on product development and custom orders as well as general technical questions.
• Acts as first point of contact and problem resolution for supplier issues and concerns regarding service level agreements.
• Assists in educating key stakeholders to drive sales of PreBuck Technologies as needed.
• assists in determining pricing, channel strategy, custom configuration, and geographical expansion to support growth strategy.
• Assists in quoting and special pricing efforts through collaboration with sales, customer service and management to ensure a smooth and seamless flow of information to establish pricing for all quotes and special pricing.
• Ensures the safety of staff, equipment, and facility in accordance with the North American Manufacturing Safety Program and Policies.
• Ensures that all activities are in compliance with corporate policies and procedures, including SOX compliance and ISO standards.
• Undertakes long and short-term planning and supervision of projects.
• Implements LEAN practices.
• Oversee all quality related functions in the plant.
• Participate in the development of specifications for processing, products, and materials.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

LEAN

Problem solving

Team motivation

Strategic planning

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree (Science or Business, Chemical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering)

Tools

Excel

SAP

Word

Job description

Tremco Sealants is seeking a Business Leader to manage daily production operations, ensure on-time shipping, and meet cost and quality targets in a chemical plant environment in Grand Rapids, MI.

You will lead staffing, resource planning, and collaboration with senior leadership to drive Lean practices, continuous improvement, and safe operations while maintaining compliance with SOX and ISO standards. Experience in specialty chemicals and a Bachelor's degree are required.