Plant Operations Leader: Lean, Safety & Growth

Godshall Recruiting; South Carolina; On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits plan

Retirement match

Bonus potential

Job summary

Godshall Recruiting is seeking a proven operations leader to guide manufacturing performance in South Carolina. This role directly manages plant operations, driving safety, quality, and productivity improvements while leading cross-functional teams to enhance efficiency.

You will develop metrics and dashboards for data-driven decisions, oversee production planning and inventory, and push continuous improvement through Six Sigma and preventive maintenance programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or MBA preferred, but equivalent experience considered.
• Experience implementing new programs.
• Extensive experience driving operational excellence via inventory management, supply chain coordination, safety, quality systems, facilities oversight, preventive maintenance programs, KPI management, Six Sigma methodologies, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Direct plant operations to meet safety, quality, and productivity goals.
• Lead cross-functional teams to boost performance and efficiency.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to remove waste and bottlenecks.
• Develop metrics and dashboards to support data-driven decisions.
• Oversee production planning, inventory management, and resource allocation.
• Improve equipment reliability via preventive maintenance and root-cause analysis.
• Coach and develop leaders and staff.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional teams

KPI management

Six Sigma

Preventive maintenance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree/MBA

Tools

Dashboards

Job description

Godshall Recruiting is seeking a proven operations leader to guide manufacturing performance in South Carolina. This role directly manages plant operations, driving safety, quality, and productivity improvements while leading cross-functional teams to enhance efficiency.

You will develop metrics and dashboards for data-driven decisions, oversee production planning and inventory, and push continuous improvement through Six Sigma and preventive maintenance programs.