Site Manager

Jobtailor; Gordonsville (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Gordonsville, VA seeks a site leader to act as figurehead of the Gordonsville site, scalable to all levels up to CEO, driving accountability, integrity, continuous improvement, HSSE and quality.

You will lead HSSE, operations, engineering, planning, maintenance, supply chain, quality and HR to improve performance; transform production scheduling, build budgets to maximize efficiency and cut costs; collaborate across functions and apply Lean/Six Sigma for Operational Excellence.

Qualifications

• MBA and a B.S. in a technical field with 5–10 years of plastics/polymer industry experience.
• Ability to perform essential duties satisfactorily.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the figurehead of the Gordonsville site, scalable to all levels of the organization, up to CEO.
• Lead to promote accountability, integrity, continuous improvement, HSSE, and quality; champion company values, mission and vision.
• Drive culture change in safety, quality, and performance at the Gordonsville site.
• Lead HSSE, operations, engineering, planning, maintenance, supply chain, quality, and HR to improve functional areas.
• Transform antiquated production scheduling processes to meet customer needs; manage site budgets to maximize efficiency and reduce costs.
• Foster collaboration between operations, maintenance, engineering, sales, R&D, IT, and finance.
• Apply Lean/Six Sigma principles to achieve Operational Excellence.
• Lead and motivate the team with staffing and development considerations.
• Partner with HR to manage recruitment, training, and performance improvement.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Lean Six Sigma

Stakeholder management

Quality mindset

People management

Accountability culture

Operational excellence

Strategic thinking

Cost optimization

Education

MBA

B.S. in technical field

Job description

Responsibilities

• Serve as the figurehead of the Gordonsville site, and as such, must be scalable to all levels of the organization, up to and including the CEO.
• Lead by example to promote a culture of accountability, integrity, continuous improvement, HSSE, and quality; active champion of the company’s values, mission and vision.
• Drive dramatic culture change in terms of safety, quality, and operational performance at the GOR site.
• Lead stakeholders of HSSE, operations, engineering, planning, maintenance, supply chain, quality, and human resources to positively impact their functional areas and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead visionary approaches to transforming antiquated production scheduling processes in order to meet customer and operational needs in a transient work environment. Create, analyze and modify site budgets to maximize efficiency and reduce costs.
• Build a collaborative environment between operations, maintenance, engineering, sales, research & development, IT, and finance.
• Be fully comfortable and active in using Lean/Six Sigma principles in order to better overall Operational Excellence of the facility.
• Be bold and visionary in approaches to managing the facility with transformational leadership… challenge the status quo and think ‘outside of the box’ to deliver operational and business key performance indicators!
• Manage/lead and motivate team, ensuring adequate staffing levels.
• Partner with HR to ensure that recruitment, training, development, disciplinary issues, etc are managed at a tangible level to drive improved performance.

Other duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s of Business Administration and a Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in a technical field plus five to ten years related experience in the plastics/polymer industry or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.