Plant Director

Position Summary

The Plant Director will monitor and coordinate the effective and efficient utilization of employees through proactive, high participation work team involvement. The position directs all day-to-day activities of the plant consistent with company policies and procedures.

Essential Functions

• Foster and enhance the safety culture to achieve safety excellence
• Provide operational and employee leadership to the facility
• Manage financial performance and make required changes as needed to meet business commitments
• Manage all aspects of the plant cost structure including direct and indirect labor, maintenance and consumable spending and proactively control to business volume swings to preserve profitability
• Assist operating management with budgeting, production statistics, cost analysis, justification of capital expenditures and asset management
• Lead the facility in establishing and meeting continuous improvement objectives
• Partner with department managers to develop and maintain a positive culture consistent with Amcor values, behaviors and mission
• Encourage and support the development of all plant employees
• Responsible for overall performance efficiencies and competitive service level for the plant
• Participate in process improvement and cost savings efforts
• Responsible for incorporating continuous quality improvement principles into daily quality culture
• Assures compliance with state and federal regulatory matters including OSHA, EPA, EEO and Affirmative Action, Quality Audits
• Overall management responsibility for the implementation of mandatory and best practice sharing for cost savings, safety compliance and reduced employee hazard exposure
• Coordinates the effective utilization of production capacity, staffing and equipment through planning, organizing and scheduling
• Continuously improves customer satisfaction through programs to provide on-time delivery that meets and/or exceeds customer quality and cost expectations
• Overall management responsibility for all aspects of quality including product performance, complaint resolution, customer satisfaction and maintenance and improvement of quality systems
• Maintains a sense of urgency and accountability in the plant to ensure prompt responses to employee needs
• Ensures the protection of company assets through appropriate maintenance methodologies
• Monitors raw materials and supplies on hand to ensure adequate supply
• Maintain 24 hour/day on call availability to deal with potential problems/issues

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of and experience with injection molding manufacturing processes
• Knowledge of and experience in leading a progressive manufacturing facility
• Strong organizational skills with proven ability to complete multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent analytical skills required
• Knowledge of Microsoft office tools
• Strong planning/organizing skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team setting
• Ability to effectively communicate/present findings to a wide variety of audiences

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full-time salaried employees
• Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location
• Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits
• Paid Parental Leave
• Retirement Savings Plan with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
• Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)