Plant Manager, Advanced Components

About the role

Manage and motivate a fast-paced team environment. Responsible for operational excellence with continuous improvement and total cost reductions in Operations and across the organization where appropriate. Develop and maintain a well trained and high energy motivated and cohesive team.

Responsibilities

• Actively promote and drive a culture of safety.
• OTD targets – Management of and Support to scheduling and Production team - to achieve on time delivery targets.
• Manage labor and machine efficiency to achieve management profitability goals.
• Support continuous improvement - Maintain effective internal communication by planning and conducting and /or attending informational meeting at plant or department level, which will result in greater operating efficiency.
• Develop, support, and manage the department to obtain profitable growth for SPG’s short and long term growth and EBITDA goals.
• Identifying compliance with all safety rules and regulations; and corrective action needed concerning potential safety hazards.
• Serves on in-house safety committee.
• Adjust schedule hours as needed to assure timely deliveries - Provides adequate staffing to meet production requirements - Schedules overtime to meet peak demands.
• Participates in decisions related to employee selection, assignments, promotion, and discipline.
• Enforces company’s affirmative action and equal opportunity program. Maintains a working environment which allows for employee advancement & recognition on the basis of job performance removing all discriminatory practices from the workplace. Supports and contributes to the company’s affirmative action goals.
• Communicates with employees on a regular and on-going basis in order to maintain a high level of morale by responding to questions and concerns.
• Inspire team work to achieve common goals. Encourage open expression of ideas in order to problem solve and resolve conflicts, and achieve a win- win situation.
• Oversees regularly scheduled production meetings – Supports and participates in plant meetings as required.
• Facilitates communication between manufacturing groups and project management groups. Promotes effective use of teams.
• Maintains open communication with General Manager as appropriate on issues of importance.
• Provides support to other activities as needed (Engineering/Sales)
• Works on Continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree and five years related experience and/or training.
• Should be assertive self-starter who is able to motivate others.
• Should have experience with good manufacturing practices and quality initiatives/programs.
• Should have experience with engineered resins in an injection molding-processing environment.
• Should have experience with high precision injection molds in a high precision injection molding-processing environment.
• Should have experience with MRP and other manufacturing scheduling computer systems (both PC and Mainframe).
• Should have well-developed leadership skills and be able to develop, foster, and maintain a team-oriented work environment.
• Able to read and interpret blueprints for parts and injection molds.