Plant Manager, Advanced Components

Key Accountabilities

• Actively promote and drive a culture of safety.
• Manage 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and correct safety hazards.
• Serve on in-house safety committee.
• Adjust schedule hours to assure timely deliveries.
• Provide adequate staffing to meet production requirements.
• Schedule overtime to meet peak demands.
• Participate in decisions related to employee selection, assignments, promotion, and discipline.
• Enforce company’s affirmative action and equal opportunity program.
• Maintain a working environment allowing for employee advancement and recognition based on job performance.
• Communicate with employees on a regular and ongoing basis to maintain high morale by responding to questions and concerns.
• Inspire team work to achieve common goals.
• Encourage open expression of ideas to problem solve and resolve conflicts, achieving a win-win situation.
• Oversee regularly scheduled production meetings.
• Support and participate in plant meetings as required.
• Facilitate communication between manufacturing groups and project management groups.
• Promote effective use of teams.
• Maintain open communication with General Manager on issues of importance.
• Provide support to other activities as needed (Engineering/Sales).

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree and five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Assertive self-starter who can motivate others.
• Experience with good manufacturing practices and quality initiatives/programs.
• Experience with engineered resins in an injection molding-processing environment.
• Experience with high precision injection molds in a high precision injection molding-processing environment.
• Experience with MRP and other manufacturing scheduling computer systems (both PC and Mainframe).
• Well-developed leadership skills and ability to develop, foster, and maintain a team-oriented work environment.
• Able to read and interpret blueprints for parts and injection molds.