Plant Manager

About the role

The Plant Manager at Dexter is responsible for directing production, warehousing, and distribution operations, promoting quality, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Directs production, warehousing, and distribution operations in accordance with company principles, policies, and procedures.
• Maintains and continually improves safety within the operation.
• Promotes a commitment to quality throughout the operation, assuring excellence in customer service.
• Promotes an environment of trust, employee involvement, and engagement.
• Provides direction, leadership, and development to managers and supervisors.
• Implements and maintains the company's operating system.
• Budgets and manages capital expenditures.
• Champions continuous improvement.
• Develops plans for efficient use of materials, machines, and employees.
• Reviews production costs and product quality.
• Modifies production and inventory control programs to maintain and enhance the operation.
• Implements programs to assure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
• Accountable for the success of the health, safety, and financials of the plant.
• Participates in daily staff meetings to provide direction of clear goals and objectives for production areas.
• Participates in capacity meetings with upper-level management to provide updates on daily operations of the business in areas of Safety, Quality & Production.
• Ensures all direct and indirect employees understand their personal role in achieving company standards.
• Foster Plant Safety, Quality, and Production successes along with continuous improvement to create new ways to operate the business better.
• Ensure metrics are in place (such as a Safety TCIR rating below 1, preferably at 0 consistently year over year), to protect the safety of employees and the business.
• Ensure plant specific improvements within the area of constraint methodology by applying the theory of constraint prevention and control.
• Build and nurture a culture in which challenge and opportunity exist for all employees based on individual capabilities and initiative.

Qualifications

• 10 years’ experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related discipline.

Benefits

• A competitive wage.
• Full benefits package including Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, FSA, HSA.
• 3% profit sharing in our Safe Harbor program.
• 401(k) Plan with company contributions.
• Paid Holidays and paid time off.
• Opportunities for internal career development and growth.

Schedule

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.