Plant Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate, and develop a team of supervisors, maintenance staff, and operational employees, ensuring a culture of accountability, consistent execution, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Oversee daily plant operations, including production scheduling, labor forecasting, staffing, quality assurance, and equipment maintenance, ensuring smooth, efficient, and cost-effective workflows
• Ensure adherence to all regulations, including safety (employee and workplace), environmental, quality, and legal standards that maintain a safe and compliant working environment for all team members
• Drive process enhancements via a strong understanding of continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma) that streamline processes, reduce waste, and enhance operational efficiency and productivity
• Manage plant budgets, monitor expenditures, and identify opportunities for cost reduction while maintaining high standards of quality and safety
• Prepare regular reports/updates for senior management on key performance metrics, including production goals, plant performance, and any operational challenges
• Create and manage third-party contractor relationships to ensure the seamless delivery of daily plant operations
• Partner with Service teams to ensure Customer Advocates and customers receive their quality products in a timely manner

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, or business administration
• Experience: 5 - 7 years extensive work experience (commercial, industrial, maintenance preferred) in a leadership role within a manufacturing environment, with a proven track record in plant management
• Operations management expertise: Strong end-to-end understanding of manufacturing management including safety, product delivery and quality, continuous improvement, regulations, maintenance and/or facilities, and compliance management
• Financial management experience: Operations management expertise including P&L, payroll, budgeting, and cost control at the plant level
• Proficiency: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Word, Adobe, and ERP systems
• Competencies: Initiative-driven, action-oriented, individual with the interpersonal, analytical, organizational, time management, and communication (written/and or oral) skills required to lead, direct, and support diverse teams and stakeholders in a dynamic operations work environment

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA preferred
• Prior military experience is highly valued
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification
• Familiarity with Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001/ISO 9001) and guidelines incl. OSHA, DOT GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) certification
• Experience: Experience in laundry processing, specifically in line balancing, preventative maintenance, and quality controls for linen