Plant Manager

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe work environment at all times for all employees within the site and any visitors to the site, while meeting legislative requirements.
• Provide the necessary leadership and resources to ensure that all products and services supplied by the site are at the highest possible levels, are consistent with company targets, and meet customer specifications.
• Work closely with the Commercial Team and demonstrate a high level of cooperation to develop and maintain exceptional business relations with all customers.
• Manage all resources towards achieving the most efficient use, including but not limited to cash, materials, labor, equipment, and natural resources.
• Ensure that the site consistently operates in an environmentally responsible manner meeting all company standards and legislative requirements for environmental protection.
• Significant involvement in the strategic development for the site in cooperation with the senior operations. This would include many aspects of site development including human resources, manufacturing processes, equipment, capabilities, distribution of goods, etc.
• Manage/oversee all site operational costs including annual budgeting, re-forecasts, and monthly reporting to senior leadership.
• Effectively develop human resources within the site including but not limited to training, career development, succession planning, discipline, and compensation.
• Promote effective risk management including the accurate and timely maintenance of all site based risk profiles in accordance with company policy. Ensure that all site owned risks are managed and actively monitor the resolution of agreed actions via the company’s tracking processes.
• Foster an environment for Continuous Improvement through teaching, coaching and mentoring the team utilizing lean principles which drives a winning culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with emphasis on Business Management, engineering, coating science, and/or finance/HR
• Strong working knowledge of US labor laws and requirements
• Entrepreneurial spirit/business minded to drive sales and develop creative solutions to get orders
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with all levels of a diverse organization
• Minimum 5+ years of Operations Leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
• Proven ability to manage broad spectrum manufacturing facilities in a capital intensive environment supplying demanding markets in industrial/healthcare
• Proven ability to manage cost control and inventory management
• Strong knowledge of quality management systems (QMS) and quality registrations (ISO14001 / ISO9001 / ISO13485)
• Proven ability to manage cost control and inventory management
• Strong knowledge of Lean manufacturing
• MBA or Similar Degree
• Six Sigma Certified Green or Black Belt preferred
• Computer literacy such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Corporate IT systems such as SAP
• Previous experience with converting, materials/adhesive technologies, printing, automated packaging and sterilization validation
• Previous experience with application of automation to processes

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $130,000 - $175,000. This role is also short-term incentive plan eligible.

About Mativ

Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company connects, protects, and purifies the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company’s two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers’ products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible. Mativ and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.