Plant Manager

About the role

Responsible for overall execution of daily plant operation activities while ensuring cost effectiveness, timeliness, and accuracy of processing as well as high product quality and workplace safety for entire production team. Manages staff to ensure safe, standardized, and efficient environmental compliance, equipment & facility maintenance, processing of soiled products: wash and dry aisle; dryer offloading, sorting and bundling, and processing of product for storage or delivery. Monitors production levels and proactively adjusts to ensure product output levels are met in a safe, timely, cost-effective manner, and in line with quality standards. Builds and maintains positive working relationships with Market Center Management team and keeps them informed of plant operation issues. Leverages resources of Operation Support team as needed to address and overcome plant operation issues.

Responsibilities

Safety

• Ensure the market center is consistent in its management and application of safety tasks and activities.

Plant Management

• Manage the day-to-day production plant operation activities at market center.
• Ensure processing takes place in a safe, timely, cost-effective, and efficient manner. Activities include: wastewater/environmental compliance; facility & equipment maintenance; receiving and soil sorting/classification; wash aisle; garment finishing/sortation; allied finishing; bundling and distribution.
• Set and ensure plant operation goals are met for the efficient, timely, quality and profitable completion of activities for a given product.
• Supervise maintenance team to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective review of equipment, energy, and wastewater processing.
• Work with market center management to identify and implement systems and methods that will improve safety, operating efficiency consistent with operating goals and cost constraints guidelines.

Plant Operations Data and Performance Measures

• Analyze and react to production aspects of market center profit and loss (P&L) statement(s).
• Work with GM to proactively enhance positive results.

Plant Operation Team Oversight and Development

• Responsible for the hiring, placement, and removal of production plant operations staff within market center.

Requirements

Minimum Education/Experience

• Post-secondary education (four-years suggested) in Industrial and/or Mechanical Engineering/Technology, business or related discipline or equivalent business/work experience
• 4–6 years' experience in a corporate production environment with management experience included
• Proven track record of increasing responsibility with documented business results
• Proven ability to build effective professional relationships cross-departmentally within a market center and operations support

Preferred Education & Experience

• Degree in Management or Industrial/Mechanical Engineering/Technology, business or related discipline or equivalent business/work experience
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to work within a fast-paced environment, yet willing and able to work effectively with ambiguous circumstances
• Experience with quality program standards such as Lean/Six Sigma — skills an asset
• Demonstrated capability with competencies for the position

Knowledge Sets

• Facility and Maintenance – Knowledge of wastewater, facility and equipment maintenance.
• Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective processing and distribution of laundry. Linen, product and services.
• Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Compensation

The salary rate that Vestis reasonably expects to pay for this position ranges from $90,000 to $115,000, depending on circumstances including an applicant's skills and qualifications, certain degrees and certifications, prior job experience, market data, and other relevant factors. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission.

About Vestis

Headquartered in Roswell, GA, Vestis® is the second largest provider in the industry with over 300,000 customer locations and approximately 20,000 teammates across North America. Vestis® provides clean and safe uniform services and workplace supplies to a broad range of North American customers from Fortune 500 companies to locally owned small businesses across a broad set of end markets. The Company's comprehensive service offering includes a full-service uniform rental program, cleanroom and other specialty garment processing, floor mats, towels, linens, managed restroom services, first aid supplies and more.