Plant Manager (Manufacturing)

About the role

The Plant Manager serves as the senior leader at Mactac's Scranton, PA-based manufacturing facility and is responsible for managing and coordinating overall plant operations and driving operational excellence. This role is accountable for ensuring customer delivery requirements are met by delivering the highest quality product at the lowest possible cost, in accordance with company policies and procedures. The Plant Manager reports to the VP, Operations and has profit and loss (P&L) responsibility for a manufacturing facility with over 120 employees and a high degree of manufacturing complexity.

Responsibilities

• Act as a safety leader and prioritize safety in all responsibilities to drive world-class safety performance at the facility.
• Prioritize, schedule, and delegate work assignments, directly supervising the Plant Leadership Team to achieve production performance and profit objectives at the lowest cost, consistent with company quality standards and customer delivery requirements.
• Ensure all plant associates adhere to company policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Oversee the establishment of production schedules and the production control process to ensure timely delivery of customer products.
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement improvements in methods and processes to increase productivity, quality, and eliminate waste.
• Develop plans for the maximum utilization of materials, machines, and employees to ensure plant profitability.
• Operate the plant within budget requirements.
• Oversee and direct the professional development of all plant associates.
• Coordinate the efficient use of corporate resources by cooperating with assigned resources and capitalizing on manufacturing and administrative strengths.
• Source and maintain technological knowledge of advancements in equipment or processes.
• Ensure proper maintenance of equipment and the building, and establish/maintain superior plant housekeeping standards.
• Develop and maintain positive community relations.
• Ensure organizational compliance with all local, state, and federal regulatory agencies, including promoting affirmative action and equal employment opportunity.
• Perform supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Partner with Human Resources to create and maintain a formal Human Capital Plan for the facility, including a facility succession plan.
• Lead efforts to develop organizational capability via Human Capital processes including performance feedback, recruitment and selection, salary planning, incentive plan alignment, performance recognition, and differentiation.
• Oversee continuous improvement at the facility and lead efforts to establish a continuous improvement culture.
• Provide strategic and directional Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) focus, including facilitating and leading EHS discussions.
• Implement and maintain effective two-way communication and provide time and resources for employee training and development.
• Actively endorse and promote EHS policies and integrated management systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business management, engineering, or a related discipline is required. Consideration will be given to candidates with a high school diploma/GED who possess significant relevant prior experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of related experience in a manufacturing environment with demonstrated growth in roles of progressive responsibility and authority.
• Ability to manage a large, multi-departmental, diversified manufacturing facility.
• Completion of Continuous Improvement training and/or Six Sigma certification, or a willingness to complete Continuous Improvement training.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to read and interpret financial reports and statements.
• Strong leadership presence with demonstrated ability to motivate and engage a diverse workforce.
• Confident and adept decision-maker capable of making decisions with time and information constraints.
• Ability to analyze, solve problems, and generate new ideas across a variety of business processes.
• Ability to effectively communicate, both in writing and verbally, with people of various educational and technical backgrounds, both inside and outside the company.
• Ability to function comfortably and effectively in a rapidly changing environment in support of the immediate needs of both the organization and customer base.
• Strong change management skills.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office tools.

Scope

• Decision Impact: Plant-wide
• Department Responsibility: Facility
• Budgetary (P&L) Responsibility: Yes
• Direct Reports: Yes - 8
• Indirect Reports: Yes – 100+

Physical Requirements

• Works in an office and manufacturing environment; time is split sitting at a desk and walking the shop floor.
• Flexible hours may be required to accommodate meetings, trainings, etc. for evening shifts.
• Prescribed personal protective equipment (PPE) is mandatory in all laboratory and manufacturing areas.

Travel

Up to 10%

About Mactac

Headquartered in Stow, Ohio, Mactac was founded as Morgan Adhesives Co. in 1959. For over 65 years, we've been manufacturing and distributing pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) materials used in label printing, graphic design, packaging, retail display, fleet graphics, automotive assembly, medical device assembly, and more. Today, Mactac employs more than 1,100 people and has operations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Mactac's parent company, LINTEC, is a leading company in the field of adhesive materials. The product lineup covers many diversified fields including adhesive papers and films for seals and labels, shatter-proof window films, adhesive sheets for outdoor signs, interior finishing mounting sheets, automobile-use adhesive products, semiconductor-related tape, and LCD-related adhesive products. Mactac pressure-sensitive adhesives are used in a wide range of markets and industries, and our business is structured accordingly into five specialized business units.