Plant Manager - Pallet Manufacturing

About the role

You’ll work alongside a General Manager to manage all plant operations and deliver superior customer satisfaction. You’ll drive results and exceed customer expectations in safety, service, quality, and cost by achieving the highest standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage the work of all production employees, overseeing production and shipping schedules based on availability of raw and finished goods
• Provide hands-on leadership as a working manager, responsible for mentoring and coaching all employees and managing employee relations issues
• Support plant administration to ensure compliance to established policies
• Aid in the new hire process with dedicated Recruiter and Onboarding Team in HR, making all employment decisions within the plant
• Consult with the General Manager for cost and yield performance of the Plant, support and implement cost control initiatives and process control within the Plant
• Continually review operations activities, including local transportation activities to maintain compliance with all Federal, State and local laws (OSHA, DOL, DOJ, EPA, FD)
• Drive Safety improvements across the Plant
• Ensure the consistent execution of all SOPs throughout the Plant and in accordance with the PMS
• Commercial Organization, Global Supply Chain: Deliver best operational practices and cost efficiencies across the Plant while maintaining critical quality and raw material utilization standards that are necessary to maintain customer satisfaction and Plant profitability
• Implement and manage Lean opportunities to effectively eliminate waste
• Provide leadership to Plant staff to effectively recruit, train, develop, evaluate, motivate, delegate and monitor their activities
• Drive efficiencies in asset utilization through proper transportation scheduling, dispatch, & driver management while meeting customer expectations

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Operations/Supply Chain or related field
• Six Sigma/Lean certification preferred
• Five to six years of experience in a supervisory role in an engineering or manufacturing environment
• Familiarity with private fleet management/transportation is preferred
• Demonstrated success in motivating and delivering strong employee relations with non-exempt employees
• Experience managing safety performance and programs

Qualifications

• Competitive Pay, Holiday Pay, and Daily Pay - Access to your earned wages before payday!
• Referral Bonuses
• Long-Term Career Advancement
• Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, AD&D, and Short-Term & Long-Term Disability insurance for Eligible Full Time Employees
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Great Team Environment

Benefits

• 48forty Solutions is the largest pallet management services company in North America!
• We provide end-to-end pallet solutions, from supply to retrieval, on-site services, reverse logistics, and packaging materials.
• We are truly Pallet Management Made Simple, our workforce is the heart and soul of our business, and we’re looking for our next Plant Manager to join our team!

Skills

• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in extreme conditions
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Pay

USD $83,000.00 - USD $92,000.00 /Yr.

Schedule

Full-time