Plant Manager – Supply Chain & Custom Manufacturing

About the role

If you are a seasoned manufacturing leader seeking to escape the instability of corporate bureaucracy, rotating ownership groups, and unpredictable downsizing cycles, this direct-hire Plant Manager seat is your professional anchor. Operating out of an expansive, highly advanced, and immaculate Wisconsin facility, the employer is an established market leader designing and manufacturing innovative, eco-forward industrial capital equipment. In over four decades of business, this elite organization has never executed a single layoff, fostering a transparent, zero-politics culture where operational leaders are given true autonomy.

Responsibilities

Newly created due to rapid corporate expansion, this high-impact role gives you direct oversight to inherit a highly skilled team, optimize multi-layered supply chains, and deploy your full Lean toolkit to scale a world-class production footprint.

• Orchestrate End-to-End Plant Operations: Oversee custom industrial fabrication, master scheduling, strategic procurement, inventory control, and outbound logistics to guarantee high delivery metrics.
• Champion Lean Manufacturing & Floor Mentorship: Act as the primary Lean mentor on the shop floor, driving Continuous Improvement (CI), Kaizen initiatives, 5S cleanliness standards, and personal accountability.
• Optimize Production Workflows: Partner closely with production managers to diagnose assembly bottlenecks, refine resource allocation, and bridge communication between engineering and shop floor teams.
• Drive Strategic Cost Elimination: Analyze material yields, negotiate vendor freight programs, and implement root-cause waste reduction strategies to preserve operational margins.
• Establish Operational Metrics & CapEx: Define and monitor plant KPIs, analyze throughput data, evaluate prospective CapEx equipment investments, and standardize best practices across departments.

Requirements and Qualifications

• 8+ years of successful leadership as a Plant Manager or Operations Manager overseeing complex industrial fabrication, capital equipment, or heavy structural assembly operations.
• Lean Architecture Execution: Verifiable track record utilizing Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen events, and Root Cause Analysis to secure measurable efficiency and throughput gains.
• End-to-End Supply Chain Command: Practical experience auditing raw material procurement, inventory management, shipping/receiving protocols, and logistical scheduling.
• Executive Presence & Floor Leadership: Sophisticated interpersonal skills required to align front-line labor teams with executive corporate strategy seamlessly.
• Employment Stability: A rock-solid career background demonstrating long-term organizational dedication and steady multi-year tenure with prior employers (3+ year tenures preferred).
• Local Proximity: Residing within a dependable daily commuting radius of the Wisconsin plant facility.
• US Citizen or Green Card holder.

Benefits

Premier green-tech manufacturer with an airtight 40-year record of zero layoffs and a recession-proof project backlog. Full corporate benefits and a stable work environment.

Pay

Up to $100,000 Starting Base Salary + Performance-Based Incentive.

Schedule

Exclusive 1st Shift | Full-time, permanent W-2 leadership role (100% on-site).