Location Louisville, KY

No Remote **Has 6 direct reports and approx. 260 in-direct**

**Reports to VP Operations (Shannon)**

**GM still there but just gave notice week of 10/13/21**

**Responsibilities**

* Foster and enhance the safety culture to achieve safety excellence

* Provide operational and employee leadership to the facility

* Manage financial performance and make required changes as needed to meet business commitments

* Manage all aspects of the plant cost structure including direct and indirect labor, maintenance and consumable spending and proactively control to business volume swings to preserve profitability

* P&L or Profit and Loss or Operational Budget

* Assist operating management with budgeting, production statistics, cost analysis, justification of capital expenditures and asset management

* Lead the facility in establishing and meeting continuous improvement objectives

* Partner with department managers to develop and maintain a positive culture consistent with the Company's Global values, behaviors and mission

* Encourage and support the development of all plant employees

* Responsible for overall performance efficiencies and competitive service level for the plant

* Participate in process improvement and cost savings efforts

* Responsible for incorporating continuous quality improvement principles into daily quality culture

* Assures compliance with state and federal regulatory matters including OSHA, EPA, EEO and Affirmative Action, Quality Audits

* Overall management responsibility for the implementation of mandatory and best practice sharing for cost savings, safety compliance and reduced employee hazard exposure

* Coordinates the effective utilization of production capacity, staffing and equipment through planning, organizing and scheduling

* Continuously improves customer satisfaction through programs to provide on-time delivery that meets and/or exceeds customer quality and cost expectations

* Overall management responsibility for all aspects of quality including product performance, complaint resolution, customer satisfaction and maintenance and improvement of quality systems

* Maintains a sense of urgency and accountability in the plant to ensure prompt responses to employee needs

* Ensures the protection of company assets through appropriate maintenance methodologies

* Monitors raw materials and supplies on hand to ensure adequate supply

**Qualifications**

* Bachelors Degree required or equivalent experience

* Knowledge of and experience with injection molding manufacturing processes

* Knowledge of and experience in leading a progressive manufacturing facility (experience with company growth or a start-up highly beneficial or possible)

* Strong organizational skills with proven ability to complete multiple tasks simultaneously

* Excellent analytical skills required

* Knowledge of Microsoft office tools

* Strong planning/organizing skills

* Ability to work in a fast-paced team setting

* Ability to effectively communicate/present findings to a wide variety of audiences

* Ability to supervise, coach, mentor and perform other functions associated with leading and managing a group