Plant Manager

Job Summary

Reporting to the Regional Director of Operations, the Plant Manager is responsible for leading overall plant operations ensuring the achievement of plant targets for Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost. This will be executed through strong leadership to the plant team and managing the systems, equipment, people, and materials according to established policies, procedures, specifications, and customer requirements. The Plant Manager role oversees approximately 100 team members across multiple shifts.

Essential Job Functions

• Oversees plant operations including the Converting, Press, Maintenance, Safety and Customer Service departments.
• Acts as a safety leader and puts safety first in all responsibilities. Works in conjunction with the Environmental Health & Safety Team to establish and maintain all policies and programs to assure a safe working environment.
• Lead and drive plant safety culture to reduce risk of injury and exhibit a “safety first” priority in all responsibilities.
• Leads the Management for Daily Improvement (MDI) process to capture daily & trending opportunities, prioritize required actions, and execute sustained improvements.
• Oversees all aspects of human capital planning & management for the facilities, including goal setting, improvement targets for KPIs, salary planning, and performance management.
• Attract, hire, develop direct reports and create strong succession plans.
• Ensure compliance with department safety, product safety, fire protection, Company policies/procedures, and housekeeping programs.
• Ensures effective, timely and well-developed communications for all co-workers.
• Manage process control initiatives by ensuring manufacturing SOPs exist, and that they are sufficient for quality, safety, and process control.
• Manage all assigned cost centers.
• Lead and ensure growth of Continuous Improvement (CI) culture by providing resources, participate in teams, and lead teams as necessary.
• Ensures facilities compliance with local, state, and federal regulatory agencies.
• Drive teammate engagement action planning for the facility
• Lead communication to all plant associates regarding business needs and results
• Lead efforts at Best Practice sharing with other facilities.
• Meet safety targets and drive a safety culture and environment to send every teammate home every day without injury.
• Meets or exceeds plant business plan and KPI’s.
• Delivers on an established budget.
• Best Practices leadership
• Effective, cost-efficient planning and utilization of manpower, materials, and machinery
• Strong Human Capital planning, development, and management for the facility.
• Drives High Performance Culture
• Plant talent to deliver on plan.
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications

• Integrity
• Team Leadership
• Results Orientation / Delivers on Plan
• Develops Organizational Capabilities
• Collaboration & Influence
• Strategic Orientation / Enterprise Thinker
• Change Leadership
• Facility Business Acumen/Market Knowledge
• Strong financial acumen
  
  

Education/Knowledge

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration, or related technical field
• 7-10 years of relevant experience in a production environment
• Demonstrated passion for safety and quality
• 5 years of manufacturing and distribution leadership experience, preferably in flexible packaging
• Proven ability to lead and drive continuous improvement.
• Strong Customer Service mindset
• Strong written and verbal communication skill
• Demonstrated understanding of drivers of plant results, including ability to interpret financial results
• Six Sigma Certification strongly preferred
  
  

Physical Requirements

Must be able to work shifts or flexible work schedules as needed.

• While performing the duties of this job, the teammate is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle or feel.
• The teammate frequently is required to talk or hear.
• The teammate is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
  
  

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment may require hearing protection.
• Squatting, crouching, turning, twisting, stretching, climbing steps, grabbing, pulling, pushing, and bending.
• Visual and hearing acuity within normal limits
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  
  

Typical environment of manufacturing and production facilities. Exposure includes but is not limited to continuous noise, scent of materials, bright workstations, machinery with moving parts.

Other Details

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the teammate for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

This company is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.