Plant Manager-Crothersville, Indiana

Cerro Wire LLC

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway—you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.

The Plant Manager of our Crothersville, Indiana plant is primarily responsible and accountable for making decisions that affect employee health & safety, employee relations, employee growth & development, facility profitability, quality of products, customer satisfaction, and local/regional community relationships. Develops manufacturing budgets and plans to meet production goals within budget.

The Crothersville, Indiana Plant Manager leads the plant of approx 200 team members in making electrical wire products. This role is primarily responsible and accountable for making decisions that affect employee health & safety, employee relations, employee growth & development, facility profitability, quality of products, customer satisfaction, and local/regional community relationships. Develops manufacturing budgets and plans to meet production goals within budget.

Minimum Requirements And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering preferred
• 10 years experience in manufacturing, including experience in a supervisory or managerial capacity, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5 years manufacturing experience in a process-based environment; wire and cable experience preferred.
• 5 years manufacturing plant/general management experience
• Extensive and proven experience in Lean Manufacturing, strong track record of leading in a continuous improvement environment.
• Six Sigma / Lean Manufacturing Experience / Training
  
  

Major Responsibility Areas and Duties

• Lead all aspects of the manufacturing operations and development activities of the plant to achieve short and long-term goals to meet customer and company expectations.
• Drive world-class processes in the areas of EH&S, developing a solid safety culture within the plant in order to achieve an accident-free work environment, providing prompt and effective action to eliminate unsafe acts or conditions as they become apparent.
• Propose and execute plant operational budgets, capital budgets, sales forecasts and resource requirements.
• Lead the manufacturing functions in the plant on all shifts to ensure on-time production and shipment of conforming products and materials. Including: planning the production flow, troubleshooting manufacturing issues, handling staffing issues, and monitoring production orders and schedules.
• Develop and implement sustainable manufacturing processes needed to manufacture high-quality products on time.
• Identify opportunities for improvement across the plant in relation to process, equipment, facilities and staffing and drive implementation in a spirit of continuous improvement.
• Maintain and control plant inventories to inventory plan to meet anticipated customer demands without excess investment.
• Responsible for the integrity of all the plant related data and information.
• Continually monitor results achieved in relation to planned goals, and undertake necessary corrective action to achieve the desired results.
• Drive the implementation and execution of robust quality systems to ensure product quality meets and exceeds customer expectations.
• Manage plant project list to set priorities and ensure they are completed in a timely manner.
• Develop and engage with all employees in order to develop a favorable employee relations environment and work with staff members on their personal growth and development goals to ensure employees feel encouraged and motivated to contribute at their full potential.
• Provide leadership for problem resolution to facilitate faster improvements and improved working relations.
  
  

Skills/Abilities

• Strong leadership skills and presence
• Demonstrated history of hiring, retaining, and promoting team members
• Ability to build a safety-focused culture that is a great place to work
• Understand the financials of the plant and drive the necessary improvements to achieve and exceed financial and production targets
• Action and solution-oriented leader with strong sense of urgency
• Strong focus on understanding and meeting Customer needs
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Ability to build people’s capabilities – Coach and develop teams
• Results oriented with excellent organizational, problem solving, and interpersonal skills
• Seeks out information to understand root causes and drive effective decision-making
• Proven knowledge in budgeting, expense management, and capital equipment analysis
• Knowledge of plant manufacturing systems
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others
• Clear understanding of effective manufacturing practices in the areas of safety, quality, cost, productivity, and delivery
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with customers and employees at all levels
• Computer proficiency (especially MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
  
  

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to careers@marmon.com, and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.