Manufacturing Plant Manager

Confidential Search | Manufacturing Plant Manager

Our client is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Plant Manager to lead a dynamic, high-volume operation supporting manufacturing, assembly, warehousing, inventory management, and distribution activities. This confidential opportunity is ideal for a hands-on leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, drives operational excellence, and builds high-performing teams.

Reporting to senior leadership, this individual will play a critical role in optimizing operations, improving productivity, ensuring customer satisfaction, and supporting future growth initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations across manufacturing, light assembly, warehousing, inventory control, receiving, and shipping functions.
• Build, coach, and develop operational teams through training, performance management, workforce planning, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Drive operational excellence by improving safety, quality, productivity, delivery performance, inventory accuracy, and cost efficiency.
• Coordinate production schedules, warehouse activities, and fulfillment operations to ensure customer orders are delivered accurately and on time.
• Optimize labor utilization, workflow, facility resources, and production capacity to support changing business demands.
• Oversee inventory management processes, material movement, storage, order picking, packing, and outbound distribution activities.
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and operational efficiency.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams, including Sales, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Customer Service, and Leadership, to align operational priorities with business objectives.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards, quality requirements, operational procedures, and regulatory expectations.
• Support budgeting, labor planning, capital projects, and cost management initiatives.
• Lead workplace safety and continuous improvement programs while fostering a culture of accountability and collaboration.
• Serve as the senior on-site operations leader, driving team development, succession planning, and effective communication across the organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• 7 years of progressive leadership experience within manufacturing, production, distribution, fulfillment, or warehouse operations.
• Experience operating within a high-mix, high-volume, build-to-order environment.
• Proven success leading manufacturing, assembly, production, or warehouse teams.
• Experience supporting facility consolidations, relocations, expansions, or operational transformations while maintaining business continuity.
• Demonstrated experience establishing new production lines, workflows, work cells, equipment implementations, or operational processes.
• Experience supporting new product launches and scaling operations for growth.
• Strong knowledge of inventory control, material flow, production scheduling, and fulfillment operations.
• Experience improving facility layouts, warehouse utilization, and operational efficiency through space optimization initiatives.
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
• Experience utilizing ERP, WMS, and production planning systems.
• Proven ability to manage and improve metrics related to safety, quality, productivity, inventory accuracy, and on-time delivery.

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate is a strategic and hands-on operations leader who can balance daily execution with long-term operational planning. This individual will possess strong leadership capabilities, exceptional problem-solving skills, and a proven track record of driving continuous improvement while building engaged and accountable teams.

Work Location: This is a fully on-site position requiring attendance five days per week. Relocation assistance is not available, and current consideration is limited to local candidates.

Please note: This is a confidential search. Additional details regarding the organization, location, products, and reporting structure will be shared with qualified candidates during the interview process.