Plant Manager

Company Description

Foxtronics EMS is committed to providing high-quality electronics manufacturing solutions tailored to meet the needs of various industries. Our services are designed to be accessible, reliable, and impactful, ensuring superior outcomes for our clients. With a focus on innovation and precision, we strive to drive success in the industries we serve. Foxtronics EMS values operational excellence and continuous improvement in every facet of our business.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site role for a Plant Manager located in Jacksonville, IL. The Plant Manager will oversee daily operations at the manufacturing facility, ensuring production meets quality and efficiency standards. Responsibilities include supervising plant operations, managing production planning, leading manufacturing processes, and optimizing resources and workforce management. The role also involves monitoring compliance, achieving operational goals, and fostering a culture of safety and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

Operational Management: Direct daily plant operations including production scheduling, equipment maintenance, quality procedures and controls, labor requirements and process optimization for printed circuit board assembly and plastic injection molding production lines.   

Team Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a team of supervisors, technicians, and production personnel to drive peak performance and foster employee engagement.

Quality Assurance: Champion quality control systems aligned with industry standards (IPC, ISO 9001:2015) and customer requirements, while reducing defects and minimizing waste.

Safety Compliance: Enforce adherence to OSHA and company safety regulations, cultivating a proactive safety culture in an environment of continuous improvement.

Cost Management: Optimize production expenses—including labor, materials, and inventory—to improve efficiency, eliminate waste, and meet annual plant EBITDA targets.

Process Improvement: Lead continuous improvement efforts leveraging Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or equivalent methodologies to increase productivity, minimize downtime, and achieve quarter over quarter plant financial improvement targets.

Equipment and Facility Maintenance: Supervise maintenance, repairs, and upgrades of equipment to maintain peak efficiency and reliability.  Maintain a long-term capital plan in conjunction with plant engineering for equipment reliability and efficiency.

Reporting: Deliver comprehensive reports on key production metrics, downtime analysis, and KPIs to senior leadership, highlighting trends and actionable improvement opportunities.

·            Bachelor’s degree in business, operations management or engineering preferred

·            Minimum of 5 years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience

·            Experience within PCBA, Surface Mount (SMT) technology, manual assembly, plastic injection molding, or similar industries is helpful, but not essential, as is any experience in a contract manufacturing environment.

·            Background in process improvement in a LEAN manufacturing environment

·            Proven troubleshooting ability with emphasis on safety and reliability

·            Resourceful and analytical with exceptional communication skills

·            Ability to guide and coach team members

·            Aptitude for problem-solving and decision-making

·            Understanding of analytics and performance metrics

FOXTRONICS EMS is a highly differentiated platform in the PCBA middle market poised to become the consolidator of choice in a fragmented industry. 

·        Able to handle full product lifecycle and portfolio with Quick Turn / Prototype, Low-Volume High-Mix, and High-Volume Low Mix capabilities across multiple facilities

·        Proprietary global procurement capabilities to solve customers’ supply chain problems

·        In house design team, injection molding, full box-build and CNC shop with experience to assemble a broad range of technologies: Rigid, Flex, Rigid Flex, Rogers, Aramats, Metal Core, Polymide and Hybrids

Foxhole Group has more than enough capital support to continue to pursue strategic acquisitions and has extensive experience generating and capturing value via the private equity model. They have a differentiated approach to their investments, providing a subtle nuance of support and resources whilst providing the freedom to operate and to execute the strategy, vision and mission.