What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant General Manager position at Movement Search & Delivery?
Movement Search and Delivery is currently working with Global Packaging company to identify a Plant General Manager for their Oshkosh, WI facility.
About the role:
To manage and lead overall plant operations ensuring the achievement of plant targets for Safety, Quality, Service and Cost. This will be executed through providing strong leadership to the plant team and managing the systems, equipment, people, and materials according to the established policies, procedures, specifications, and customer requirements. This individual reports directly to the Director-Manufacturing.
What You Will Do:
- Leads and drives plant safety culture and puts safety first in all responsibilities.
- Leads identification of opportunities and problem areas for targeted improvement by creating, reviewing and monitoring data or reports that show performance to KPI's. (specifically safety, quality, waste, and productivity)
- Oversees all aspects of human capital planning & management for the facility, including HC goal setting, improvement targets for KPI's, salary planning, performance management.
- Ensure compliance with department safety, product safety, fire protection, Company polices/procedures, and housekeeping programs.
- Ensures effective, timely, and well-developed communications for all product associates.
- Manage process control initiatives by ensuring manufacturing SOP's exist, and that they are sufficient for quality, safety, and process control.
- Leads plant budgeting processes
- Ensures execution of plant Capex
- Lead and ensure growth of CI culture by providing resources, participating in teams, and leading teams as necessary.
- Ensures facility compliance with local, state and federal regulatory agencies.
- Drives employee engagement action planning for the facility
- Leads communication to all plant associates regarding business needs and results
- Leads efforts at Best Practice sharing with other facilities
- Meets safety targets and drives a safety culture and environment to send every employee home every day without injury.
- Meets or exceeds plant business plan and KPI’s.
- Delivers on 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
What You Need to Succeed:
- A Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration, or related field
- 7-10 years of relevant experience in a production environment
- Demonstrated passion for safety
- 5 years of leadership experience, preferably in flexible packaging
- Demonstrates 3 E’s – Energy, Empowerment, Execution
- Proven ability to lead and drive continuous improvement
- Strong Customer Service mindset
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated understanding of drivers of plant results, including ability to interpret financial results
About Movement Search and Delivery
MOVEMENT is a national executive search firm that connects companies with exceptional talent across engineering, manufacturing, finance, supply chain, information technology, sales, legal, and human resources.
How to Apply
Apply through this posting and a member of the Movement Search and Delivery team will review your application. For more information on open jobs, visit www.movementsearch.com.