White Flyer Plant Manager

Title:  Plant Manager
Location: Dalton, GA
Schedule: Onsite, Monday through Friday

Websites: Winchester.com and WhiteFlyer.com

Focus: Manage all aspects of manufacturing clay targets at the production facility and directly supervise hourly and salaried personnel. 

Plant Manager Essential Job Functions:

• Ensure adequate supplies of raw materials are available to guarantee continuous production flow.
• Coordinate production activities with customer orders.
• Support ongoing compliance and continuous improvement to all safety performance standards, including compliance with all OSHA guarding, process safety management, and general Environmental, Health, and Safety requirements.
• Ensure continuous improvement in all quality performance metrics while driving for continuous reduction in scrap rates.
• Support achieving monthly delivery order requirements while continuously improving manufacturing performance and equipment uptime metrics.
• Coordinate and oversee facility upgrades.
• Ensure adequate supplies of raw materials are available to guarantee continuous production flow.

Plant Manager Minimum Requirements:

• Must meet one of the following:
  • Bachelor’s degree* in engineering, business administration, supply chain, or finance with three years of relevant supervisory experience.
  • High school diploma or equivalent with nine years of relevant manufacturing supervisory experience.
  • High school diploma or equivalent with fifteen years of clay target manufacturing experience.
• Mechanical aptitude to drive root cause/corrective actions for manufacturing processes and equipment improvements.
• Experience with the following is preferred:
  • Optimization of supply chains and manufacturing processes.
  • Inventory management and supply and demand balancing/planning.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, especially Excel; SAP is preferred.
• Ability to work with Corporate EHS to ensure site compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
• Superior analytical, communication (verbal and written), leadership, organizational, presentation, problem-solving, project management, and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a self-directed environment, set priorities, manage high-volume workload, shift demands, and willingness to collaborate and support team efforts.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license. 
• UP to 10% travel required.

Location-Specific Requirements: 

• This position requires access to ITAR controlled technical data, and as such, employment will be contingent upon the candidate's ability to access ITAR controlled technical data pursuant to an export license approved by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, if required. 

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*Degree must be from a school that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education of the U.S. Department of Education or equivalent program from an international university.   

Olin does not provide any form of sponsorship.  We will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States.  Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J or TN or who need sponsorship now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Olin is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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