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Plant Manager

Regal Rexnord
West Chester, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/10/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/25/2026
The Micro Motion Division of the Automation and Motion Control Segment (AMC) is seeking a seasoned manufacturing leader to lead our West Chester manufacturing location. This leader will drive plant performance, operational transformation, and achieve both short-term and long-term strategic objectives.

Organizational Leadership:

  • Full plant responsibility, leading all aspects of the manufacturing operations, facilities, planning, tactical purchasing and supply chain management, materials management, and associates.
  • Lead a cross-functional organization and operational value streams by setting objectives, developing plans, executing daily management activities and implementing corrective action as required to ensure customer success.
  • Build, develop, and grow the plant operations leadership into a strong team that is performance-based, visually managed with KPI’s, and a high say-do ratio.
  • Foster a learning organization that is invested in recognizing and understanding performance gaps, instilling organizational energy to perpetually tackle the tough problems, embrace change for the better and progress as both an organization and a business.
  • Effectively align the organization towards both the long- and short-term business objectives. Strong focus on change management and growth opportunities.
  • Clearly and frequently communicate performance to key stake holders in the organization. Maintain frequent communication with associates through All-Employee Meetings.
  • Establish Continuous Improvement vision and drive reviews with high cadence to deliver. Be accessible, actively work with teams and support their journey during kaizen and GEMBA.
  • Recruit, retain, motivate, and develop top talent.
  • Provide frequent feedback to associates and recognize achievement.

Drive Business Performance - SQDCG (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Growth)

  • Effectively develop, communicate and align the organization around the business`s Key Performance Indicators to ensure performance targets are achieved.
  • Champion all EHS efforts. Ensure that associate and product safety are the top priority. Drive a culture of Safety and Sustainability. Actively provide leadership relative to EHS accountability with site leadership team.
  • With the site leadership team, lead the business management cadence (Daily/Weekly/Monthly) that drives Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Growth performance throughout the organization.
  • Responsible for both operational and financial performance of the business focused on Revenue, Operating Income and Cash performance (P&L). Effectively manage budgets and spending to achieve both long- and short-term business objectives.
  • Partner with other Site Leaders, Division, Segment and Central Functions to ensure both Regal Rexnord and Customer success.
  • Work with business leader to establish annual operating budgets, including capital investment.
  • Drive speed by removing waste and compressing lead times. Reduce year-over-year cost.
  • Improve inventory turns through use of lean principles to continually improve working capital performance.

Job Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree, with 10 years’ working in manufacturing. Master’s degree is a strong positive.
  • 5 years’ experience leading manufacturing teams of more than 100 people with tangible results. Ability to operate at both a strategic and tactical level. Go to GEMBA bias.
  • Strong knowledge and practitioner of Lean, experience leading change.
  • Good communicator. Exhibits energy, strong ownership, and sense of urgency.
  • Proven successful applications of multiple CI tools: 80/20, Value Stream Mapping, 6S, Lean Conversion, Standard Work, Visual Daily Management, Kanban/Replenishment systems, FMEA, Advanced Problem Solving.
  • Critical thinking skills to properly identify problem area & potential solutions. Analytical skills to properly interpret data.
  • Strong bias toward data-driven decision-making.
  • Business & Financial Acumen with solid Financial and Operational management experience to support demand/supply pipeline.
  • Ability to systematically simplify operations with process and structure.
  • Experience in leading a unionized workforce will be an added advantage.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
  • Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays
  • 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
  • Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
  • Paid Leaves
  • Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Posters

Notification to Agencies: Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.

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