Plant Manager

POSITION TITLE: Plant Manager

CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

REPORTS TO: Director, Quality Assurance

SUPERVISES: Yes
POSITION PURPOSE:
Responsible for overseeing and supervising the manufacturing and distribution departments by establishing, monitoring and enforcing policies and procedures to ensure that departments run smoothly and are aligned to quality standards. Creates and executes on strategies and policies for company growth.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES:
•Oversee and supervise the Manufacturing and Distribution departments.
•Provide for the timely manufacture and distribution of product against customer orders.
•Anticipates and tracks operational and tactical risks and providing strategic solutions.
•Plays a significant role in long-term planning, project status reporting, and implementing changecontrol processes.
•Maintain average workdays to manufacture and ship all published catalog items.
•Maintain average workdays to manufacture and ship all custom manufactured items (RCC label)
•Provide monthly responses to budget variance.
•Provide for utilization planning by weekly reporting of the average Work-in-Process.
•Perform physical inventories of raw materials, packaging components, and finished goods.
•Provide for an appropriate balance of inventory to meet performance and financial objectives.
•Implement plant safety programs and ensure compliance with GMP.
•Confirm that appropriate work instructions are developed and maintained and followed throughoutthe business.
•Ensure that all ISO quality systems are followed.
•Provide compliance to ISO quality systems (i.e. Corrective Action)
•Oversee facilities and grounds maintenance.
•Oversees and reports weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual metrics.
•Identifies trends and assess opportunities to improve processes and execution.
•Completes reasonability testing and information validation prior to circulating findings andrecommendations to key stakeholders.
•Solicits and responds to feedback while gaining commitment and support.
•Stays up to date on industry regulations, trends, and technology.
•Manage and supervise employees, resolve problems, and make recommendations for staffing andinterviewing candidates for employment.
•Responsible for annual personnel reviews.
•Champions Functional Training Document (FTD) program through employee learning anddevelopment initiatives; standards of excellence & leader/employee accountability.
•Other Duties as assigned.
•Commitment to the organizations values; High Standards, Bias for Action, Teamwork, Customer
Obsession, Trust, Accountability, Innovation and Growth & Learning.
Items covered in this job description are not all-inclusive of the expectations to perform this job
satisfactorily. There may be times where management may require that you perform task not listed in this
job description.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
•Addressing operational concerns and issues, monitoring overall customer satisfaction.
•Developing and implementing operational procedures and policies.
•Analyzing training needs/requirements.
•Excellent interpersonal communication and organizing skills to coordinate project activities.
•Ability to communicate with others effectively.
•Ability to conduct research for special projects, respond timely inquiries, and present written/ oralbriefings.
•Ability to work with details and time-sensitive issues.
•Good decision-making skills and response to high-pressure situations.
•Managing processes, developing standard.
•Tracking budget expenses, financial skills.
•Performance management.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
•Bachelor’s degree in chemistry or engineering-related discipline or a business-related area or equivalent work experience in a manufacturing environment.
•Minimum of eight (8) years manufacturing management experience supervising manufacturing employees.
•Minimum of two (2) years of recent overall project management experience.
•Knowledge of HazMat, ISO, Distribution and safety programs.
•Experience with Microsoft Office, including advanced Excel skills with the ability to manipulate spreadsheets, create pivot tables and summarize data from multiple sources
•Ability to meet deadlines
•Ability to work independently and with the team with strong follow through
•Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
•Accuracy and attention to detail
•A Project Management Professional (PMP) certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) canbe used in lieu of the educational requirements

Salary : $130,000