Plant Manager

Plant Manager is responsible for managing the strategic and tactical direction of the entire manufacturing facility. The Plant Manager oversees all site operations - including Production, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain—ensuring the achievement of site-wide KPIs such as safety, EBITDA, equipment performance, waste reduction, product quality, and operational plan goal attainment. This role serves as the primary leader for the site, fostering a culture of "Passion for Winning" and operational excellence while meeting business and budget objectives.

Job Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Operations Management

• Site Direction: Create and execute the long-term strategic plan for the Mogadore facility, translating corporate goals into functional KPIs and objectives for all departments.
• Operational Excellence: Manage productivity programs to reduce cost/labor spend, drive manufacturing process standardization, and improve overall employee performance. Champion the implementation of continuous improvement methodologies (PEAK, Lean, Six Sigma) to optimize value streams.
• Production Oversight: Monitor daily production function performance to ensure "On-Time In-Full" (OTIF) delivery and adherence to quality standards.

Financial Management

• P&L Ownership: Maintain full adherence to the plant budget, funding, and delivery for financial goals.
• Cost Control: Lead executive-level problem solving regarding labor spend issues, material waste, and productivity projects.
• Capital Planning: Identify and justify Capital Expenditure (CapEx) needs for equipment upgrades and facility improvements.

Talent & Organizational Development

• Staffing Strategy: Create direct/indirect labor level staffing plans to ensure optimal workforce utilization across all shifts.
• Team Building: Provide functional leadership, coaching, and staff development for a multi-disciplinary leadership team (Production Managers, Engineers, HR, Safety).
• Culture: Interface effectively in a professional manner with all employees in the Company, as well as the public, fostering an inclusive and high-performance work environment.

Safety & Compliance

• EHS Leadership: Ensure strict compliance with Company and Governmental safety standards, policies, and procedures by staff and outside vendors.
• Risk Management: Proactively identify safety risks and implement corrective actions to maintain a zero-harm culture.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations Management, Business/Finance, or equivalent. required
• Experience
• 10+ years of manufacturing experience (vs. 5+ for Sr. Production Manager).
• 5+ years of managerial experience leading large, cross-functional teams (500+ employees preferred).

• Technical Skills
• Advanced ability in calculating labor manning requirements and monitoring labor spend.
• Expert-level employee leadership and staff development skills.
• Intermediate Financial Modeling and budget creation/adherence.
• Proficiency in Operational Excellence/Lean processes and performance improvement tools (Kaizen, 5S, TPM, DMAIC).

• Communication: Capable of creating high-level operational status reports and presenting them effectively to Executive Operations Management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: MBA.
• Certifications: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
• Industry: Experience in high-volume plastic injection molding or consumer goods manufacturing.

Climate: Must interface effectively, in a professional manner with all employees in the Company, as well as the public. This role requires executive-level problem-solving complexity specific to managing the entire Production function and site profitability.