THE COMPANY

Our client is a manufacturer of motors and power transmission components.

THE POSITION

The Director, Plant Manager will have responsibility for this 200-person, non-union, medium volume/low mix business. The selected candidate will be tasked with driving a growth-focused operations strategy, providing hands-on leadership to a cross-functional team and driving an operational excellence culture in a highly matrixed environment across Production, EHS, Materials, CI, HR, Safety, Quality and Finance. Leveraging the company’s core values, this individual will be accountable for driving top-line revenue growth and ensuring bottom-line profitability.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Full plant manufacturing operations responsibility for the location, leading all aspects of the manufacturing operations, facilities, planning, tactical purchasing, materials management and associates.
• Maintain a safe work environment that’s compliant with all regulations and drive environmental health and safety (EHS) metrics and continuous improvement initiatives that promote safety.
• Lead the plant operations team to deliver on Annual Operating Plan (AOP), monthly, quarterly and annually.
• Establish and sustain strong visual daily management, Gemba culture, root cause corrective action, problem solving and Lean flow, including regular presence on the operations floor with consistent attendance at Gemba.
• Set and achieve short- and long-term SQDCG and financial objectives by supporting and driving the strategic vision by breaking it into actionable strategies and tactics. Direct activities across the plant, providing leadership to Production, Quality, Purchasing, Human Resources and Finance.
• Ensure accountability and enable the predictability of the outcomes of the plant. Determine true root cause and corrective action of delivery, quality or other issues quickly and effectively.
• Skilled and experienced in decomposing a strategic vision into actionable strategies and tactics that can be cascaded to their location.
• Drive CI mindset with clear future factory vision, to significantly improve productivity and efficiency across their plant and drive employee engagement.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field, or a combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive manufacturing experience that includes, supply chain, finance, safety, inventory, quality and manufacturing engineering, including a minimum of five years leading and managing people across multiple sites.
• Expert operational and strong financial acumen with an executive presence, and the ability to lead a site with a bias for action and a say-do mindset that works with urgency.
• Experience leading strategic business transformation and change management.
• Proven successful applications of multiple Lean and continuous improvement tools.
• Strong cross-functional management skills.