Plant Manager
Tuscaloosa, AL area
THE PLANT MANAGER MUST HAVE PAPERMAKING PLANT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE!
The Plant Manager will monitor and coordinate the effective and efficient utilization of employees through proactive, high participation work team involvement. The position directs all day-to-day activities of the plant consistent with company policies and procedures. This position manages the production, quality, and safety of the paper production line to meet the Company’s goals and objectives in a safe and effective manner. Monitor and coordinate personnel activities and equipment as well as direct daily operations consistent with company policies and procedures. Report on key process metrics, workforce wellness, production, and opportunities to the President and VP of Operations. Promote teamwork within the management teams and on the plant floor.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Foster and enhance the safety culture to achieve safety excellence.
- Provide operational and employee leadership to the facility, striving for quality excellence.
- Manage financial performance and make required changes as needed to meet business commitments.
- Manage all aspects of the plant cost structure including direct and indirect labor, maintenance and consumable spending and proactively control business volume swings to preserve profitability.
- Assist operating management with budgeting, production statistics, cost analysis, justification of capital expenditures and asset management.
- Lead the facility in establishing and meeting continuous improvement objectives.
- Partner with leadership to develop and maintain a positive culture consistent with company’s values, behaviors, and mission.
- Encourage and support the development of all plant employees.
- Responsible for overall performance efficiencies and competitive service level for the plant.
- Participate in process improvement and cost savings efforts.
- Responsible for incorporating continuous quality improvement principles into daily quality culture.
- Assures compliance with state and federal regulatory matters including OSHA, EPA, EEO and Affirmative Action, Quality Audits.
- Overall management responsibility for the implementation of mandatory and best practice sharing for cost savings, safety compliance, and reduced employee hazard exposure.
- Coordinates the effective utilization of production capacity, staffing and equipment through planning, organizing, and scheduling.
- Continuously improves customer satisfaction through programs to provide on-time delivery that meets and/or exceeds customer quality and cost expectations.
- Overall management responsibility for all aspects of quality including product performance,
- complaint resolution, customer satisfaction and maintenance and improvement of quality systems.
- Maintains a sense of urgency and accountability in the plant to ensure prompt responses to employee needs.
- Ensures the protection of company assets through appropriate maintenance methodologies.
- Monitors raw materials and supplies on hand to ensure adequate supply.
- Maintain 24 hour/day on call availability to deal with potential problems/issues.
- Other duties as assigned.
Skills and Competencies
- Knowledge of and experience in leading a continuous process manufacturing facility running 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
- Strong organizational skills with proven ability to complete multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Excellent analytical skills required.
- Knowledge of Microsoft office tools.
- Strong planning/organizing skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced team setting.
- Ability to effectively communicate/present findings to a wide variety of audiences.
- Ability to supervise, coach, mentor and perform other functions associated with leading and managing a group.
- Leadership by example, Professionalism and Respect emphasized with employees.
- A positive attitude and strong affinity towards teamwork; ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent supervisory skills- Able to supervise assigned employees to perform job duties and meet
- production goals in a safe and efficient manner.
- Proven problem-solving/troubleshooting skills and hands-on engagement with personnel and equipment.
- Ability to interact effectively with employees and management.
- Knowledge of and experience in production operations and leading a team in a manufacturing facility.
- Strong organizational skillswith proven abilityto complete multipletasks simultaneously.
- Ability to effectively communicate/present findings to a wide variety of audiences both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to supervise, coach, mentor, and perform otherfunctions associated with leading and managing a group.
- Knowledge of and competency using UKG (Kronos),SAP, Microsoft office.
Education, Certifications, and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree required and 5+ years’ manufacturing leadership experience in the papermaking manufacturing industry