Plant Manager Job

Plant Manager, Laminations Plant & Wauwatosa Site Manager

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Reports to the Regional Industrial Director, Industrial Adhesives, AMAS

Job dimensions

• Provide the leadership, direction, and management for all aspects of the plant's operation
• Responsible for the safe operation of the plant and compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for meeting site and business Key Performance Indicators.
• Responsible for plant start up to meet customer demand requirements

Activities

• Develop, implement, and sustain a continuously improving EHS (environmental, health and safety) program to achieve the ultimate goal of no safety or environmental incidents.
• Drive best in class 5S and housekeeping expectations.
• Ensure Safe work habits in accordance with OSHA, EPA guidelines, and Bostik specific EHS expectations.
• Work closely with Customer Service, Marketing and Sales to achieve the best On-Time Delivery results while meeting the financial and inventory goals of the plant.
• In coordination with R&D, PLM and commercial teams, introduce and optimize new products in a timely manner and make improvements to existing products to meet the market demands.
• Develop programs, policies and procedures to continuously improve the quality and productivity of the plant while reducing inventories.
• Develop and nurture a culture of continuous improvement via employee involvement, development, and commitment to effective execution of plant goals.
• Utilize lean six sigma tools to drive improvements in productivity of the site.  Use OEE (overall equipment efficiency) and VSM (value stream mapping) to drive productivity improvement.  Drive root cause analysis and problem-solving tools to address performance issues.
• Ensure small capex projects are led and executed by the plant team and participate in large capex projects as defined by the stage gate process.
• Create and maintain a positive and open employee relations environment in harmony with Arkema values. Coach, train and motivate team members to achieve business outcomes.
• Assist in the creation of the organization’s vision and growth strategies and execute the business and operations plans at the plant to achieve revenue, profit, and performance targets.  This includes the management and execution of Laminations and Wauwatosa site capital plan.
• Responsible maintain the standards defined in the Quality Management System.
• Achieve the Manufacturing Expense Budget for the plant. 
• Communicate plant needs, roadblocks, successes to plant, business team and executive team.
• Partner with Human Resources to recruit and retain plant associates.

Context and environment

• A fast paced, visible environment where you are involved in a wide variety of functions and activities.
• You will participate in activities within the plant and also outside the plant.
• Heavy use of computer software, both PC based and enterprise system, combined with frequent interpersonal communication.
• Expect that at least 25% of your time will be spent on the shop floor working with the site leadership team, supervisors and operators.  Lead through the plant leadership team, but set the example on the floor.
• Ability to travel up intermittently, up to 5-15% travel, if needed for business meetings and/or other duties.

Accountabilities

• Leadership of plant activities to meet plant and business objectives.
• Accountable for all aspects of plant performance.

Qualifications / experience required

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline.
• Experience in Supervision and Management of Manufacturing Operations and/or Engineering
• Minimum Experience of 5 year as a Production/Operations manager in a ‘larger’ site or at least 3 years prior experience as a ’small plant’ plant manager.
• Prior experience of Project Management, Process Engineering and Regulatory preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, navigating and leading in complex matrix organization.
• Experience with Lean implementation preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and develop others while fostering a team environment.
• Adaptable to change.
• Ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.