Confidential Hire: Well-Rounded Sr. Plant Manager (Transformational)

Location:  

North Carolina

Job Summary/Overview

Our client is a global leader in their industry. We are seeking a transformational, senior level, Plant Manager to provide senior leadership at their newly upgraded (within two-months) plant as well as create a stimulating environment for team members. This exceptional leader will drive customer service excellence, best-in-class quality, and high operating efficiency. S/he will do so leveraging their knowledge and experience with outstanding manufacturing agility through lean and continuous improvement methodologies.

Required Qualifications

• #1 candidate requirement > Excitement and joy to join the team and experience rapid professional growth.
• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; OR 10+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years' of operations experience involving materials management, machining, manufacturing engineering, quality, production, and warehousing. ETO manufacturing environment experience required.
• 5+ years proven track record of plant management experience with progressive experiences in plant management to include operations, production, value stream, factory manager.
• Transformational expertise required to restructure and transform this manufacturing plant into the Center of Excellence ensuring the site becomes the shining star of all the global sites. Capitol is readily available to ensure this organizational goal is met and within a timely manner.
• Must express direct interest in returning to hands-on resource management in this very complex environment.
• Direct experience managing sites with extremely high SKU counts and $25MM+ of inventory.
• In-depth manufacturing P&L and financial management experience required.
• Must be well-versed in 5S.
• SPDCI knowledge and experience required.
• Experience working with CNC heavy industrial machining required.
• Global exposure highly preferred .

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop strategies, implement strategies and oversee plant organization policies and goals. Oversee the daily operations of the manufacturing plant.
• Directing and managing plant operations leveraging KPIs and clear action plans ensure effective daily management of operations (materials, quality, machining, assembly, shipping/receiving.)
• Coordinate activities of departments such as manufacturing, engineering, production control, materials management, quality, service, and maintenance to ensure customer service excellence, high quality, cost control, and operational efficiency.
• Drive transformational change throughout the plant in coordination with business unit strategies and plans.
• Work with the plant management team to continuously improve manufacturing and other plant processes through Lean, Six-Sigma, and other similar metric driven methods.
• Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead team members to their optimum performance levels and career development. 
• Manage morale and turnover through building an understanding of what motivates your team members.
• Communicate the vision from senior leadership and set and communicate business objectives for your team that align with this vision.
• Manage the day-to-day activities and motivate team members to succeed in a fast-paced collaborative agile environment centered on software development.
• Guide and support plant resources in capital investments, material management, and labor & overhead productivity plans.
• Confers with administrative personnel and reviews business activity including related operating and sales reports to ensure customer service excellence, quality, and operational efficiency.

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities

• Demonstrated expertise in adding value through leadership by building strong high performing teams and achieving successful outcomes on complicated programs.
• Acts independently or as a member of a project team responsible for providing technical process guidance concerning the business implications of the application of various systems.
• Demonstrated success in a high mix ETO manufacturing environment of products with complex BOM structure.
• A team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and detailed oriented.
• Ability to think abstractly to deal with ambiguous/undefined problems
• Must possess a very strong background in Lean Manufacturing. Requires good people management, motivational and leadership skills.

Our Client promotes a diverse and inclusive workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other Federal or State legally-protected classes. They also value the safety of all associates and work hard to maintain a Drug Free Workplace.