The Plant Superintendent is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating all manufacturing activities to ensure operations perform at optimum productivity, achieving profitability and cost-improvement objectives. This role leads efforts to drive continuous plant improvement, emphasizing customer quality and service while enhancing the plant's competitive financial position.The Plant Superintendent will:Provide direction to the Production Manager and Finished Products Manager on goals and expectations for safety, quality, productivity and costs.  Direction must be aligned with the Plant Manager and with the organizationDirect or assist in formulation, initiation, and administration of plant's production and finished products policies and procedures. Ensure regular follow-up and make recommendations relative to changes in policies or procedures.Empower their team to take bold actions to improve the main metrics of the facility, ensuring there are strong processes implemented and following OI global guidelines (GMF, Quality Risk Audit, etc.).Promote a safety culture, enforcing procedures and behaviors that create a safe environment.Responsible for developing their team (salary and hourly), ensuring they get the right skills and behaviors training as well as tools to accomplish the company’s goals.Build strategy for short and long term goals, providing the right balance needed based on current environment and needs.Promote continuous improvement, challenging the status quo to always improve metrics, keeping his team in constant movement.Hold the team accountable, addressing performance issues in clear, direct and transparent conversationsWork with sales personnel and customers to maintain familiarity with customer operations.Work closely with production planning to ensure that jobs are sequenced properly and that all demands are met.Act as back-up to the Plant Manager when the PM is out of officeThe Plant Superintendent should have:Excellent change management and people skillsStrong communication and presentation skillsAbility to interact with all levels, both internal and external to OKExperience reviewing operations reports, budgets, cost objective performance, product P&L’s, etc.  They will drive accountability for forecast accuraciesExperience driving continuous improvement (LSS)Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with key customersAbility to manage changing prioritiesExperience contributing to the development and maintenance of positive employee relations
