Plant Manager

Plant Manager

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Job Description

Title: Plant Manager

Reports to: Vice President of Manufacturing

Job Purpose: Ultimately responsible for the day-to-day operations for Phoenix Stamping Plant.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Implement strategy for Plant specific operational management:

• Manage Plant Production, Maintenance, and Tooling departments to meet or exceed company objectives for safety, quality, cost, and delivery.
• Champion the plants safety program as committee member and help lead root cause and corrective action measures associated with identified opportunities for improvement.
• Coordinate statutory training and compliance.
• Build and monitor production schedules to ensure they are aligned with customer demand and corporate inventory goals.
• Audit compliance with standard work instructions and process control plans to minimize production of defective parts and avoid cost related to poor quality events.
• Review all quality metrics with plant leaders to identify root cause and implement effective countermeasures.
• Periodically evaluate staffing levels to ensure human resources are adequate and properly positioned to support current and future production requirements.
• Oversee the professional development and evaluation of Supervisors and Leaders.
• Identify operator development opportunities and enlist appropriate corporate personnel to assist in construction and implementation of training programs that are comprehensive and regularly reinforced.
• Assist in the development and implementation of visual factory tools and continually monitor their effectiveness.
• Maintain knowledge and awareness of contemporary operational theory and methods and provide suitable interpretation to all relevant personnel.
• Proactively manage plant budgeting and spending activities to positively impact the P&L.
• Manage plant Quick and Easy Kaizen (QEK) program to support quarterly QEK metric.

Plan, implement, and support operational improvements

• Promote Lean Manufacturing tools and techniques in all production and related processes to increase efficiency and minimize operating costs.
• Use process to gather data and systematically solve problems.
• Actively solicit suggestions and utilize the experience of all employees to develop and implement improvements.

Operate within Company Parameters:

• Champion continuous improvement efforts through knowledge and awareness, training, procurement, and process improvement.
• Maintains an organized, clean, and safe work area using 6S guidelines and participates in audits as required
• Liaise with other functional groups and departments to support operational capabilities, changes, and improvements and to communicate timelines and deliverables to complete projects on time.
• Ensure activities meet and integrate with organizational requirements for quality management, health and safety, legal stipulations, environmental policies and general duty of care
• Execute all responsibilities according to lawful and ethical standards as established by company policies and procedures

Key Measures of Success:

• Safety Recordables (RIR)
• OEE
• Continuous Improvement Activity (6S, QEK)
• Quality Metrics (COPQ)
• OTD
• Plant Profit Contribution to Budget

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a technical field
• Minimum of 5 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
• Background in metal stamping and metal fabrication manufacturing preferred
• Knowledge of principles and practices of lean manufacturing
• Experience maintaining quality systems (ISO 9001:2015 preferred)
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and computer skills including data analysis from Excel and ERP reporting
• Demonstrated ability to schedule within and through ERP systems
• Exceptional communication skills and leadership experience

Additional Information

Phoenix Stamping Group, LLC offers a drug-free work place along with a competitive salary and benefits package. We are an equal opportunity employer (EEO), dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identityor national origin and in compliance with ADAAA.