Plant Operations Director

6 days ago


Little Rock, Arkansas, United States National Guard Employment Network Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Plant Manager to lead our manufacturing facility. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining overall financial responsibilities, meeting with senior leadership to discuss planning, and implementing corporate and facility policies.

Key Responsibilities
  • Maintain overall financial responsibilities and expectations for the plant.
  • Meet with members of senior leadership to discuss overall planning for facilities, equipment, and manpower.
  • Implement corporate and facility policies, guidelines, and procedures to meet facility expectations.
  • Champion the HSE and Quality Programs to ensure a safe and clean workplace and quality products.
  • Consistently meet production schedules to ensure timely shipment of product to our customer base.
  • Provide overall leadership duties to the operations group at the facility.
  • Work with senior leadership to set goals and objectives for the facility and implement plans to meet those goals.
  • Responsible for maintaining all equipment and assets in good operational order.
  • Consistently communicate with direct reports to ensure corporate and facility goals are being followed and met.
  • Responsible for participating in management review meetings to ensure quality programs are operating efficiently and accurately.
  • Assist in the employee development of direct reports and employees through performance feedback discussions and one-on-one discussions.
  • Assist in the determination of future equipment needs or improvements and make recommendations for capital expenditures.
  • Establish effective means of control to achieve facility objectives.
  • Assist through manufacturing services, the evaluation, selection, recommendation, and justification of capital expenditures.
  • Maintain and monitor budgets for the facility.
  • Manage inventory to achieve planned inventory turns and address excess or obsolescence.
  • Manage quality program, maintain related certifications, and drive continuous improvements.
  • Manage union relations within the plant.
  • Develop and implement lean initiatives while sustaining gains from previous lean events.
  • Plan and lead cost reduction efforts.
  • Effectively lead personnel, plan, and staff appropriately.
  • Execute strategy deployment and KPIs.
  • Assure maintenance of equipment and facilities.
  • Achieve output and profitability targets.
  • Assure that production plans and schedules are established and managed to meet customer promise dates.
Requirements
  • Bachelor of Science in Management, Manufacturing, or Mechanical Engineering Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Previous experience as a plant manager in a manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.
  • Excellent communicator with strong critical thinking capabilities and ability to multi-task daily.
  • Strong financial acumen and understanding of controls.
  • Broad knowledge of machining and assembly practices.
  • Knowledge of and experience in union employee relations.
  • Experience with ERP systems.
  • Full understanding of production planning strategies.
  • Above-average proficiency in the use of MS Office applications, particularly Excel.
  • Experience in project management is preferred.
  • Basic understanding of ERP systems.


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