Plant Manager

As the Plant Manager, you will develop and maintain an Operational organization within a site in New Albany, Ohio that supports the Film and Coatings business within the Automotive Industry.  You will be responsible for providing strategic, developmental, and tactical direction of the facility to drive Operational and EH&S Excellence and Continuous Improvement. Additionally, you will be responsible driving results that support Quality, Productivity, Cost, and Customer Service corporate goals. This position will oversee the EH&S, Production and Facilities functions for the site. You will report to the Vice President of Operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Be actively engaged in Safety and Quality; lead by example and ensure operational discipline and compliance with both company and regulatory standards and requirements are fulfilled for all departments on site. 
• Promote a proactive safety culture and regularly monitor and review Environmental, Health, and Safety performance to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.
• Build and develop an Engaged organizational culture that has a bias for action and accountability, commitment to continuous improvement and supports associate personal and professional development. 
• Monitor and improve Key Performance Indicators; lead corrective action to deviations to plan as appropriate
• Develop and manage the short- and long-term strategies for the site. 
• Establish appropriate operational management processes functions within the site to ensure appropriate corporate goal alignment. 
• Facilitate communications throughout the site and within the respective SBU, Platform, and Functional teams offsite.
• Strive to ensure that the service requirements for performance, as dictated by internal and external customers, are achieved.
• Delegates work assignments and tasks while matching responsibilities to the employee; sets expectations and monitors performance while providing feedback and recognition of results.
• Deliver financial commitments to operating plans; achieve expense, variance, and production plans as budgeted.
• Anticipate technological changes in the industry and review opportunities to enhance operations in order to optimize productivity, support business growth, and deliver competitive advantages.
• Generate ideas and plans to enhance the performance of the manufacturing site, e.g., safety, process, rate, yields and quality improvement through lean manufacturing and six sigma concepts.  Stimulate site personnel to think outside the box.
• Drive the root cause/corrective action process for critical issues and ensure that all corrective actions are completed and sustained and drive the predicted results.
• Experience of working in a highly regulated environment, ideally IATF16949.
• Communicate to all levels within organization from upper management to shop floor and from customers to vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline, engineering preferred.
• 10 - 15+ years of operations and engineering experience. 
• 5 - 10+ years of management/supervisory experience.
• Experience in roll to roll coating and/or laminating processes is highly preferred. 
• Experience operating in a ISO-9001 quality environment or higher, ideally IATF-16949.
• Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner; gather and analyze information; develop alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations; and uses reason even when dealing with complex topics.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with a demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple, competing tasks and demands, and to seek manager assistance as appropriate, while being self-directed.
• Demonstrated success in driving improved performance and metrics.
• Ability to develop short- and long-term vision for site policies, processes and structure