Plant Manager Job

Division: Bostik - Durable Goods (DG)

Region: Americas

Job title

Plant Manager - Petersburg

The Plant Manager reports to the Regional Industrial Director, Industrial Adhesives, AMAS

• Provide the leadership, direction, and management for all aspects of the plant's operation.
• Responsible for the safe operation of the plant and compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for meeting site and business Key Performance Indicators.
• Direct reports include Production Supervisor and Logistics and Quality Supervisor.

• • Develop, implement and sustain a continuously improving EHS Program to achieve the ultimate goal of zero safety or environmental incidents while maintaining full compliance with EHS requirements.
  • Practice Safe work habits in accordance with OSHA, EPA guidelines, and Arkema specific EHS expectations.
  • Drive best in class 5S and housekeeping expectations.
  • Lead site adherence to the Quality Management System and reduction in the cost of poor quality.
  • Coordinate with Industrial Director and BU Director to create the plant's vision and growth strategies. Execute the business and operations plans to achieve revenue, profit, and performance targets.
  • Drive culture of root cause analysis using problem solving tools to minimize repeat issues.
  • Work closely with Customer Service, Product Line management and Sales to achieve the best On- Time Delivery results while meeting the financial and inventory goals of the plant.
  • Achieve the Manufacturing Expense Budget for the plant.
  • Lead culture of continuous improvement in operation excellence. Identify and implement projects to generate cost savings (fixed costs, variable costs, cost of poor quality, and soft productivity improvements).
  • Utilize lean six sigma tools to drive improvements in productivity of the site. Use of OEE (overall equipment efficiency) and VSM (value stream mapping) to drive productivity improvement.
  • Ensure small capex projects are led and executed by the plant team and participate in large capex projects as defined by the AGATE process.
  • Communicate plant needs, roadblocks, successes to plant, business team and executive team.
  • Foster an environment of continuous improvement where all associates are involved in the improvement process and there is constant interaction with plant leadership and associates on the floor.
  • Coordinate with R&D to support new product introduction projects and product improvements.
  • Prioritize plant issues based on operational and business priorities; provide clear direction to the team.
• Deliver plant goals through building collaborative and dynamic plant culture through engagement, team building and accountability across disciplines. Remove barriers and siloed thinking.

Context and environment

• A fast paced, visible environment where you are involved in a wide variety of functions and activities.
• You will participate in activities within the plant and also outside the plant.
• Heavy use of computer software, both PC based and enterprise system, combined with frequent interpersonal communication.
• Expect that at least 30% of your time will be spent on the shop floor working with the site leadership team, supervisors and operators. Set the example on the floor.
• Ability to travel up intermittently, up to 5-15% travel, if needed for business meetings and/or other duties.

Accountabilities

• Leadership of plant activities to meet plant and business objectives.
• Accountable for all aspects of plant performance.

Qualifications / experience required

• BS or MS in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline
• Minimum experience of 5 years as a Production/Operations manager or supervisor at a comparable or larger site.
• Experience in Project Management, Process Engineering and/or Regulatory for at least 2-3 years
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to build and lead teams. Demonstrated ability to lead change.
• Experience with Lean/Six Sigma manufacturing and related continuous improvement
• Ability to manage competing priorities
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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