POSITION PURPOSE: This role accelerates business value by assisting the Plant Manager (PM) in providing leadership and management to plant operations including providing management oversight for the day-to-day operations and proper functioning of a plant to include Manufacturing, Distribution, Engineering, Maintenance, Sales, Environmental Health and Safety and Purchasing. Demonstrates our “True North” attributes: voice of the customer, respect for the individual, no nonsense communication and utilization of facts, servant leadership and has a continuous improvement mindset in every facet of leadership and daily interaction. Leads, collaborates, and demonstrates the lean principles and utilizes the lean methodologies and tools to facilitate continuous process improvements and value creation for our customers, employees and shareholders. Actively utilizes lean tools (VSM, Kaizen, A3, etc.) to inform and assess business opportunities to drive continuous improvement. Lead and participate in Kaizen and value stream mapping activities.