Plant Manager - I
Cooper Standard•Leonard, MI
•Onsite
About The Position
Position Summary: A leader who demonstrates and communicates the company’s vision, mission, and values to the plant workforce. Responsible for the overall management, direction and execution of plant operations.
Requirements
- Seven to ten years of prior management experience.
- Four-year college degree or equivalent.
- Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree or equivalent preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as Plant Champion for Vision, Mission, Values
- Align with Cooper Standard Top Priorities
- Lead communication effort with plant workforce
- Serve as primary community partner on behalf of Cooper Standard
- Role Model Cooper Standard Values & Capabilities
- Foster the engagement and development of the plant workforce
- Manage, coach and develop leadership staff
- Sponsor and drive the Building a Talented Organization Initiative
- Drive organizational success through performance management system
- Support positive employee and labor relations (union/works council)
- Ensure a respectful and ethical environment
- Ensure a safe and environmentally responsible workplace
- Implement and enforce Cooper Standard Total Safety Culture
- Execute 6S
- Continually improve overall quality performance of the plant
- Serve as first contact for customer quality escalations
- Execute Cooper Standard Quality Operating System
- Achieve all green customer scorecards/become supplier of preference
- Manage and minimize scrap and containment actions
- Optimize financial and cost performance
- Ensure a Continuous Improvement environment in the Plant
- Use and promote the use of Lean Manufacturing and cost/equw ct
- Ensure correct launch performance
- Identify and implement BBP
- Focus on Net Operations Variance and cost/equ
- Maximize labor efficiencies
- Manage to the plant budget
- Execute Cooper Standard and JV partner initiatives to plan (where applicable)
- Meet customer delivery requirements
- Achieve inventory days on hand target
- Achieve on-time delivery target to the customer
- Minimize premium freight
- Facilitate plant activities with other company groups (IT, CoC, Engineering, Launch Management, etc.)
- Coordinate implementation of corporate initiatives (SAP, process, product, etc.)
- Act as spokesperson for the plant in corporate activities
- Manage program launches through ClauS adherence
- May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
