Plant Manager

Stanley Black & Decker • Troy, MI

7h • Onsite

About The Position

As a Plant Manager, you’ll be part of our Stanley Engineered Fastening team overseeing our two Chesterfield, MI locations, as well as our Troy, MI location, working as an on-site employee. You’ll get to assume overall leadership of Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Inventory and People (SQCDIP) for products and processes. You will have complete responsibility for site(s) financial performance. You will directly interact with all support functions including Commercial, Advanced Manufacturing, Quality, EHS, Security, HR, Finance, Engineering, and Supply chain to ensure increasing levels of customer and employee satisfaction while improving the efficiency of labor, materials, and machines. You will support new product development plans by collaborating with the relevant product managers to improve product profiles, cost, standards, profits, and availability. You will lead and manage policy deployment in the areas of Lean Manufacturing techniques, quality, cost reduction, complete and on time delivery, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations, digital factory, and plant performance measures. You will provide plant and team leadership through visioning, goals, expectations, performance management, coaching and communication, employee engagement, employee development, and employee relations. You will provide leadership for root cause analysis and effective problem solving, yielding immediate and long-term corrective actions and sustainable enhancements. You will ensure compliance with all federal and state regulations (e.g. OSHA), as well as all company policies and standards, including cost control, human resources, on-time delivery, quality, safety, and waste reduction. You will manage material requirements to increase inventory turns and reduce levels on hand. You will support the development of an accurate annual budget, effectively manage the budget, and provide analysis for forecasting changes. You will support IBP/S&OP through effectively monitoring demand forecast and comparing/converting it into supply forecast factoring in head/tail winds for labor, material, and machines. You will effectively plan for, budget for, and manage operations headcount needs driving strong labor efficiencies. You will identify, justify, communicate, and drive implementation of capital investments and improvement projects. You will balance work cell loading across the plant and leverage strong material flow optimization opportunities. You will continually benchmark and drive effective application of best practices and upskilling of our associates.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations, or related field required
• Minimum of ten (10) years of related progressive manufacturing operations multi-site leadership experience in a multi shift environment, managing multiple business functions.
• Plastic injection molding, cold forming, and tier I automative supplier experience required.
• Site P&L responsibility experience.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001-2015, AS9100, and IATF 16949.
• Creating a Safety Culture.
• Unionized site leadership
• Ability to create followership and lead an organization through significant change and improvement.
• Financial analysis, including understanding and use of balance sheets, profit and loss statements, etc.
• Highly customer responsive.
• Short and long-term planning.
• Excellent project management.
• High volume assembly operations preferred.
• Character – Display high integrity, honesty.
• Personal Capability – Demonstrate technical and professional expertise, solve problems and analyze issues, Innovate, Practice self-development.
• Focus on Results – Establish stretch goals and Take responsibility for outcomes with a sense of urgency.
• Interpersonal Skills – Excellent inter-personal communicate skills; Inspire and motivate others to high performance; Build relationships, develop others, and Collaborate with others.
• Lead Organizational Change – Develop strategic perspectives, Champion change, Connect internal groups with the outside world.

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred.
• Certification in Lean or Six Sigma a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assume overall leadership of Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Inventory and People (SQCDIP) for products and processes.
• Complete responsibility for site(s) financial performance.
• Directly interact with all support functions including Commercial, Advanced Manufacturing, Quality, EHS, Security, HR, Finance, Engineering, and Supply chain to ensure increasing levels of customer and employee satisfaction while improving the efficiency of labor, materials, and machines.
• Support new product development plans by collaborating with the relevant product managers to improve product profiles, cost, standards, profits, and availability.
• Lead and manage policy deployment in the areas of Lean Manufacturing techniques, quality, cost reduction, complete and on time delivery, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations, digital factory, and plant performance measures.
• Provide plant and team leadership through visioning, goals, expectations, performance management, coaching and communication, employee engagement, employee development, and employee relations.
• Provide leadership for root cause analysis and effective problem solving, yielding immediate and long-term corrective actions and sustainable enhancements.
• Ensure compliance with all federal and state regulations (e.g. OSHA), as well as all company policies and standards, including cost control, human resources, on-time delivery, quality, safety, and waste reduction.
• Manage material requirements to increase inventory turns and reduce levels on hand.
• Support the development of an accurate annual budget, effectively manage the budget, and provide analysis for forecasting changes.
• Support IBP/S&OP through effectively monitoring demand forecast and comparing/converting it into supply forecast factoring in head/tail winds for labor, material, and machines.
• Effectively plan for, budget for, and manage operations headcount needs driving strong labor efficiencies.
• Identify, justify, communicate, and drive implementation of capital investments and improvement projects.
• Balance work cell loading across the plant and leverage strong material flow optimization opportunities.
• Continually benchmark and drive effective application of best practices and upskilling of our associates.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement
• Programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager