Plant Manager

CHEP•Kilgore, TX

26d•Hybrid

About The Position

CHEP, a global supply chain company, is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Leader for a Plant Manager position at one of its U.S. in-house production sites in Kilgore, TX. This role is crucial for moving goods efficiently and sustainably. The Plant Manager will provide leadership, management, and vision to ensure operating efficiency and the highest level of customer service. Responsibilities include managing total plant operations, driving results in budgeting, compliance, safety programs, and people management, and ensuring superior customer satisfaction. The position involves leading and being accountable for employee health and safety, championing continuous improvement, overseeing equipment reliability, ensuring compliance with procedures and environmental regulations, implementing best practices, maintaining site security, and managing and developing plant staff to meet or exceed performance expectations. The role also involves driving innovation, market share growth, and customer service by engaging partners, achieving financial goals, coaching personnel, effective communication, and collaborating within the company network.

Requirements

Experienced Manufacturing Leader
P&L management
Results oriented and can meet commitments
Proven track record of success and stability
Works well unsupervised
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Superior ability to train people and motivate a team
Good working knowledge of all Microsoft Office products, especially Excel
Demonstrated solid decision making
Ability to provide new ideas - “think outside the box"
Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as necessary
Change Management
Coaching
Collaboration
Computer Literacy
Data Analysis
Data Literacy
Delegation
Disruptive Thinking
Feedback
Inclusive Leadership
Leading Change
Leading Customer Centric Teams
Mathematic Literacy
Mentorship
Motivating Teams
Prioritization
Scheduling
Self-Awareness
Written Communication

Responsibilities

Lead and be accountable for the health and safety of all employees, contractors, and visitors, ensuring strict adherence to corporate and legislative requirements.
Champion the continuous improvement of safety performance, aligned with Brambles’ Zero Harm initiative, while ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.
In collaboration with the maintenance team oversee equipment reliability across the site ensuring operational continuity and efficiency.
Ensure full compliance with all task-specific responsibilities outlined in CHEP procedures, work instructions, and safety protocols, maintaining operational consistency.
Drive the implementation of best practices and continuous improvement processes to optimize plant performance in areas such as safety, quality, and cost control.
Maintain site security and ensure compliance with service center requirements, including managing storage, stock levels, and movement of materials and equipment.
Manage, lead, and develop plant staff, fostering accountability and ensuring that all team members meet or exceed performance expectations as outlined in job descriptions and agreements.
Ensure that customer expectations, both internal and external, are consistently met or exceeded through effective management of plant operations.
Drive innovation, market share growth and customer service by engaging our partners – both internal and external – to thoroughly understand supply chain opportunities.
Achieve financial goals by managing productivity, quality and customer service standards.
Coach personnel to model the values and culture of the company.
Communicate effectively with customers, employees, peers, and senior management.
Collaborate with company network to maximize knowledge of core competencies and best practices.
Responsibility for ensuring safety, accounting and hiring policies and procedures are known and adhered to by managers and staff.
Full P& L Responsibility; analyses P/L statements and balance sheets to determine efficiencies and inefficiencies in business practices.
Serve as resource to the Director and Regional Manager for special projects, and deliver the overall vision of the Region.