Plant Manager

Pratt Industries•Macungie, PA

2h•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Manager is responsible for directing and leading production operations, labor management, safety and quality management and supply chain operations for Pratt Industries. This includes short and long range strategic planning, establishing departmental goals and objectives, creating and meeting meaningful KPIs, mentoring and developing team members; including leading through others, initiating and completing projects on schedule to serve customers and ensuring equipment utilization, housekeeping and optimization.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED plus college and/or appropriate technical courses
Five years’ experience as a proven manager
3 to 5 years packaging manufacturing or manufacturing experience
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees, managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts and ease of numbers.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in written and in a diagram form.
Working knowledge of equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation.
Working knowledge of cost issues in order to make daily decisions that will reduce overall costs and will help the supervisor find areas that require improvement.
Working knowledge of budget development, adherence and analysis.
Working knowledge of quality standards.
Working knowledge of regulatory requirements including but not limited to wage and hour requirements, environmental and waste minimization, company policies, and personnel requirements including OSHA, DEQ and EEO.
Superior time management skills including the ability to manage multiple issues concurrently and the ability to lead an effective and efficient meeting.
Teaching skills in order to function effectively as a teacher for his personnel both in the technical and administrative parts of the position.
Excellent crisis manager who demonstrates that he/she has a high emotional control under adverse conditions and can lead his/her personnel to a successful resolution.
Excellent employee relations skills including being an active listener, understanding how to appraise personnel, applying both positive and corrective feedback, being able to resolve conflicts.
Demonstrated confidence including providing a consistent leadership style with an acceptable level of professional assertiveness.
Professional appearance to support his/her role as a managerial representative of the company.

Nice To Haves

College degree

Responsibilities

Directs all safety activities, quality processes, manufacturing activities, inbound movements of raw material, outbound finished goods distribution, maintenance, and supervision and operations for the Plant.
Leads all departments in the plant with department managers or supervisors to maintain safety, quality, service and efficient production.
Promotes and fosters a culture of excellence in all activities for safety, service, quality, and production.
Coordinates production, distribution, warehousing and manufacturing in accordance with policies, principles, and established procedures.
Develops and implements plans for efficient use of materials, machines, and employees.
Reviews production costs and product quality, and modifies production and inventory control programs to maintain and enhance profitable operation of plant.
Directs preparation of production, human resources and labor/costs records.
Recommends budgets to management.
Maintains positive working relationship with sales management and customer service functions in the division.
Systematically reviews financial performance of the plant to assess and take action for optimizing sales growth and cost savings.
Coordinates plant safety, environmental and training activities in cooperation with the Human Resources Department and the Division Safety Manager.
Complies with company policies and procedures.
Performs additional duties as assigned by management.