Plant Manager

Altium Packaging•Reidsville, NC

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Envision Plastics, a division of Altium Packaging that manufactures differentiated post-consumer recycled polyolefin plastics used in a wide range of consumer products, is seeking a highly capable and results-driven Plant Manager to lead its Reidsville, North Carolina manufacturing facility. This role is a high-impact leadership position with direct accountability for safety, people, operations, service, and financial performance. This is an opportunity for the successful candidate to lead a strategically important recycled resin manufacturing operation within a growing business. The Plant Manager will drive operational excellence and play a strategic role in strengthening organizational capability in support of Envision’s and Altium’s growth strategy. As a member of the division’s leadership team, the Plant Manager will have high visibility across the enterprise, broad leadership responsibility, and the opportunity to shape plant culture, capability, and performance while delivering sustained business results. This role is well suited for a proven manufacturing leader who is energized by building teams, driving continuous improvement, and expanding into broader operational leadership over time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in engineering, industrial management, or related field
8+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience in lean environments
Prior Plant Manager / Operations leadership experience in a complex manufacturing setting
Experience in recycling, extrusion, or similarly process-intensive operations
Demonstrated success developing talent and leading change
Strong financial and operational management experience (including capital planning)
Experience working with ERP systems
Strong communication and cross-functional leadership skills
Proficiency in MS Office applications
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

Nice To Haves

Experience leading growth or expansion capital projects
Experience with ERP implementations or major systems upgrades
Advanced degree (e.g., MBA or Master’s)

Responsibilities

Champion a strong safety culture, ensuring safe behaviors, compliance, and proactive risk identification (including SIF prevention focus)
Model leadership behaviors and build a high-performance, accountable culture that drives engagement and continuous improvement
Build, develop, and retain a high-performing team, including coaching, performance management, and succession planning aligned with Altium’s Guiding Principles
Translate Envision’s growth strategy into clear plant-level priorities and lead execution of annual operating plans
Drive measurable improvements in safety, quality, service, cost, and reliability using lean principles and strong daily management systems
Strengthen the plant’s quality system and culture to enhance process resiliency and customer confidence
Lead production planning and execution to consistently meet customer commitments
Ensure best-in-class maintenance practices (predictive and preventive) to maximize asset reliability
Optimize inventory management (raw materials, WIP, finished goods) to support service, working capital, and operational efficiency
Improve plant cost performance and efficiency through disciplined continuous improvement and proactive identification/resolution of operational inefficiencies
Lead development and execution of capital plans aligned with growth, capability expansion, and long-term performance
Strengthen customer focus through active partnership with commercial teams and direct engagement with customers as appropriate
Support and advance customer-driven innovation and division-level solutions initiatives
Ensure compliance with safety, quality (GMP), environmental, and HR policies and standards
Drive economic sustainability improvement initiatives, e.g., waste reduction, landfill diversion, utilities usage efficiency improvements
Partner cross-functionally (commercial, sourcing, technology, customer service) to drive integrated business outcomes
Collaborate with the Chino, CA plant to standardize best practices, share learnings, and maximize Envision’s overall performance
Support enterprise systems and digital enablement initiatives (e.g., ERP upgrades) to improve operational effectiveness