Plant Manager

Inteplast Group•Bluffton, IN

25d

About The Position

The Plant Manager supports the General Manager in overseeing plant operations, including personnel, safety, quality, production efficiency, materials, equipment, processes, and cost management. The role ensures products are manufactured to company specifications and meet or exceed customer expectations. The Plant Manager leads team leaders and assistant team leaders and drives performance against safety, quality, and productivity targets. Success is measured by meeting forecasted production volumes, managing variable and fixed costs, minimizing quality returns, maintaining appropriate staffing, advancing continuous improvement, and sustaining strong safety performance. The position works across manufacturing, scheduling, logistics, maintenance, engineering, quality, sales, human resources, purchasing, suppliers, customers, and Inteplast Group. It includes travel domestically and internationally as business needs require, and may require accommodating non-standard work hours. The Plant Manager also participates in company strategic planning and carries out other duties as requested by management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
At least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing leadership capacity.
Experience managing plastics blown film and converting operations.
Understanding and working knowledge of structural foam or high-pressure molding.
Experience scheduling products and personnel in a manufacturing environment.
Strong planning and coordination skills to coordinate across purchasing, maintenance, engineering, sales, quality, operations, and suppliers.
Ability to monitor business-unit goals and take corrective action when costs, schedules, or other production factors do not conform to plan.
Knowledge of management techniques and skills, engineering, purchasing methods, and general business principles.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Strong technical skills.
Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple tasks.
Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.
Strong PC skills and aptitude, including proficiency with Microsoft Office Word and Excel.
Ability to understand profit and loss statements.
Ability to develop production cost models.
Ability to forecast monthly material and labor costs.
Proven problem-solving leadership skills in a team environment.
Experience with Quality Management Systems.
Consistent, dependable attendance and willingness to accommodate non-standard work hours as necessary.
Ability to manage job-related stress and foster productive workplace interactions.

Nice To Haves

Engineering or technical emphasis in degree studies desired.
Experience in a 24/7 environment preferred.

Responsibilities

Schedule workflow to meet customer orders through planning and control, personnel training, and equipment utilization.
Work with the scheduling department to finalize schedules and support a customer fill rate of nearly 100%; plan raw materials and equipment in advance.
Analyze plant operations financially and prepare monthly reports for management, including the prior month’s results and the outlook for the coming month.
Travel domestically and internationally as necessary to meet business requirements.
Coordinate with the Logistics Team, Scheduler, and General Manager to address product capacity shortfalls.
Work with Maintenance Managers to ensure availability of extrusion dies and other components critical to extrusion and conversion.
Partner with engineering on continuous improvement projects to reduce or eliminate downtime, quality issues, and inefficiencies.
Suggest and manage capital projects that improve the business, ensuring projects are planned and executed with engineering.
Manage production scheduling and material flow to maximize machine efficiency while minimizing raw materials and finished goods.
Report resin-related measures, including consumption, scrap and reasons, reclaimed material, product weights, costs, efficiencies, scheduled versus actual pounds, and supplier usage; use the information to improve yield and efficiency.
Monitor, report, and initiate action on efficiency, quality, and cost results.
Develop and submit routine reports to the General Manager.
Provide leadership and guidance across the 20/20 Custom Molded Plastics organization and in coordination with Inteplast Group.
Assist sales, quality, and the General Manager with customer contact when required, including scheduling, audits, shipping, and quality matters.
Lead manufacturing processes toward safety goals, enforce OSHA regulations, and uphold housekeeping standards and Good Manufacturing Practices.
Work with the quality manager and safety coordinator to recommend and submit safety-improvement capital projects.
Coordinate staff in developing new processes or products, whether initiated independently or directed by the General Manager or engineering team.
Coordinate maintenance, quality, engineering, and production in implementing and proving in new equipment, processes, and products.
Provide leadership for continuous improvement to exceed productivity, quality, and safety expectations.
Work with Human Resources and the General Manager to administer company policies and work rules and manage hiring, discipline, performance reviews, skills development, and terminations for business-unit employees.
Initiate improvement ideas and actions related to equipment, training, staffing, raw materials, systems, and general operations.
Work with the Quality department to uphold quality standards, ensure products meet specifications, and use the corrective action process when required.
Ensure self and direct reports complete six-month and annual performance appraisals.
Build relationships and collaborate with Inteplast Group members to share knowledge, resources, technology, cost-saving ideas, and product and process improvements.
Participate in developing the company’s long- and short-term strategic goals and submit strategic recommendations to the 20/20 Custom Molded Plastics Management Team.
Perform other duties as requested by management.