Plant Manager

Lippert Components-posted about 2 months ago
Full-time • Manager
Goshen, IN
5,001-10,000 employees
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
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Lippert is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing, and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle and building products industries. We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with the power of our winning team culture to deliver unrivaled customer service, award-winning innovation, and premium products to all of our customers. At Lippert, Everyone Matters. This is not just a tagline or empty promise; it is who we are. We have intentionally created a culture that values and celebrates our team members' unique and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We strive to give our team members a deeper sense of purpose at work, and we continue to build a better work environment by aligning our cultural and business strategies with the needs of our team members. The Plant Manager (PM) is responsible for managing and leading manufacturing department group leaders, team leaders, and team members for assigned areas / shifts to ensure safety, quality, positive work environment, customer requirements, and manufacturing needs are met. Provide leadership and motivation to direct reports in manufacturing system that emphasizes safety, quality, customer satisfaction, accuracy, productivity, cost reduction, housekeeping, efficiency, training, teamwork, and morale.

  • Oversee manufacturing operations to ensure safety, quality, efficiency, and adherence to customer requirements.
  • Provide guidance and motivation to group leaders, emphasizing safety, quality, efficiency, and morale.
  • Conduct daily audits to ensure compliance with safety, quality, and training protocols, addressing any deviations promptly.
  • Lead the development of group leaders and implement corrective actions for manufacturing issues.
  • Ensure departmental procedures align with quality and environmental management systems.
  • Coordinate process standardization efforts to improve efficiency and consistency.
  • Identify and eliminate manufacturing inefficiencies, leading continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Monitor and analyze key performance indicators to address any deviations and drive improvement.
  • Assist in budget development and adjustment to meet production targets and cost objectives.
  • Foster positive team member relations through feedback, coaching, and training.
  • Develop and maintain training plans to enhance team members' skills and capabilities.
  • Ensure operations are running effectively in the areas of safety, quality, efficiency / productivity, cost, inventory levels and team member morale.
  • Provide direction and motivation to your team focusing on safety, quality, efficiency, cost, and morale.
  • Conduct daily production area audits to ensure procedures for safety, quality, equipment, and training are being followed and all aspects of manufacturing are effective including correcting sub-standards.
  • Development of leaders reporting to you.
  • Ensure all departmental procedures are compliant with quality and environmental management systems and programs.
  • Monitor daily build sheets and analyze efficiency rates and downtime to ensure customer requirements are being met.
  • Lead identification of manufacturing problems and eliminate waste.
  • Develops, leads, monitors, and participates in a manufacturing continuous improvement system.
  • Implement, monitor, and maintain a clean, organized department.
  • Assists team in developing, planning, maintaining the budget and adjusting as needed to achieve targets
  • Review and track Manufacturing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) including leading problem solving for negative trends or goals not met.
  • Participates in management discussions and planning sessions to help formulate cost reduction, product improvement, and problem-solving activities.
  • Develops and maintains positive team member relations centered on mutual trust, dignity, respect, fairness, consistency, two-way communication, teamwork, and harmony.
  • Provides direction and motivation to team members emphasizing quality, efficiency, productivity, cost reduction, safety and health, and morale.
  • Ensures further development of group leaders, team leaders, and team members through performance evaluation, development of training plans, feedback, coaching, corrective action, and cascade training. Update team member training matrix and schedule any needed training.
  • 2 years of college preferred and a minimum of a high school education and 5+ years of factory-related experience.
  • Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office including D365
  • Management / Leadership experience at least 5+ years required.
  • 5-8 years of experience in a production environment
  • Associate degree preferred at minimum
  • Management/Leadership experience.
  • Lean proficiency
  • Proficiency in Microsoft office including D365
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • 401k with employer match
  • vacation
  • Holiday, personal and vacation days.
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