Plant Manager

Atkore•Byesville, OH

About The Position

Atkore is forging a future where our employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, and communities are building better together – a future focused on serving the customer and powering and protecting the world. With a global network of manufacturing and distribution facilities, Atkore is a leading provider of electrical, safety and infrastructure solutions. We are currently searching for a Plant Manager to be based out of Byesville, OH. Reporting to the Senior Director of Operations, the Plant Manager directs and manages the operations for safety, production scheduling, manufacturing, maintenance, and quality. This position will coordinate plant activities through the plant leadership team to ensure manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related field and a minimum of 5 years’ plant/general management experience in a manufacturing environment.
Working knowledge of budgets and financial statements.
Excellent written and communications skills.
Computer literate. Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint.
Proven experience as a mentor/developmental manager for employees with ability to work both as a member of a team, a team leader or as an individual contributor.
Experience managing in a matrixed organization.
All associates must embrace and foster an environment that supports our core values of Integrity, Respect, Excellence, Teamwork and Accountability.

Nice To Haves

MBA Preferred
Six Sigma / Project Management experience. Black Belt and Union experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate and promote our Atkore values of Integrity, Respect, Excellence, Teamwork and Accountability through actions and decisions.
Lead a culture where no accidents are acceptable in the workplace; provide Safety and Health direction and support to personnel; ensures compliance with OSHA and environmental regulations; prioritizes shop floor organization and plant cleanliness as essential to successfully running a plant.
Drive an operational excellence agenda that accelerates the facilities improvement curve by implementation of Lean concepts such as SMED, TPM, OEE practices and optimizing operations for profitability.
Develop a presence on the shop floor and working relationship with the operators that allow for a positive work culture and high engagement while ensuring headcount, skills and training are aligned with global business objectives.
Improve our customer experience by providing world-class service levels while managing inventory to a minimum level.
Establish and improve working capital initiatives to meet/exceed business targets, creating a flexible asset base while improving quality and equipment reliability.
Establish, maintain, and refine performance metric goals and objectives. Maintain and be accountable for KPI visual reporting while actively participating in Lean Daily Management activities, including GEMBA walks.
Implement cost effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, manpower, wages and salaries.
Participate in regular P&L reviews to ensure that budgets are met; develops and implements programs for optimal equipment utilization, equipment maintenance, and labor and material costs.
Provide leadership and training to accomplish the company goals and objectives. Hiring, performance management and compensation management responsibilities.
Communicate effectively using multiple formats to ensure proper engagement of the workforce and alignment within the business.
Build on current platforms to drive world-class manufacturing capability and ensure that best practice processes are implemented to drive operational and manufacturing efficiencies.