Plant Manager-Anaheim, CA

Legrand•Anaheim, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Legrand’s Power & Thermal Management Division is seeking a Plant Manager for its Cabinets & Containment business in Anaheim, California. The role plans, directs, and coordinates production-floor activities to meet customer expectations, quality objectives, productivity goals, and cost-savings targets while maintaining a safe work environment. The Plant Manager provides direct leadership to department supervisors, team leaders, and production employees. The business is growing and investing in a larger, state-of-the-art facility. The Plant Manager will help shape the operation’s future, build an inclusive, high-performing team, and support its continued development. This position oversees manufacturing operations, inventory accuracy, facilities, and planning; ensures regulatory and quality-system compliance; improves production performance; and communicates operational progress, challenges, and solutions to senior operations leaders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related field.
At least 15 years of manufacturing or production experience.
At least 7 years of plant management experience in a production or manufacturing environment, including direct supervision of hourly and salaried employees.
Experience with SAP and/or large-scale ERP/MRP systems, including Production, Inventory, and Quality modules.
Experience working within quality systems, including APQP, Control Plans, TQM, or SPC.
Demonstrated understanding and use of Lean tools to facilitate continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment.
Detail-oriented, with excellent follow-through skills.
Ability to present facts and recommendations effectively, orally and in writing.
Ability to work independently and as a team member and make sound decisions within established guidelines.
Ability to recommend effective resolutions to problems or issues using judgment consistent with standards, practices, policies, procedures, regulations, or government law.
Flexible and efficient time-management skills, including the ability to prioritize workload based on organizational or departmental needs.
Ability to work in a high-growth, entrepreneurial environment.
Ability to manage, train, and motivate employees and delegate effectively.
Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment.
Excellent project-management, planning, and organizational skills, including the ability to manage several projects simultaneously with attention to detail and follow-through.
Professionalism and ability to handle confidential information.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Proficiency with personal computers, the internet, and Microsoft Office software, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook or a related email system.
Ability to interpret standards, specifications, procedures, drawings, and similar materials.

Nice To Haves

MBA.
Lean Value-Stream Mapping experience.
Six Sigma experience.
Bilingual Spanish.

Responsibilities

Oversee production management, including manufacturing operations, inventory accuracy, facilities, and planning.
Ensure plant leadership and employees comply with safety, environmental, local, and federal regulations.
Work with shop-floor teams and managers to resolve quality, production, scheduling, technical, or personnel issues.
Review manufacturing processes and recommend changes to reduce costs and improve productivity, efficiency, labor utilization, and quality.
Contribute production-operation inputs to annual strategic and business planning.
Develop performance metrics and reporting to track manufacturing results against budget, including revenue projections, backlog action plans, schedule attainment, throughput, labor utilization, efficiency, scrap reduction, and cost-containment initiatives.
Apply Lean manufacturing principles, including 5S and Material Flow methodologies.
Lead cross-functional root-cause analyses of defects and mistake-proofing initiatives.
Coordinate plant activities with staff to meet customer expectations and manufacturing and budget objectives.
Resolve production scheduling issues through analysis and short- and long-term corrective actions.
Communicate proactively with peers and implement solutions that meet stakeholders’ expectations.
Keep employees informed about improvement initiatives and operational targets and objectives.
Ensure availability of the manpower, competencies, skills, knowledge, and equipment needed to meet production and demand targets.
Support the personal and professional development of direct reports; manage, develop, and motivate direct and indirect reports.
Provide constructive feedback and leadership, foster a positive team environment, and establish clear, measurable responsibilities and accountabilities.
Communicate goal progress, roadblocks, and solutions promptly to the Director of Operations, Vice President, and Global Operations leadership.
Ensure adherence to procedures, setup requirements, and work instructions in compliance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards.
Maintain an active production-floor presence and hold regular meetings with employees across all shifts to promote communication, teamwork, and cooperation.
Perform other similar and related duties as required.