Plant Manager
About The Position
Grow boldly with Pretium and Lead a High-Performing Manufacturing Operation and Drive Operational Excellence! Are you a proven manufacturing leader with a passion for developing teams, improving performance, and delivering exceptional results? Pretium Packaging is seeking an experienced Plant Manager in St. Louis, Missouri to lead our manufacturing facility and take ownership of safety, quality, productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability. This is a highly visible leadership role with full responsibility for plant operations, financial performance, and continuous improvement initiatives. If you thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and enjoy building high-performing teams while driving operational excellence, we'd like to hear from you.
Requirements
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business, or a related field.
- 7–10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
- Experience leading large teams in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of production operations, quality systems, maintenance, materials management, and supply chain processes.
- Proven experience managing budgets, controlling costs, and driving operational profitability.
- Strong project management, planning, and organizational skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word.
- Ability to travel as needed.
Nice To Haves
- Experience within the plastics, packaging, or related manufacturing industries.
- Experience with Oracle or other ERP systems.
- Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, or similar operational excellence experience.
- Experience in ISO and GMP-regulated environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a cross-functional leadership team including Production, Quality, Process Engineering, Maintenance, and Shipping.
- Drive a culture of safety, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
- Manage all plant operations to ensure customer orders are produced and shipped on time while meeting quality standards.
- Own plant financial performance with full P&L responsibility, including budgeting, cost control, and profitability improvement initiatives.
- Develop staffing, production, scheduling, and material plans to support business objectives.
- Monitor production performance and proactively resolve operational challenges related to equipment, materials, tooling, and processes.
- Lead Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives to improve productivity, efficiency, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
- Establish and implement operating procedures, performance metrics, and reporting systems to drive accountability and results.
- Evaluate and recommend capital investments, equipment upgrades, and process improvements.
- Collaborate with commercial, engineering, and product development teams to support new products and customer growth opportunities.
- Maintain compliance with OSHA, EPA, ISO, GMP, and all applicable regulatory requirements.
- Build strong relationships with customers and ensure a customer-focused approach throughout the organization.
- Partner closely with Human Resources on talent development, employee engagement, workforce planning, and organizational effectiveness.
- Lead plant meetings and communication efforts related to safety, quality, maintenance, production, and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Opportunity to step into a leadership role where your impact will be visible, measurable, and valued.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
