Plant Manager

Potential with Quanex•Winnebago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Quanex is looking for a Plant Manager to join our team in Winnebago, IL. As the leader of this manufacturing facility, you will create a culture that embraces safety, teamwork, inclusion, accountability, employee development, open communication, and key performance metrics. You will support company initiatives and balance strategic planning with day-to-day operational excellence. You will lead a team that meets customer, productivity, quality, and financial goals. You will be responsible for P&Ls for the location, overseeing all aspects of plant operations and maintenance.

Requirements

Strong leadership, team building, coaching and ability to build a positive, safe culture while motivating people.
Excellent communication, technical writing skills, problem-solving, decision-making, and influencing skills.
People-oriented and results driven.
Ten or more years of progressive manufacturing experience and a minimum of five years in a leadership role.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in engineering or related field.
Strong skills in using MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
A high degree of decision-making authority is required to maintain on-time delivery in this just-in-time/ship-by-shift environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience in lieu of education.
Must be receptive to further training or education in operations related areas of focus.
Experience within extrusion environment preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop talent, succession planning, create a culture of effective performance management and accountability.
Develop and champion an overall continuous improvement and innovation philosophy for the plant.
Ensure the plant is safe, clean, and environmentally compliant and cultivates a culture of safety and accountability.
Manage key operational functions including Extrusion Operations, Maintenance, Shipping/Receiving, and Quality.
Assure the yield targets are achieved or exceeded through each process of production.
Proactively seek opportunities to create efficiencies and/or savings opportunities while engaging employees and listening to ideas for continuous improvement.
Develop and manage inventory levels to support divisional sales service objectives.
Control and administer inventories to achieve proper turns.
Supervise the development of production planning forecasts based on historical data, customer input, and information from the operations leadership and sales.
Assure all production orders are completed on schedule, per budget, and at the quality levels developed by divisional management to satisfy requirements.