Plant Manager Glass Recycling

Strategic Materials•Wilson, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At Wilson, the Plant Manager organizes, optimizes and continually improves the operational, production and maintenance activities, considering the Sibelco Values and policies. The Plant Manager must drive his/her operational organization in order to maintain and develop the plant guarantee: o Zero Harm approach to operational safety. o First-class service to the customer. o Competitive cost position (cost reduction, increase site yield, better value- products, better processes, product management and production scheduling). o Highest standard of the Industry in terms of processes, quality, environment and legal obligation respect and health and safety. o Continuity in time of the mining and processing activities. o Development of talent, competence and career progression of staff within the area. o Implementation of the Operation Excellence principles and tools

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with a focus in electrical or mechanical Engineering or equivalent by experience
8+ years’ experience in a leadership role in industrial manufacturing environment or related industry to glass recycling
Experience with turnaround challenges

Responsibilities

Ensures Compliance with Safety Standards as required by law and company policy
Ensures the safety of plant personnel. Leads and supports the safety program and all safety efforts. Conducts or ensures safety training is completed
Manages and directs production operations and functions.
Ensures the quality and regulatory compliance of all products manufactured and shipped from the plant while meeting sales customer needs and expectations
Leverages production employees to achieve production goals while maintaining product quality and compliance requirements
Identifies and initiates the principles and techniques of Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement to improve quality, eliminate waste, decrease costs, and improve productivity.
Identifies and plans the physical condition of all facilities through regular upkeep and CAPEX.
Completes budgetary plans and cost control activities and reporting.
Monitor and reduce stock of by-products/wastes.
Active participation to the scheduling and performance meetings.
Support to sales.
Support to sourcing, especially to anticipate sourcing issues.
Monitor stock of input raw materials.
Manage production & maintenance OPEX and CAPEX budgets
Implement, maintain and improve with his/her team excellent performing production processes
Directs, oversees and/or assists with all recruiting, training, personnel development, and optimum functioning of the sits in the cluster.
Develops supervisors and operators by coaching, training, properly delegating responsibility and emphasizing accountability for assigned responsibilities
Audits, solves problems, improves plant operations and facilitates investigating and correcting actions associated with quality and safety events. Trains supervisors and senior operators in same efforts.
Remains calm and focused during times of change and uncertainty, and effectively guiding others through them
Rises to the challenge, accepting risk and uncertainly as part of business as usual
Is confident to make decisions or move forward, even with incomplete information
Maneuvers effectively through complex or uncertain situations
Builds on the strength of diversity of teams to efficiently achieve goals
Creates strong morale and spirit
Celebrates and shares successes with business/ functions and teams
Communicates with conviction and clarity in all situations
Delivers multi-mode communications that ensures a clear understanding for different audiences
Recognizes when others are having difficulty understanding his/her message and adapts style
Practices attentive and active listening
Sets clear goals and pursues them with energy and drive
Drives self and others to achieve excellent results
Models perseverance in face of challenges and finds solutions in order to achieve set goals
Recognized for his/her qualitative performance
Determines, communicates and drives Sibelco’s key processes and procedures and continuously improves them
Encourages a mindset of continuous improvement in the organization
Organizes people and activities in the most effective way
Measures process effectiveness and drives continuous improvement
Uses benchmarks in an appropriate way
Responds appropriately to the urgency of a decision, balancing the need for quality and speed in making decisions effective for Sibelco
Involves the right persons in decision making
Draws on appropriate information from a variety of resources to define the problem and makes decisions