Plant Manager

Cascades • Carolina, NC

82d • Onsite

About The Position

Welcome home! At Cascades, Sustainable Development means Respecting the True Nature of our 10,000 talents. We put you first: Salary for Plant Manager starting at $160k plus yearly with room to grow as you progress in your career! Telemedicine, Group insurance Financial Benefits: Profit Sharing Plan, Retirement Plan with company matching, Stock Options & Annual flexible reimbursement program Employee assistance program (because we care about the physical and mental health of our people) Develop your talents By applying for your expertise within our facility in Rockingham NC, as a Plant Manager:

Your challenge! Reporting to the General Manager, the Plant Manager’s mission is to establish his or her unit’s performance standards and achieve the established objectives by developing an action plan that respects business rules and processes as well as best manufacturing practices. You therefore participate in the implementation of specific processes, practices and tools within your unit aimed at optimizing operational efficiency while prioritizing health and safety. You also use your leadership to build a mobilized and competent team and support their production efforts while nurturing a culture of continuous improvement and health and safety. As a result, you promote the achievement of your unit's business objectives by positively influencing the adoption of healthy and safe behaviours, operating costs, performance and production capacity and quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, or related field preferred.
• 15+ years of manufacturing leadership experience in tissue, paper, pulp, or related process industries.
• Proven experience leading paper machine operations and driving performance improvements.
• Demonstrated success managing operational turnarounds and improving underperforming facilities.
• Strong knowledge of papermaking processes, maintenance and reliability systems, continuous improvement, and plant financial management.
• Proven ability to lead large teams, develop talent, and drive organizational change.
• Extensive experience in management and in the manufacturing sector.
• Leadership and a collaborative spirit that inspire and engage teams to achieve excellence.
• Ability to understand customer needs, issues and interests in order to develop solutions that support their experience.
• Ability to guide and coach team members.
• Sound judgment to ensure follow-up and effective implementation of solutions in accordance with company priorities and to make appropriate decisions.
• Ability to position oneself with conviction in an unpopular context and generate maximum support.
• Strong persuasiveness to foster maximum buy-in in a difficult context.
• The knowledge and experience to anticipate the impact of a decision on your unit and employees.
• Strong communication skills, tact and diplomacy.
• Excellent ability to build and support a customer-focused culture based on a people-centred approach.
• Excellent written and spoken English to support professional interactions.
• Agility needed to work with various technological tools.

Nice To Haves

• Tissue manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Progressive leadership experience from Operations/Production Management into Plant or Mill Leadership.
• Track record of improving safety, OEE, uptime, quality, productivity, and cost performance.
• Knowledge of SAP software or other ERP (an asset).

Responsibilities

• Lead all plant operations to achieve safety, quality, production, and financial objectives.
• Drive a strong safety culture through visible leadership and accountability.
• Improve reliability through preventive/predictive maintenance, planning, scheduling, and root cause analysis.
• Optimize paper machine performance, equipment uptime, productivity, and product quality.
• Manage plant financial performance, including cost per ton, labor, maintenance, fiber, chemical, and energy costs.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using data-driven problem-solving methods.
• Develop and strengthen leadership, technical, and hourly teams.
• Build and execute recovery plans for underperforming operations with measurable business impact.
• Ensure the safety of its employees and a safe environment free of all risks.
• Ensure optimal execution of operations by achieving targets in terms of occupational health and safety, production capacity, standardization of operating costs and quality.
• Ensure compliance with Cascades’ business processes in the plant, in accordance with established business rules and best practices.
• Prepare and execute investment and asset maintenance plans, and meet return on investment targets.
• Engage and develop all your employees.
• Ensure the execution of the Collective Bargaining Agreement/Employee Handbook and highlight areas for improvement with the union/committee.
• Establish performance standards (availability, efficiency, OEE) in collaboration with the General Manager.
• Lead weekly meetings with your team and SUs to analyze KPIs, and discuss and launch required action plans.
• Collaborate in the implementation of optimization projects specific to your unit.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and ensure the sustainability of Lean Manufacturing best practices.

Benefits

• Salary for Plant Manager starting at $160k plus yearly with room to grow as you progress in your career!
• Telemedicine
• Group insurance
• Profit Sharing Plan
• Retirement Plan with company matching
• Stock Options
• Annual flexible reimbursement program
• Employee assistance program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager