Plant Manager

Vestis Uniforms and Workplace Supplies | Canadian Linen & Uniform Service | Québec Linge Service D’Uniformes•Canton, NC

About The Position

The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall execution of daily plant operations at a market center, ensuring cost-effective, timely, and accurate processing, high product quality, workplace safety, and environmental compliance. The role manages production staff and maintenance activities across the handling and processing of soiled products through washing, drying, sorting, finishing, bundling, storage, and distribution. The Plant Manager monitors production levels and adjusts operations as needed to meet output, quality, safety, and cost goals. The position works closely with Market Center Management and the Operations Support team to address plant issues, improve safety and operating efficiency, and support positive business results. It includes analyzing production-related profit and loss measures and overseeing the hiring, placement, and removal of production staff. The role requires post-secondary education in a relevant field or equivalent business/work experience, along with 4–6 years of experience in a corporate production environment, including management experience. A degree in Management, Industrial or Mechanical Engineering/Technology, business, or a related discipline is preferred. Experience with quality program standards such as Lean/Six Sigma is an asset.

Requirements

Post-secondary education in Industrial and/or Mechanical Engineering/Technology, business, or a related discipline, or equivalent business/work experience.
4–6 years of experience in a corporate production environment, including management experience.
Proven track record of increasing responsibility with documented business results.
Ability to build effective professional relationships across departments within a market center and with Operations Support.
Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment and effectively handle ambiguous circumstances.
Knowledge of wastewater, facility, and equipment maintenance.
Knowledge of production processes, raw materials, quality control, costs, and techniques for effective laundry, linen, product, and service processing and distribution.
Knowledge of customer and personal service principles, including assessing customer needs, meeting service quality standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction.
Knowledge of personnel and human resources principles and procedures, including recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Demonstrated capability with the competencies for the position.

Nice To Haves

A degree in Management, Industrial and/or Mechanical Engineering/Technology, business, or a related discipline, or equivalent business/work experience.
Experience with quality program standards such as Lean/Six Sigma.

Responsibilities

Ensure consistent management and application of safety tasks and activities at the market center.
Manage day-to-day production plant operations, ensuring safe, timely, cost-effective, and efficient processing.
Oversee wastewater and environmental compliance, facility and equipment maintenance, receiving and soil sorting/classification, wash aisle operations, garment finishing and sortation, allied finishing, bundling, and distribution.
Set and ensure achievement of plant operation goals for efficient, timely, high-quality, and profitable completion of product activities.
Supervise the maintenance team to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective review of equipment, energy, and wastewater processing.
Work with market center management to identify and implement systems and methods that improve safety and operating efficiency within operating goals and cost constraints.
Analyze production aspects of market center profit and loss statements and work with the General Manager to enhance positive results.
Hire, place, and remove production plant operations staff within the market center.
Maintain positive working relationships with Market Center Management and keep them informed of plant operation issues.
Leverage Operations Support team resources to address and overcome plant operation issues.