About the Role
The Plant Manager will be responsible for building a legacy of operational excellence, developing a culture of trust and high performance, and helping us scale our impact in the medical device industry.
Key Activities
Responsible for managing, developing, and directing all plant operations, including manufacturing engineering, facility management, and manufacturing.
Responsible for maintaining compliance with safety rules, SOPs in accordance with all company and outside regulatory policies and rules.
Supports succession planning and maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees. Identifies and develops personal growth opportunities for all key team players.
Provides operations expertise and representation on cross-functional business team.
Directs manufacturing staff; communicates job expectations; plans, monitors, and appraises job results; coaches and counsels; initiates, coordinates, and enforces systems, policies, and procedures.
Assesses plant performance via a comprehensive set of key performance indicators. Tracks productivity and performance for all lines while meeting and exceeding efficiency standards.
Maintains operating costs within budget.
Identifies asset reconfiguration needs, creates and executes action plans to ensure consistent, reliable plant performance.
Identifies and eliminates bottlenecks to ensure continuous improvement, creating flexibility, agility, and pursuing the lowest landed cost improvement.
Ensures the operation of equipment by ensuring proper maintenance, evaluating new equipment, and implementing effective techniques.
Ensures the manufacturing operations comply with safety, quality, and GMP requirements.
Maintains a safe and clean work environment, supporting the safety and risk management process.
Cooperates with the Quality departments to ensure compliance with all quality SOPs, maintaining audit-ready status.
Preferred Skills
·Excellent problem-solving, and reasoning skills required. Continuous Improvement leadership / Six Sigma Black belt preferred.
Ability to analyze downtime and financial variance trends, identifying actions to deliver expected performance.
Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from a four-year college or university, preferably a B.S. in Engineering, Packaging, or Management.
10 or more years' related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Previous Experience in supervision of teams, managing manufacturing processes, tracking budget expenses, production planning, strategic planning, dealing with complexity, financial planning and strategy in food manufacturing.
About Us
Finding a great opportunity that fosters growth, a great culture, and leadership opportunities can be difficult. Top Quality Recruitment (TQR) connects professionals with leadership opportunities across the Packaging, Food and Beverage, Medical Devices, and Biotechnology industries. With 50+ years of experience, we believe in one-to-one communication and finding the best candidate/employer match possible.
TQR is an equal-opportunity employer that encourages diversity. We will consider all applications.
Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request.
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