Plant Manager

Our client, a leading manufacturer of disposable food packaging products, is seeking a Plant Manager to join their team in Conyers, GA.

Summary
Directs plant operations within a facility up to 600 employees and a focus on meeting Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for safety, quality, production, efficiency, and service.
                                                                                                                       
Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and implement new and improved operations and processes, all with a committed focus on safety, quality, service and cost

• Direct practices and processes intended to provide safe products that comply with appropriate laws and regulations, meet quality standards, and serve the needs of our customers.

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives

• Direct plant leadership team to assess progress, analyze problems, facilitate solutions, identify resources and adjust plans as needed

• Ensure that objectives are achieved at the lowest cost consistent with quality requirements

• Identify, recommend, and implement short- and long-term business strategies

• Responsible for the organization's planning and budgeting

• Monitor KPI’s anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of targets

• Facilitate regular improvement planning sessions to identify key strategic opportunities to achieve manufacturing strategic goals and develop related action plans with measurable outcomes.

• Support and reinforce the effective application of the Daily Management System to validate that actions lead to desired performance improvements.

• Lead by example to promote and encourage employees to strongly commit to safety and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)

• Understand, support and follow management expectations in alignment with company values

Competencies

• Manage self – exhibit personal accountability and use good judgment, etc.

• Develop the team – create a motivational environment and provide constructive feedback, etc.

• Advance the business – continuously improve and provide a strategic focus, etc.