Overview As Director of Plant Management, you lead multiple manufacturing and support functions to deliver reliable, cost-effective production at scale. You will shape strategic direction with senior peers, drive budgeting and performance metrics, and steward cross-functional initiatives across sites. By optimizing processes and resources, you impact quality, on-time delivery, and profitability. This role offers high visibility and the chance to influence manufacturing excellence in a global context.
Responsibilities- Direct activities across manufacturing and support functions (purchasing, planning, order fulfillment, production, distribution, facilities, asset management)
- Select and develop staff, set objectives, review performance, and approve compensation
- Establish and monitor strategic processes to improve production and support functions
- Plan and control performance via general direction and prioritization
- Develop and review departmental metrics and drive continuous improvement
- Manage departmental budgets and monitor costs and resources
- Lead strategic planning objectives and communicate them to teams
- Interface with other departments and customers to optimize processes and quotes
- Coordinate introduction of new product lines and customer-specific processes
- Collaborate with design teams on yields, supplier issues, and testing
- Participate in world-wide teams to implement global initiatives and improve manufacturing
- Participate in site management team to set strategic direction
- Maintain P&L accountability and ensure cross-site objectives are met
- Mentor and motivate a diverse workforce in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Key requirements- In-depth knowledge of manufacturing departments and impact on customer satisfaction, quality, delivery, and profitability
- Extensive knowledge of manufacturing processes, tools, and equipment
- Excellent analytical, negotiation, and problem-resolution skills
- Ability to set manufacturing goals and coordinate resources to meet metrics
- Strong prioritization and problem-solving for timely completion
- Effective communication with a wide range of stakeholders
- Proven leadership, training, and motivational skills for high performance
- Experience with World Class Manufacturing/Lean implementations
- Strong presentation and communication abilities
- Ability to work cross-functionally and with other sites to achieve objectives
- communication
- leadership
- negotiation
- World Class Manufacturing/Lean implementation
- manufacturing processes and tooling
- budgeting and cost control
