Our client located in East Central San Antonio is in search of a Plant Manager to join the leadership team!


Salary based on experience $84,500 to $110,000, full benefits and annual bonus


Position Requirement/Qualifications


Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Manufacturing, Engineering, or related field preferred


Experience: 10+ years of experience in manufacturing management, production operations, or laboratory management


• Solid budget planning and scheduling skills


• High level QC and QA experience


• Purchasing and Inventory Management


• Strong leadership, team building, coaching, development, motivation and management skills


• Flexible and Consistent


• Exceptional organizational skills to include multi-tasking, planning, and time management


• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, relationship-building, and conflict management skills


Responsibilities


The Plant Manager role is responsible for directing and managing all plant operations with overall responsibilities for production, maintenance, quality and other production-related activities


• Ensures safe operations and adherence to regulatory requirements


• Analyzes production metrics and makes recommendations for improvements and solutions to issues that are identified


• Oversees staffing and development of all production supervisors and staff


• Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets


• Through process management, data analysis, goal setting and clear communication, lead and motivate employees to operate safe and efficiently to insure that production is timely, well within quality and cost control objectives


• Dispersion process technologies


• Extrusion and or other plastic melt processes


• Direct and manage plant operations for production, maintenance, quality, and shipping and receiving


• Ensure progressive safety behaviors are executed; accidents and near misses of any level of severity are thoroughly investigated and countermeasures implemented


• Accomplish market leading product availability by reducing target lead times and effectively building strategic inventory


• Assess, plan, recommend and implement approved capital improvement projects that deliver ROI and improve output


• Manage production operations to meet all quality standards for products produced


• Prepare standard costs and budgets for assigned operations


• Develop technical skills and business savvy across core leadership team and foster a collaborative environment to prepare the next generation of leaders


• Coordinate plant activities with departmental managers to insure the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost effective manner


• Develop and control profits, plans, and budget


• Implement cost effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, manpower, wages and salaries


• Establish and monitor overall plant performance for production and quality standards


• Maintain existing plant facilities and equipment; replace, or make adjustments to plant facilities and equipment when necessary


• Provide leadership and training to accomplish the company goals and objectives


• Implement and maintain preventative maintenance programs


• Agility & Performance


• Simplify to accelerate business results


• Anticipate, adapt to and lead changes


• Collaborate to amplify customer value


• Effectively communicates across all levels of the organization to meet weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual goals and deadlines;


• Effectively communicates company p