Plant Manager

• Essential functions include but are not limited to:
• Full responsibility for the plants P&L performance
• Driving performance across all KPI's - Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost & People
• Ensuring that Holdrege is a safe place to work while driving to zero accidents.
• Setting expectations for high product quality, ensuring regulatory compliance and no product recalls or significant customer complaints
• Owning and driving an overall vision for the plant at all levels: strategic/operational/tactical
• Setting expectations for performance; driving a culture of continuous improvement in both the current business model and adjacent spaces
• Driving the sites Overall Equipment Effectiveness to best in class levels
• Using data and metrics to optimize performance across the plant.
• Building organizational & personal capability, leadership self-sufficiency, internal & external relationships
• Challenging all associates while providing an appropriate level of support
• Establishing best measures/metrics for standardization
• Working on self-development, maintaining a bias for continuous learning
• Driving a strong inclusive and engaged workforce across every job group.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements:

• 15+ years of experience in manufacturing, 10 of those years in a team leadership role managing a financial budget/delivering financial performance and at least 2 years in a previous plant management position.
• 4-year degree in Engineering, Business, or close equivalent; MBA preferred
• Demonstrated evidence of team development, performance improvement, creating and living up to a shared set of values
• Foresight, vision, ability to set and achieve long-term plans.
• Ability to deliver results through others/teamwork, encourages participative decision-making.
• Excellent interpersonal & communications skills
• Working knowledge of FDA regulations & other medical device regulatory compliance requirements; experience leading in a regulated environment preferred
• Proficiency in problem solving & decision-making skills.
• High level of knowledge in both lean manufacturing and world-class manufacturing principles
• Ability to plan, organize, budget.
• Experience leading through change.
• Action-oriented, results driven.
• Continually learning - works on personal development, learns through experience.