Plant Manager, Operations (Monroe Melt)

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The Plant Manager, Operations (Monroe Melt) of the Monroe Plant – Melt Operations will be responsible for managing and leading the manufacturing plant operations in the areas of EHS, compliance, quality, delivery, and cost control in relation to safety & security, profitability, productivity, materials management, talent development and continuous improvements.

Other Responsibilities:

• Lead operations of a plant with approximately 200+ employees composed of direct, indirect, and salary staff. In accordance with company policies and business unit/plant procedures, achieve high standards in safety, quality, efficiency & profitability requirements. Maintain costs within budgetary limits while assuring that best operations practices are utilized in the maintenance, conservation of equipment & materials, and/or facilities.
• Set overall plant objectives to ensure effective operations consistent with the Continuous Improvement, Values and Philosophy.
• Coordinate and direct all functions of plant operations, including but not limited to: Manufacturing, Engineering, EHS, Quality, leading relationships with Supply Chain, OpEx, HR, and Finance.
• Align operational objectives with the overall business objectives to ensure a strategy-focused workforce.
• Manage and operate performance through the effective implementation of the highest safety standards, promoting a culture of “Safety First” to develop and maintain a Zero Incident work place.
• Manage and operate performance through the effective use of the Quality process and through structured problem solving.
• Develop and maintain a pipeline of productivity projects to ensure cost competitiveness.
• Drive a culture of accountability ensuring compliance to the highest ethical conduct standards.
• Develop controls and critically review results of operations in reference to planned objectives.
• Account for the day-to-day decisions that directly impact the EHS, Compliance, Quality, Delivery, Cost & Inventory of the overall plant.
• Maintain a workforce of highly motivated employees with a morale that is conducive to high levels of employee engagement.
• Attract, select, develop, train, coach, appraise, and motivate managers and other personnel in key staff positions within the facility.
• Establish interfaces with supporting functions to assure accurate project or program technical direction for operations engineering and manufacturing.
• Assure timely and relevant communications to and from all levels. This includes communications between affected reporting areas and related departments. Establish systems to enhance intra- and interdepartmental communications.
• Ability to build up strong talent pipeline for plant leadership team and succession planning.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical related field or business.
• Minimum 10 years of leadership experience in manufacturing operations.
• Minimum of 5 years of continuous improvement or lean manufacturing.
• Minimum of 2 years of direct management of primary and secondary melt operations.

Skills:

• Knowledge of current technologies in manufacturing (melting, finishing, testing etc.), engineering, materials management/inventory control, distribution and logistics, purchasing, quality assurance, EHS systems processes and practices.
• Strong financial and business acumen.
• Strong collaborative skills with the proven ability to drive change and leadership ownership/accountability.
• Demonstrate success in building high performance teams, leading cross-functionally, developing and retaining employees, and driving organizational change.
• Drive zero incident culture, with employee ownership of safety.
• Leadership, performance results, organizational development and operational improvement.