Plant Director

SUMMARY: 

The Plant Director oversees and manages the overall manufacturing effort of the Rochester Site. He/she is responsibility for the profit and loss of the facility through the coordination and management of manufacturing, tooling, human resources, quality assurance, finance, and continuous improvement for the location in support of the overall company objectives. May take part in development of functional strategy. 

At Crenlo we invest in our people. Our overall success is contributed to our employees’ skills and talents, which have been impactful and essential to the growth of our business. Here, you will get the opportunity to test your knowledge and skills and become a critical player.   

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Directs the overall operations of the facility and all departments within 
• Establish sound strategies and tactics aimed towards continued quality, safety, cost improvement and OTD (on-time delivery) of products 
• Oversee management review of quality systems and encourages a lean operation by driving continuous improvement, proactive management, and teamwork 
• Ensure that facility is properly staffed and trained 

• Represents facility to potential customers, clients, and at corporate meetings 
• Bears overall responsibility for housekeeping of facility and safety awareness 
• Communicates plant financial & operational condition to Corporate 
• Manage the operations cost to enhance profitability while staying within legal guidelines and company policies and procedures 
• Responsible for the strategy and long-term planning of the operations to ensure continued success in meeting customer expectations 

• Comply and follow all procedures within the companies IT. security policy 
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned 

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES: 

• Strong commitment to Crenlo Operating System to drive continuous improvement 

• Strategy Deployment – Break through objectives, action plans, metrics, countermeasures 
• Gemba – shop floor metrics, Gemba walks, interaction with operators to solve problems, action items and follow-up 
• Daily Management – 9:00 meeting every day, what was expected, what did we achieve, what went wrong, what actions are required to restore flow and solve to root 
• KPIs with Countermeasures – Key Performance Indicators – When commitments missed drive countermeasures for root cause corrective actions using data 

• Use metrics to drive the business (Data, Paretos, 80/20 approach, visual management) 

• Strong understanding and ownership of materials management 

• Capacity Planning 
• Material Flow  
• Inventory Accuracy / Cycle Counting 
• Understanding of how to leverage ERP / MRP 

• Attention to detail 
• Sense of urgency / bias to action / meets commitments without reminders 
• Holds teams accountable (Role clarity, measure and follow-up, rewards and consequences), True owner for every process and metric 
• Lead from the front – clearly in charge – strong communications – sets priorities – measures performance 
• Doer vs. pure delegator 

• Comfortable making decisions 
• In depth knowledge of OEM and or component manufacturing with an emphasis on steel processing and cab/auto manufacturing 
• Keen knowledge of GMP, ISO standards (13485) and QMS (quality management systems).  
• Experienced in using the following software packages: Oracle EBS, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Microsoft Project 
• Ability to build and leverage partnerships, implement change, and manage projects 

• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community  
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.  
• Strong knowledge of global and regional logistics operations and industry 
• Strong ability in determining logistics requirements to enable company’s business goals and objectives with ability to devise and implement strategy to achieve targets 
• Strong financial and analytical ability with proficiency in managing business analytics to determine optimum company footprint 

• Proven track record of successful change management accomplishments, implementing and management continuous productivity and cost reduction programs 
• Strong and convincing communication skills both verbally and written  

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required preferably in Engineering 

• Minimum 6-10 years’ experience in an operations leadership role with a minimum of 4 years in a leadership role, with direct P&L responsibility, mainly in a manufacturing environment 
• Minimum 5 years previous experience managing in a manufacturing environment, preferably in OEM 
• Manufacturing management experience should reflect understanding of the impact factory performance has in the areas of delivery, cost, quality, and service. 
• Previous experience with price structuring and job costing 
• Or a combination of education, experience and/or training