What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Manager position at Wastequip?
Our Plant Manager is responsible for leading all activities of a high-performance manufacturing facility utilizing lean manufacturing principles and leadership to drive continuous and significant improvements in key operational metrics including safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.
Responsibilities
- Leading, coaching, and developing direct reports
- Championing a safety-first culture
- Financial responsibility for entire operation, including
- Analyzing financial statements
- Developing product cost on labor, material, and overhead by product model
- Achieving EBITDA margins and dollars set forth in AOP
- Staying within budgets, on labor, material, and overhead
- Controlling overhead costs, including
- Variable costs
- Fixed costs
- Material cost
- Labor cost
- Direct, indirect, general, and administrative personnel
- Developing annual operating plans and other financial reports
- Justifying performance variances and implementing formal corrective action plans
- Tracking throughput for on time delivery and work to meet customer’s requirements
- Interacting with corporate personnel, engineering, sales and customers
- Assuring that plant is complying with corporate processes, disciplines, and methodologies
- Championing a continuous improvement environment by conducting Kaizen and other lean events in conjunction with the Operational Excellence team
- Improving productivity through reduced cycle time and other lean processes
- Monitoring purchasing costs, on material, tools and supplies
- Controlling, monitoring, and adjusting inventory levels and staffing as required to meet current market conditions and forecasted plans
- Supporting sales department in meeting customer’s delivery requirements
- Traveling to other Wastequip locations, including group headquarters, as required
Qualifications
- Proven leadership in manufacturing operations management
- 4 year college degree desired or a combination of equivalent experience and education
- Knowledge of metal processing, Coil Leveling, shearing, punch press and Press breaks is preferred.
- Knowledge of metal fabricating, mig welding and painting processes is preferred
- Lean Six Sigma Certification is preferred
- Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Experience using ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics 365)
- Strong leadership and coaching skills
- Highly motivated and driven self–starter
Behaviors
Preferred
Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
Motivations
Preferred
Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help
Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
About Wastequip
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. with manufacturing and service facilities throughout North America, Wastequip is the leading North American manufacturer of waste handling equipment. Wastequip is the only manufacturer to offer a full line of steel and plastic products to collect, handle and transport just about any type of waste and recyclables.
