Manufacturing Plant Manager

The Plant Manager provides enterprise-level leadership, aligning Focus Factory Managers, support functions, and front-line teams to deliver sustained results at scale. This role requires advanced capability in managing complexity, cross-site coordination, and large leadership teams while driving cultural transformation and performance excellence.

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership, including multi-value stream or large-site management.
• Proven ability to deliver SPQDCC results in a high-complexity manufacturing environment.
• Advanced Lean, TPM, and CI leadership capability.
• Strong financial acumen managing large budgets and capital portfolios.
• Ability to support extended-hour operations and enterprise travel.

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership, including multi-value stream or large-site management.
• Proven ability to deliver SPQDCC results in a high-complexity manufacturing environment.
• Advanced Lean, TPM, and CI leadership capability.
• Strong financial acumen managing large budgets and capital portfolios.
• Ability to support extended-hour operations and enterprise travel.

1. Strategic Leadership & Plant Management

• Provide overall leadership for all plant operations, including EHS, manufacturing, materials, maintenance, quality, and engineering across multiple production areas or value streams.
• Translate corporate objectives into actionable plant strategies supporting high sales volume, throughput demands, and intercompany transfer requirements.
• Drive execution of the ASD Lean Operating System at scale, ensuring consistency across value streams, shifts, and support functions.
• Serve as the primary interface between the facility, enterprise leadership, and peer plant managers on network-wide capacity, transfer, and load-balancing decisions.
• Develop and manage a complex operating budget, balancing productivity, cost, working capital, and capital investment priorities.

• Establish and sustain a Zero Harm culture across a large employee population and multi-shift operation.
• Lead visible safety engagement through routine Gemba walks, Tier escalation, and executive-level incident reviews.
• Ensure full regulatory compliance (OSHA, EPA, local) while proactively managing risk in a high-complexity environment.
• Partner with EHS & Sustainability leaders to drive energy reduction, environmental performance, and enterprise initiatives.
• Deliver sustained improvement in TRIR, near-miss reporting, and corrective action effectiveness across the site.

• Own plant-level quality performance for a high-volume, multi-customer manufacturing operation.
• Ensure robust execution of QCPs, standard work, and layered audits across all value streams.
• Drive systemic FPY improvement, warranty reduction, and defect prevention at scale.
• Partner with Quality and Engineering on advanced problem solving, systemic risk mitigation, and customer recovery plans.
• Lead Voice of the Customer deployment for complex customer portfolios and intercompany supply chains.

• Ensure on-time delivery across internal and external customers, including intercompany transfer commitments.
• Lead Tier 3/4 operating rhythms, driving accountability for SPQDCC performance and countermeasures.
• Optimize throughput using Lean, automation, and capacity planning across multiple production lines.
• Manage labor strategy, staffing models, and overtime for a large workforce in a 24/7 or extended-hours environment.
• Oversee asset reliability, TPM maturity, and execution of major capital and automation projects.

• Lead, coach, and develop a large, multi-layer leadership team of Focus Factory Managers, Department Managers, and support leaders.
• Build a strong succession pipeline capable of supporting site complexity and future growth.
• Foster a culture of engagement, inclusion, and accountability across a diverse workforce.
• Ensure disciplined performance management and consistent policy application at scale.
• Host regular all-hands meetings to align the organization around business performance, priorities, and long-term strategy.

• Serve as the site and network CI leader, integrating Lean, TPM, and problem-solving into daily execution.
• Sponsor Kaizen events, PDCA cycles, and cross-plant improvement initiatives.
• Reinforce Leader Standard Work and Gemba-based leadership behaviors across all leadership levels.
• Ensure sustainability of improvements through tiered management systems and visual accountability.

• Partner closely with EHS, Quality, Materials, Engineering, HR, and Finance to align systems and execution.
• Collaborate with other Plant Managers to drive best practice sharing and network optimization.
• Support enterprise initiatives including automation, digitalization, and new product launches.
• Represent the site in corporate operational excellence forums and audits.

1. Strategic Leadership & Plant Management

• Provide overall leadership for all plant operations, including EHS, manufacturing, materials, maintenance, quality, and engineering across multiple production areas or value streams.
• Translate corporate objectives into actionable plant strategies supporting high sales volume, throughput demands, and intercompany transfer requirements.
• Drive execution of the ASD Lean Operating System at scale, ensuring consistency across value streams, shifts, and support functions.
• Serve as the primary interface between the facility, enterprise leadership, and peer plant managers on network-wide capacity, transfer, and load-balancing decisions.
• Develop and manage a complex operating budget, balancing productivity, cost, working capital, and capital investment priorities.

• Establish and sustain a Zero Harm culture across a large employee population and multi-shift operation.
• Lead visible safety engagement through routine Gemba walks, Tier escalation, and executive-level incident reviews.
• Ensure full regulatory compliance (OSHA, EPA, local) while proactively managing risk in a high-complexity environment.
• Partner with EHS & Sustainability leaders to drive energy reduction, environmental performance, and enterprise initiatives.
• Deliver sustained improvement in TRIR, near-miss reporting, and corrective action effectiveness across the site.

• Own plant-level quality performance for a high-volume, multi-customer manufacturing operation.
• Ensure robust execution of QCPs, standard work, and layered audits across all value streams.
• Drive systemic FPY improvement, warranty reduction, and defect prevention at scale.
• Partner with Quality and Engineering on advanced problem solving, systemic risk mitigation, and customer recovery plans.
• Lead Voice of the Customer deployment for complex customer portfolios and intercompany supply chains.

• Ensure on-time delivery across internal and external customers, including intercompany transfer commitments.
• Lead Tier 3/4 operating rhythms, driving accountability for SPQDCC performance and countermeasures.
• Optimize throughput using Lean, automation, and capacity planning across multiple production lines.
• Manage labor strategy, staffing models, and overtime for a large workforce in a 24/7 or extended-hours environment.
• Oversee asset reliability, TPM maturity, and execution of major capital and automation projects.

• Lead, coach, and develop a large, multi-layer leadership team of Focus Factory Managers, Department Managers, and support leaders.
• Build a strong succession pipeline capable of supporting site complexity and future growth.
• Foster a culture of engagement, inclusion, and accountability across a diverse workforce.
• Ensure disciplined performance management and consistent policy application at scale.
• Host regular all-hands meetings to align the organization around business performance, priorities, and long-term strategy.

• Serve as the site and network CI leader, integrating Lean, TPM, and problem-solving into daily execution.
• Sponsor Kaizen events, PDCA cycles, and cross-plant improvement initiatives.
• Reinforce Leader Standard Work and Gemba-based leadership behaviors across all leadership levels.
• Ensure sustainability of improvements through tiered management systems and visual accountability.

• Partner closely with EHS, Quality, Materials, Engineering, HR, and Finance to align systems and execution.
• Collaborate with other Plant Managers to drive best practice sharing and network optimization.
• Support enterprise initiatives including automation, digitalization, and new product launches.
• Represent the site in corporate operational excellence forums and audits.