Plant Manager

• Manage the plant workforce, establish priorities, and provide strategic direction for the manufacturing and assembly operations.
• Deliver business results focused on meeting the cost, quality and delivery targets while increasing operational efficiency to achieve operation excellence.
• Advocates for safety and provides leadership to the assembly and manufacturing organization.
• Leads, organizes, develops, motivates, and manages the assembly and manufacturing departments to set and attain goals and objectives consistent with Mark Andy’s business plan.
• Provides direction and support to managers, supervisors, and foreman within the assembly and manufacturing departments.
• Assists foreman and supervisors in the preparation of performance reviews and in the disciplinary process.
• Assists in the development of business plans for assembly and manufacturing. This includes creation of the operations strategy, workforce planning, and operations budget.
• Leads lean initiatives within manufacturing and enhances employee lean knowledge to empower employees to implement improvements. Educates employees on lean tools such as Value Stream Mapping, 5-S, and SMED.
• Works closely with other functional support groups to facilitate necessary changes for improvement.
• Ensures compliance with ISO procedures. Directs activities required to resolve quality issues.
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives and implements changes to improve productivity and reduce scrap. Monitors scrap and rework data.
• Directs the establishment, implementation, and maintenance of production standards.

• Provides direction and support to foremen and supervisors.
• Identifies resources and/or courses of action required to meet customer demands.

• Implements value stream org structure and daily accountability processes to increase team effectiveness and flexibility.
• Links internal processes to gain better visibility of material requirements to support OTTR.
• Establishes standardized work for module assemblies.
• Establishes standard practices and process discipline.
• OPF (One Piece Flow): Produces a press at a time per the established Takt Time.

• Directs the activities of the maintenance department, including equipment repairs and facility maintenance.
• Prepares and manages the budget for all maintenance expenditures.
• Manages contracted services, such as cleaning/janitorial, lawn care, and lot maintenance.

• Excellent people skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and effectively manage multiple projects/initiatives within budget and time constraints.
• Extensive knowledge of lean and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Mastery of SQCDM metrics and PDCA format.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to motivate and develop employees.

• Bachelor’s degree is related field is required; MBA preferred.
• 8 years of management experience in a progressive manufacturing environment.
• Lean Manufacturing Certification a plus.
• Significant experience in Microsoft Office Suite. Oracle experience strongly preferred.

• Frequently required to sit, walk, stand, stoop, and kneel. Frequently lifts or moves up to 25 pounds.

Mark Andy Inc