The Plant and Production Manager oversees daily plant operations and production schedules, ensuring policies and procedures are followed to optimize safety, quality, productivity, and profitability. This role requires a strong leader with an agile and entrepreneurial mindset to drive continuous improvement and innovation, providing clear direction and engaging the team to meet goals.
Key Responsibilities:
· Enhance profitable operation of the plant
· Lead day-to-day operations and ensure on-time shipping.
· Increase production efficiency while minimizing costs.
· Oversee preventive and predictive maintenance.
· Ensure plant safety and sustainability.
· Implement strategic initiatives.
· Recruit, manage, and develop plant staff.
· Coordinate and expedite work and materials flow.
· Communicate production schedules and status to stakeholders.
· Support continuous improvement efforts with an agile approach.
· Foster an entrepreneurial culture to drive innovation and efficiency.
· Provide clear direction and engage the team to achieve objectives
· Promote teamwork and positive employee relations with plant staff
· Develop and execute plant budget, and work with finance to develop and monitor KPIs
· Support growth objectives of company and business unit