Plant Manager, Machining

 

­­PLANT MANAGER 

Red Wing, MN

Company Overview:

DESTACO, a Dover Company, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance automation, workholding, and remote handling solutions.  The company serves customers in variety of end-markets, including the automotive, life sciences, consumer goods, packaging, aerospace, and nuclear sectors. 

 

Built on a legacy of over 100 years, DESTACO offers a comprehensive portfolio of products to engineer precise movement, placement and control solutions that drive productivity and uptime for manufacturers around the world.  The DESTACO family of products consists of industry-leading brands such as DESTACO Manual and Power Clamps, Camco and Ferguson Indexers, Robohand Grippers and CRL Manipulators and Transfer Ports. 

 

DESTACO is based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and operates globally through ~700 team members across 12 locations.

 

Dover is a diversified global manufacturer with annual revenues of $7+ billion.  The company delivers innovative equipment and components, specialty systems, and support services through four major operating segments: Energy, Engineered Systems, Fluids, and Refrigeration & Food Equipment.  Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Dover trades on the New York Stock Exchange under “DOV.”

 

Central Research Laboratories (CRL), the Remote Handling business within DESTACO is a key P&L serving the Life Sciences (pharmaceutical, radio-pharmaceutical and bio-containment) and Nuclear market segments. Our products are recognized in the marketplace under the CRL brand.

Position Summary:

The Plant Manager for DESTACO’s Remote Handling business is responsible for leading a cross-functional plant staff, and for leading all activities relating to the manufacturing operations. S/he will lead a multifunctional staff and direct overall manufacturing activities for the plant including purchasing, materials management, maintenance, tooling, manufacturing engineering, production scheduling, planning, warehouse, quality assurance, and safety of plant operations. S/he will inspire the staff to achieve results in alignment with company and business strategy as well as operational objectives focused on safety, health and environment, quality/warranty, lead-time/delivery, productivity, resource/asset utilization (inventory, people development) and employee engagement. The Plant Manager will lead the implementation of a lean (continuous improvement) culture through visual management boards and Kaizen events and develop a safety culture that achieves organizational targets.  He/she will oversee the organization to deliver operational excellence and achieve organizational strategy and goals.

 

The Plant Manager reports to the Vice President and General Manager for Remote Handling.  This position is located in Red Wing, MN and requires some travel (up to 10-15%).  Reporting to the position are direct managers/supervisors, as well as direct labor for the plant. The position requires the ability to work and communicate closely with plant teams and across regions with all levels of the organization, with customers and suppliers, and to work in teams worldwide.

 

Key Job Responsibilities included but not limited to:

• Fosters a culture of transparency, disciplined problem-solving, high-performance work teams, and continuous improvement. Strives to ensure the appropriate team, tools and processes are in place to support these desired cultural traits.
• Leads and promotes safety awareness with other key members of the team.  Promotes accident prevention and employee involvement regarding a safe work environment. Ensures employees have an understanding of the safety expectations of the organization.
• Leads and fosters the continuous improvement roadmap for plant management team. Leverages continuous improvement tools to drive continued operational improvements and ensures engagement of the entire plant management team through strong communication and clear direction.
• Responsible for all aspects of the plant including delivering on Sales, Cost, EBIT, Inventory, Productivity (Material and Conversion Cost) and other key goals.
• Directs overall manufacturing activities for the plant including purchasing, materials management, maintenance, tooling, manufacturing engineering, production scheduling, planning, warehouse, and quality assurance to obtain optimum efficiency and safety of plant operations and in cooperation across the DESTACO manufacturing network.
• Oversees all Continuous Improvement initiatives with the support and guidance necessary to assure manufacturing success for the facility and its team members, including: 
  • Application of Lean principles to optimize on-time delivery, lead-time reduction, set up time reduction, quick