Plant Manager - Equipment Fabrication Facility

As our Green Tree Plant Manager, you will lead a team of 60 associates in the manufacturing and shipment of Feed and Does Equipment.  Following TPM framework you will continue the sites TPM journey to Silver, transforming the safety culture and standards of the plant, support continuous improvement of the production lines, along with supporting, developing and training your team of professionals. This role requires excellent communication skills in a fast-paced environment.

What You Will Do:

Leadership

• Take an active role in all aspects of safety and quality, with responsibility for the entire site
• Train, support, and develop your team in an equipment manufacturing environment with design standards, technical solutions, working closely with engineering, regulatory, safety, finance, marketing and providing a strong customer service,
• Responsible for a $7.0M annual expense budget along with $250K of capital projects to improve the plant operations
• Manage monthly costs, absorption and month-over-month accruals as needed
• Be an integral member of the Equipment Plant leadership team guiding strategic direction and being a great team member who leads by example
• Continue driving TPM, with goal set on Silver Certification
• Make decisions and set priorities tied to the plant, division, and company priorities, following the corporate Objectives, Goals, Strategies and Measures
• Follow company standards (Ecolab Code of Conduct) and plant work rules
• Model operational excellence, visibly demonstrating leadership and change management

Delivering Results

• Drive plant safety, with Goal Zero mindset
• Maintain a high DIOFT percentage with on time deliveries
• Manage monthly budget, staying at or below plan
• Proactively identify opportunities and threats in the business environment and articulate those to leadership, developing countermeasures accordingly
• As a leader you will train, coach and mentor your team
• Develop value added solutions with significant reach and/or impact
• Proactively resolve conflicts to maintain team members’ focus on results
• Make decisions and set priorities tied to plant goals and strategies
• Be strategic and a visionary, being able to lead people and problem solve production and QA related issues
• Ability to work closely with OBL’s and marketers supporting growth opportunities globally
• Create a monthly Green Tree plant OGSM and combined with your team present to Director/VP level. 

Talent Development

• Assist in the training of your Production, Warehouse and QA team leaders
• Responsible for maintaining strong work culture of entire plant
• Successfully complete safety and ergonomic training along with classroom, computer-based training as required

Relationships

• Build working relationships with Safety, Planning, R&D, Marketing, HR, Finance and Quality
• Proactively resolve conflict to maintain the plants focus on results
• Develop relationships across geographical and functional boundaries, including support of shipments to CA, EU and AP
• Work closely with Regulatory on Export shipment paperwork requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Supply Chain
• Minimum 7 years of Supply Chain experience
• Prior people leadership experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Worked in a production environment
• No immigration sponsorship available for this position

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree a plus
• Prior chemical or equipment operations experience
• Basic knowledge of manufacturing operations
• Experience in TPM, ISO
• Have managed financial budgets

Annual or Hourly Compensation Range

The base salary range for this position is $130,100.00 - $195,100.00. This position is eligible for annual bonus pay based on performance, per plan terms. Many factors are taken into consideration when determining compensation, such as experience, education, training, geography, etc. We comply with all minimum wage and overtime laws.

Benefits 

Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Click here to see our benefits. 

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