Plant Manager

Position Summary

The Plant Manager will provide leadership and coaching to develop a positive and high performing team focused on achieving quality personal care products (Wet Ones). Responsibilities include continuous improvement initiatives, quality management processes, production, maintenance, engineering and Health and Safety requirements within an FDA regulated facility. This position will be located at our Sidney, Ohio manufacturing facility.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for meeting operations budgetary goals in productivity, labor, and spending.
• Responsible for maintaining a healthy pipeline of initiatives to improve productivity, quality, safety and sustainability to reduce costs and carbon footprint and support the company’s targets.
• Develops staffing plans to meet demand and optimize equipment, process, and teammate efficiency.
• Monitors organizational and individual performance and gives developmental feedback, creates development plans and ensures accountability to our policies and company values.
• Provide leadership, direction, and oversight for plant leadership.
• Leads and/or supports our various reward, recognition and engagement activities such as surveys, engagement plans, company recognition tools, culture team activities, etc.
• Responsible for ensuring plant is always FDA/cGMP and OSHA compliant and audit ready.
• Works with plant leaders and teammates to coordinate an overall strategy of continuous improvement with emphasis on process improvement.
• Supports teamwork and promotes and practices the company’s values and behaviors.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelors Degree strongly preferred
• Minimum of eight years experience in an operations, engineering or maintenance manager role

• Experience managing a departmental budget
• High level of personal communication skills and ability to motivate teams within a manufacturing environment
• Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement knowledge and implementation experience desirable
• Working knowledge of an FDA regulated facility and experience in cGMP is desired
• Experience working in a non-woven manufacturing facility a plus

Work Environment

• Less than 10% travel required
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment
• Work schedule is projected to be typical business hours, but work will be required on night shifts and weekends to support business needs.
• Exposure to health risks or conditions that may require the use of Personal Protective Equipment

The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $175,000. Actual base salary offered to a candidate may vary based upon factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance.

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