Louisville, Kentucky – Movement Search & Delivery www.movementsearch.com/jobs is working with a leading Tier-one supplier to the automotive industry. Due to their recent growth, the company has a newly created position for a Plant Manager.
What you will do: The Plant Manager is responsible for managing the production operations of the plant, while also assisting in upgrading the supervisory and operators talent and skills bases to achieve growth and meet market needs such as reduced cost, efficient production cycle times, uptimes and reliable delivery. The role researches, plans, targets and controls reductions in costs of operations, ensures that operating plans and methods achieve maximum plant performance and reliability, and coordinates plant schedules with the maintenance department to insure equipment is maintained. The position sets manning requirements and schedules to meet customer demands, participates in formulating and administering company policies, and manages policy deployment in the areas of lean manufacturing techniques, quality, cost reduction, complete and on-time delivery, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations, visual controls and plant performance measures. Additionally, the Plant Manager confers with the Operations Manager and other managers to review achievements and discuss required changes in goals or objectives resulting from current status and conditions, reviews analyses of activities, costs, operations, and forecast data to determine department progress toward stated goals and objectives, and oversees manufacturing operating reports to resolve operational, manufacturing, and facility problems.
What you will need: Bachelor’s Degree. Advanced experience in an automotive manufacturing plant. Experience with automotive seating. Current experience in a management role within a manufacturing environment. Working knowledge of Kaizen and lean manufacturing techniques.
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Please send your resume and current compensation to:
Greg Giltner
auto@movementsearch.com
(Yes, this email goes directly to a real person)
248-297-5305