Plant Manager

Job Summary/Overview

The Plant Manager provides senior leadership at plant level and creates a positive environment for all associates. This leader drives customer service excellence, best-in-class quality, and high operating efficiency with outstanding manufacturing agility through lean and continuous improvement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Plans, implements and oversees manufacturing plant organization policies and goals.
• Leverage KPI's and action plans to ensure effective daily management of operations inclusive of materials, quality, machining, assembly, shipping/receiving.
• Coordinate activities of departments such as manufacturing, engineering, production control, materials management, quality, service, and maintenance to ensure customer service excellence, high quality, cost control, and operational efficiency.
• Drive transformational change throughout the plant in coordination with business unit strategies and plans.
• Work with the plant management team to continuously improves manufacturing and other plant processes through Lean, Six-Sigma, and other similar metric driven methods.
• Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead team members to their optimum performance levels and career development.
• Manage morale and turnover through building an understanding of what motivates your team members.
• Communicate the vision from senior leadership and set and communicate business objectives for your team that align with this vision.
• Manage the day-to-day activities and motivate team members to succeed in a fast-paced collaborative agile environment centered on software development.
• Guide and support plant resources in capital investments, material management, and labor & overhead productivity plans.
• Confers with administrative personnel and reviews business activity including related operating and sales reports to ensure customer service excellence, quality, and operational efficiency.

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities

• Demonstrated expertise in adding value through leadership by building strong high performing teams and achieving successful outcomes on complicated programs.
• Acts independently or as a member of a project team responsible for providing technical process guidance concerning the business implications of the application of various systems.
• Demonstrated success in a high mix ETO manufacturing environment of products with complex BOM structure.
• A team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and detailed oriented.
• Ability to think abstractly to deal with ambiguous/undefined problems
• Must possess a very strong background in Lean Manufacturing. Requires good people management, motivational and leadership skills.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or 10+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ year operations experience involving materials management, machining, manufacturing engineering, quality, production, and warehousing.
• 5+ years proven track record of Plant Manager experience and/or progressive experiences in plant management to include operations, production, value stream, factory manager.

About Columbus McKinnon:

Columbus McKinnon is a leading worldwide designer, manufacturer and marketer of intelligent motion solutions that move the world forward and improve lives by efficiently and ergonomically moving, lifting, positioning and securing materials. Key products include hoists, crane components, precision conveyor systems, rigging tools, light rail workstations and digital power and motion control systems. We are focused on commercial and industrial applications that require the safety and quality provided by our superior design and engineering know-how. Columbus McKinnon is a publicly traded company that has been in business for almost 150 years - proud of our heritage, where we come from, and where we're going. As Columbus McKinnon grows globally, so does our need for driven and inspired employees. Join our winning team!

Columbus McKinnon Corporation promotes a diverse and inclusive workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other Federal or State legally-protected classes. We also value the safety of all associates and work hard to maintain a Drug Free Workplace.

Nearest Major Market: Charlotte