Description

Plant Manager

Lead the operation. Build the team. Elevate performance.

We are looking for a Plant Manager who leads from the floor, thinks like a business owner, and builds a manufacturing culture where accountability, safety, quality, and continuous improvement are part of everyday work.

This role oversees total facility performance, including production, financials, engineering, maintenance, quality, materials, supply chain, warehousing, logistics, safety, and people leadership.

If you’ve led a high‑speed, high‑volume manufacturing operation, developed strong leaders, and used Lean and Continuous Improvement to deliver measurable results, this is an opportunity to influence an entire operation.

What You’ll Lead

As Plant Manager, you will:

• Own plant performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, people, and customer expectations

• Develop and execute the annual operating budget; manage expenses, standard costs, labor, materials, and variances

• Build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, engagement, and operational discipline

• Lead initiatives that increase throughput, improve quality, reduce cost and inventory, strengthen reliability, and support profitable growth

• Partner across Safety, Quality, Engineering, R&D, L&D, HR, Supply Chain, and other functions to improve plant performance

• Strengthen production planning, inventory management, vendor relationships, maintenance effectiveness, and material flow

• Use data, operational metrics, ERP systems, and structured problem‑solving to drive sustainable improvements

• Champion Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement methodologies

• Ensure strong Quality Management Systems and manufacturing processes are maintained and improved

• Lead capital, engineering, process improvement, and operational projects that enhance long‑term capability

Leadership Matters Here

Strong operations require strong leaders.

A major part of this role is building the organization around you. You will:

• Develop supervisors, managers, and future manufacturing leaders

• Create clear expectations and accountability throughout the operation

• Listen to employees and identify opportunities to improve the employee experience

• Partner with HR and L&D on recruiting, onboarding, development, performance management, and workforce planning

• Foster a workplace built on fair treatment, communication, inclusion, development, and respect

• Be a visible, credible leader throughout the plant and community

What You Bring

We are seeking an experienced manufacturing leader with strong business acumen and operational depth.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership

• 3+ years of senior manufacturing management

• Demonstrated success in high‑speed, high‑volume manufacturing

• Strong Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement experience

• Proven leadership, coaching, and team‑building capabilities

• Experience managing budgets, financial performance, income statements, standard costs, and variance analysis

• Strong understanding of operations, quality, engineering, maintenance, materials, supply chain, inventory, and production planning

• Excellent communication and cross‑functional leadership skills

Preferred Experience

• Leadership of a manufacturing operation with 250+ employees

• Experience in printing, blown‑film or coextruded extrusion, flexible packaging, protective packaging, converting, or related environments

• Industry or Continuous Improvement certifications

• Strong ERP and manufacturing systems knowledge

• Advanced Excel and analytical capabilities

The Leader We’re Looking For

You know plant leadership is more than hitting yesterday’s production number. You move comfortably between the production floor and financial reviews. You know when to challenge a process, coach a leader, or dig into the data. You create structure without bureaucracy and build accountability without losing trust.

Most importantly, you develop teams capable of sustaining performance long after the latest improvement initiative.

If you are energized by building strong teams, improving manufacturing performance, solving complex operational challenges, and creating an operation people are proud to be part of, we’d like to hear from you.

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