Senior Level Plant Manager Jobs
Senior level plant manager jobs put experienced operations leaders in charge of facility-wide strategy, production outcomes, and the cross-functional teams that keep manufacturing running at scale. Most openings are on-site, with hiring concentrated in Manufacturing, Chemicals & Materials, and Food & Beverage and employers like Mauser Packaging Solutions, Jobot, and Evonik hiring at this level now.
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Role Summary
MANN+HUMMEL - Goldsboro, NC
The Plant Manager is responsible for leading all daily operations of the manufacturing facility to ensure safe, efficient, high-quality production in alignment with business goals, customer requirements, and MANN+HUMMEL standards. This role provides overall leadership for plant operations, including production, safety, quality, maintenance, continuous improvement, employee development, cost control, and operational performance.
The Plant Manager will drive a culture of accountability, teamwork, operational excellence, and continuous improvement while ensuring the facility meets or exceeds expectations for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people performance. #LI-Onsite
Main Tasks
- Lead and manage all plant operations to ensure production targets, customer requirements, and business objectives are met.
- Oversee daily manufacturing activities, resource planning, production performance, and operational execution.
- Ensure effective coordination between production, maintenance, quality, engineering, supply chain, HR, finance, and other support functions.
- Monitor key performance indicators and implement action plans to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and efficiency.
- Promote and maintain a strong safety culture across the facility.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, environmental, health, safety, and regulatory requirements.
- Support quality systems and ensure products are manufactured in accordance with customer, company, and industry standards.
- Drive corrective actions and continuous improvement activities related to safety, quality, process stability, and customer satisfaction.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to plant leadership teams and employees.
- Build a high-performance culture focused on accountability, engagement, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Support workforce planning, employee development, performance management, and succession planning.
- Partner with Human Resources to address employee relations, staffing, training, and organizational needs.
- Manage plant budgets, cost controls, productivity initiatives, and operational spending.
- Identify and implement opportunities to reduce cost, improve efficiency, and optimize resources.
- Support business planning, forecasting, capital planning, and operational strategy.
- Ensure plant performance aligns with company financial and operational goals.
- Lead and support lean manufacturing, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Drive standardization, process improvement, waste reduction, and improved plant performance.
- Encourage problem-solving and data-driven decision making throughout the organization.
- Support implementation of best practices, systems, and tools to improve operational effectiveness.
Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
- Several years of progressive leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Prior plant management or senior operations leadership experience preferred.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, safety, quality, maintenance, production planning, and continuous improvement.
- Experience managing budgets, operational KPIs, productivity initiatives, and cross-functional teams.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5S, Kaizen, or other continuous improvement methods preferred.
- Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to lead teams, manage change, and drive accountability in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Experience with ERP systems and Microsoft Office applications preferred.
Role Summary
MANN+HUMMEL - Goldsboro, NC
The Plant Manager is responsible for leading all daily operations of the manufacturing facility to ensure safe, efficient, high-quality production in alignment with business goals, customer requirements, and MANN+HUMMEL standards. This role provides overall leadership for plant operations, including production, safety, quality, maintenance, continuous improvement, employee development, cost control, and operational performance.
The Plant Manager will drive a culture of accountability, teamwork, operational excellence, and continuous improvement while ensuring the facility meets or exceeds expectations for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people performance. #LI-Onsite
Main Tasks
- Lead and manage all plant operations to ensure production targets, customer requirements, and business objectives are met.
- Oversee daily manufacturing activities, resource planning, production performance, and operational execution.
- Ensure effective coordination between production, maintenance, quality, engineering, supply chain, HR, finance, and other support functions.
- Monitor key performance indicators and implement action plans to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and efficiency.
- Promote and maintain a strong safety culture across the facility.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, environmental, health, safety, and regulatory requirements.
- Support quality systems and ensure products are manufactured in accordance with customer, company, and industry standards.
- Drive corrective actions and continuous improvement activities related to safety, quality, process stability, and customer satisfaction.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to plant leadership teams and employees.
- Build a high-performance culture focused on accountability, engagement, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Support workforce planning, employee development, performance management, and succession planning.
- Partner with Human Resources to address employee relations, staffing, training, and organizational needs.
- Manage plant budgets, cost controls, productivity initiatives, and operational spending.
- Identify and implement opportunities to reduce cost, improve efficiency, and optimize resources.
- Support business planning, forecasting, capital planning, and operational strategy.
- Ensure plant performance aligns with company financial and operational goals.
- Lead and support lean manufacturing, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Drive standardization, process improvement, waste reduction, and improved plant performance.
- Encourage problem-solving and data-driven decision making throughout the organization.
- Support implementation of best practices, systems, and tools to improve operational effectiveness.
Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
- Several years of progressive leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Prior plant management or senior operations leadership experience preferred.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, safety, quality, maintenance, production planning, and continuous improvement.
- Experience managing budgets, operational KPIs, productivity initiatives, and cross-functional teams.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5S, Kaizen, or other continuous improvement methods preferred.
- Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to lead teams, manage change, and drive accountability in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Experience with ERP systems and Microsoft Office applications preferred.
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Senior Level Plant Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level plant manager job?
Employers at this level look for candidates who have owned plant-wide outcomes, not just managed departments. Demonstrate a record of driving operational improvements, leading large hourly and salaried workforces, and making capital or budgetary decisions. Experience with continuous improvement methodologies, regulatory compliance, and cross-functional stakeholder management gives candidates a clear edge over mid-level applicants.
Which companies hire senior level plant managers?
Companies hiring senior level plant managers right now include Mauser Packaging Solutions, Jobot, and Evonik, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Hiring at this level comes primarily from large manufacturers, consumer goods producers, and industrial operations with complex, high-volume facilities.
Are there remote senior level plant manager jobs?
Yes, though most plant manager roles are on-site by nature given the hands-on leadership they require. About 0% of senior level plant manager openings are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, and these tend to be regional director or multi-site oversight roles where strategic coordination replaces daily floor presence.
What makes a plant manager role senior level?
Senior level plant manager roles carry facility-wide or multi-site accountability, full P&L ownership, and responsibility for setting operational strategy rather than executing someone else's plan. These positions involve mentoring plant managers and supervisors, driving capital investment decisions, and representing the facility to executive leadership. The scope and organizational impact clearly distinguish them from mid-level operations management.
Which industries hire the most senior level plant managers?
Senior Level plant manager roles concentrate in Manufacturing, Chemicals & Materials, and Food & Beverage, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These sectors drive hiring at this level because they operate large, complex facilities where experienced leadership directly affects output quality, safety compliance, and cost efficiency.