Stanley Engineered Fastening

PlantManager

Chesterfield, Michigan, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Plant Manager at Stanley Engineered Fastening. Skills: Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Inventory and People (SQCDIP), site(s) financial performance, Lean Manufacturing techniques, plant performance measures, root cause analysis, effective problem solving, compliance with all federal and state regulations, budget management, operations headcount needs, capital investments, material flow optimization, best practices, unionized site leadership, leading an organization through significant change an”

What You'll Achieve.

increasing levels of customer and employee satisfaction; improving the efficiency of labor, materials, and machines; improve product profiles, cost, standards, profits, and availability; complete and on time delivery; plant performance measures; increase inventory turns; reduce levels on hand; driving labor efficiencies

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

solve problems and analyze issues; root cause analysis; effective problem solving

Eligibility Requirements

on-site employee

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Operations, or related field required, Minimum of ten (10) years of related progressive manufacturing operations multi-site leadership experience in a multi shift environment, managing multiple business functions, Plastic injection molding, cold forming, and tier automative supplier experience required, Site P&L responsibility experience

Nice to Have

MBA preferred, Certification in Lean or Six Sigma a plus, High volume assembly operations preferred

What You'll Do.

Assume overall leadership of Safety

Inventory and People (SQCDIP) for products and processes

Complete responsibility for site(s) financial performance

Directly interact with all support functions including Commercial

Advanced Manufacturing

and Supply chain to ensure increasing levels of customer and employee satisfaction while improving the efficiency of labor

Support new product development plans by collaborating with the relevant product managers to improve product profiles

Lead and manage policy deployment in the areas of Lean Manufacturing techniques

complete and on time delivery

customer satisfaction

and plant performance measures

Provide plant and team leadership through visioning

performance management

coaching and communication

and employee relations

Provide leadership for root cause analysis and effective problem solving

yielding immediate and long-term corrective actions and sustainable enhancements

Ensure compliance with all federal and state regulations (e. g. OSHA)

as well as all company policies and standards

including cost control

Manage material requirements to increase inventory turns and reduce levels on hand

Support the development of an accurate annual budget

effectively manage the budget

and provide analysis for forecasting changes

Support IBP/S&OP through effectively monitoring demand forecast and comparing/converting it into supply forecast factoring in head/tail winds for labor

and manage operations headcount needs driving labor efficiencies

and drive implementation of capital investments and improvement projects

Balance work cell loading across the plant and leverage material flow optimization opportunities

Continually benchmark and drive effective application of best practices and upskilling of our associates

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Directly interact with all support functions including Commercial, Advanced Manufacturing, Quality, EHS, Security, HR, Finance, Engineering, and Supply chain; Support new product development plans by collaborating with the relevant product managers; Collaborate with others

Communication Scope

Excellent inter-personal communicate; Inspire and motivate others; Communicate

Process & Methodology

Excellent project management

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