What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Manager Job position at Bostik?
Job Description
Division: Bostik – Durable Goods (DG)
Region: Americas
Job title
Plant Manager – Petersburg
Situation in organization
The Plant Manager reports to the Regional Industrial Director, Industrial Adhesives, AMAS
Job dimensions (scope, responsibility)
Job Holder :
Manager Approval
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Division: Bostik – Durable Goods (DG)
Region: Americas
Job title
Plant Manager – Petersburg
Situation in organization
The Plant Manager reports to the Regional Industrial Director, Industrial Adhesives, AMAS
Job dimensions (scope, responsibility)
- Provide the leadership, direction, and management for all aspects of the plant's operation.
- Responsible for the safe operation of the plant and compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Responsible for meeting site and business Key Performance Indicators.
- Direct reports include Production Supervisor and Logistics and Quality Supervisor.
- Develop, implement and sustain a continuously improving EHS Program to achieve the ultimate goal of zero safety or environmental incidents while maintaining full compliance with EHS requirements.
- Practice Safe work habits in accordance with OSHA, EPA guidelines, and Arkema specific EHS expectations.
- Drive best in class 5S and housekeeping expectations.
- Lead site adherence to the Quality Management System and reduction in the cost of poor quality.
- Coordinate with Industrial Director and BU Director to create the plant’s vision and growth strategies. Execute the business and operations plans to achieve revenue, profit, and performance targets.
- Drive culture of root cause analysis using problem solving tools to minimize repeat issues.
- Work closely with Customer Service, Product Line management and Sales to achieve the best On- Time Delivery results while meeting the financial and inventory goals of the plant.
- Achieve the Manufacturing Expense Budget for the plant.
- Lead culture of continuous improvement in operation excellence. Identify and implement projects to generate cost savings (fixed costs, variable costs, cost of poor quality, and soft productivity improvements).
- Utilize lean six sigma tools to drive improvements in productivity of the site. Use of OEE (overall equipment efficiency) and VSM (value stream mapping) to drive productivity improvement.
- Ensure small capex projects are led and executed by the plant team and participate in large capex projects as defined by the AGATE process.
- Communicate plant needs, roadblocks, successes to plant, business team and executive team.
- Foster an environment of continuous improvement where all associates are involved in the improvement process and there is constant interaction with plant leadership and associates on the floor.
- Coordinate with R&D to support new product introduction projects and product improvements.
- Prioritize plant issues based on operational and business priorities; provide clear direction to the team.
- Deliver plant goals through building collaborative and dynamic plant culture through engagement, team building and accountability across disciplines. Remove barriers and siloed thinking.
- A fast paced, visible environment where you are involved in a wide variety of functions and activities.
- You will participate in activities within the plant and also outside the plant.
- Heavy use of computer software, both PC based and enterprise system, combined with frequent interpersonal communication.
- Expect that at least 30% of your time will be spent on the shop floor working with the site leadership team, supervisors and operators. Set the example on the floor.
- Ability to travel up intermittently, up to 5-15% travel, if needed for business meetings and/or other duties.
- Leadership of plant activities to meet plant and business objectives.
- Accountable for all aspects of plant performance.
- BS or MS in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline
- Minimum experience of 5 years as a Production/Operations manager or supervisor at a comparable or larger site.
- Experience in Project Management, Process Engineering and/or Regulatory for at least 2-3 years
- Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to build and lead teams. Demonstrated ability to lead change.
- Experience with Lean/Six Sigma manufacturing and related continuous improvement
- Ability to manage competing priorities
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Job Holder :
Manager Approval
Signature :
#bostikUSA
