What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Manager position at Emotiv?
Key Areas of Responsibility (Answerable for the following end results)
- 100% responsible for the day-to-day operation of the facility, including Operations, Mfg. Engineering, Controls, Information Technology, Maintenance, Materials, Quality, Human Resources, Health and Safety departments.
- Clearly and effectively communicate plant and company goals, expectations and objectives to all staff and hourly team members.
- Lead management meetings, high-level corrective actions, operations reviews, and the general promotion of continual improvement as a business culture.
- Create, maintain and foster positive relationships with key relationships.
- Foster a Safety-First environment to achieve safety goals and objectives for the facility.
- Execute all business plan objectives to ensure a profitable operation (achieve monthly P & L objectives).
- Strategize, plan and adjust business plan utilizing a complete risk and opportunity analysis and review monthly with executive leadership and plant leadership.
- Foster environment conducive to identify and achieve continuous improvement activities above and beyond the business plan objectives.
- Ensure High levels of Employee Satisfaction.
- Create and sustain an environment to hold all departments accountable meet their performance objectives per plant goals, company goals and business objectives.
- Perform internal reviews, providing coaching, teaching, counseling as required.
- Ensure the successful launch of engineering changes, model changeovers and new programs.
- Ensure the readiness of the facility for sudden catastrophic failures as outlined in the Disaster Recovery Process (i.e.: Severe weather, Fire, IT server failures, power failures, etc.).
- Comply with all company directed policies and procedures developed within the Business Operating System.
- Ensure building and premises are secure from all non-authorized personal.
- Document all activities as required.
- Adhere to and promote the Vision and Culture Operating Philosophy and observe the rules, regulation and direction of the Employee Handbook.
- Any additional responsibility deemed necessary by management.
- Advise Executive Management of those situations that may pose a significant risk to the program, product assurance, facilities, employee safety or customer satisfaction results.
- Initiate actions to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformance relating to product, process & systems.
- Identify and record any problems relating to the product, process or system.
- Initiate, recommend or provide solutions through the appropriate channels and verify implementation.
- Control further processing and delivery of nonconforming products until the deficiency is corrected.
- Responsible to meet customer requirements with regards to operational volumes, product quality and delivery.
- Bachelor’s degree in a manufacturing or management discipline or equivalent combination of work and education.
- Minimum 15 years related experience in an Automotive Manufacturing/Materials environment.
- Must be able to effectively communicate with all levels within the business as well as executive leadership.
- Must have extensive experience in Materials Management and Operations.
- Possess excellent verbal, and written communications skills
- Possess leadership abilities, and organizational skills.
- Ability to Delegate
- Works well under pressure
- Problem Solver
- Proficient computer skills (i.e. Word, Excel, etc.).
