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General Manager provides leadership and manages the manufacturing operations and support departments to achieve optimal levels of productivity, quality, and safety to assure internal and external customer satisfaction.
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Essential Functions :
- Oversee compliance to all internal and OSHA required safety procedures.
- Identify training needs within the plant and review current training programs.
- Provide leadership through adherence to all company policies and procedures.
- Responsible for financial performance of the plant.
- Provide support for corporate activities : Quoting, Costing, Procedure development.
- Directly supervises up to 8 direct reports in a 400 employee, 200,000 sq ft plant.
- Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
- Responsibilities include training employees, planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees;
- Addressing complaints and resolving problems.
- Perform administrative / functional management of all elements of the operation.
- Drive plant activities toward achieving customer awards and certifications (QS-9000).
- Interface with customers and suppliers as required.
- Monitor and drive continuous improvement activities in all departments of the operation.
- Maintain high standards of housekeeping.
- Provide direction and leadership consistent with the plants business plan goals.
- Identify key measurables that support business plan goals.
- Manage the process technology expertise to keep a competitive advantage.
- Provide leadership to meet customer expectations in all areas.
- Manage the business plan, its objectives and revise as necessary.
- The employee is regularly exposed to working in the manufacturing environment and work with moving mechanical parts.
- The employee must not wear any loose-fitting clothing that may get in the way of the moving machinery.
- The employee is occasionally exposed to extreme heat and vibration.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
Business or Engineering degree or equivalent degree; and ten years related experience or supervisory experience and or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Manufacturing background in plastics preferred.
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