What are the responsibilities and job description for the Industrial Operations Leader position at IPL?
About IPL:
IPL is a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, specializing in rigid plastic products for various industries. Our commitment to sustainability drives our business operations, ensuring environmental, social, and economic value for stakeholders.
With 17 manufacturing facilities, 2 corporate offices, and 3 R&D facilities across Canada, Europe, and the United States, we employ over 2,500 people. Discover more about our story at: The Role:
- We are seeking an experienced Plant Manager to join our team in Leominster, MA.
- This position oversees all operational activities at the Forsyth Plant, ensuring compliance with health and safety, environmental, and quality standards from order receipt to delivery.
- You will be responsible for the financial performance and P&L of the site, aligning with divisional EBITDA objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Accountable for operational strategy, safe operations, operating performance, financial performance, capital deployment, growth initiatives, and day-to-day leadership of the plant.
- Implement the operations strategy, organization structure, and processes in the plant.
- Plan, direct, coordinate, and oversee operations activities, ensuring efficient operations and cost-effective systems meet current and future needs.
- Responsible for the financial performance and P&L of the site, adhering to operational, financial, legal, and regulatory requirements.
- Lead and manage employees, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and challenged to grow in a safe working environment.
- Guide, direct, coach, and evaluate the work of the plant management team across operations, production, quality, health and safety, finance, S&OP, and HR.
- Drive a sustainable health and safety culture across the plant, implementing division and group-wide programs and initiatives.
- Design and deliver the operational efficiency plan for maintenance and tool replacement in the plant.
- Promote operational excellence and efficiencies throughout the plant, establishing KPI benchmarks and targets.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives (5S, Kaizen, Productivity).
- Oversee plant capital development projects, ensuring thorough proposals, cost-effective procurement, and project success operationally and commercially.
- Collaborate with the Supply Chain function to implement the sales and operations planning process (S&OP) for the plant.
- Develop price costing systems for the sales team to ensure accuracy of pricing in the market.
- Responsible for warehouse management.
- Provide regular, consistent, and transparent communication to colleagues, the regional leadership team, and ELT members about business activities, potential threats, opportunities, and recommended actions.
- Contribute to short-term and mid-term plans for optimizing the organization, function, or sub-function and talent required to execute strategies.
- Complete regular performance reviews, manage attendance, disciplinary issues, and procedures as appropriate.
- Be a member of the labor relations committee.
- Embody our company values.
