Injection Molding Manager - Plastic Executive Recruiters

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PLANT MANAGER - Injection Molding

Due to continued expansion and growth, a local company is seeking a high-quality Plant Manager with experience leading a high-volume, tight-tolerance, large part Injection Molding operation. The company is growing, and you'll be part of a team-based operation that has been charting new records for production, quality, and customer satisfaction for over a decade. As such, any candidate must: be an extremely solid leader of people, promote a "top-down" servant-leader philosophy, and be a cheerleader for modern best practices in management, accountability, and key performance metrics-based accountability. This is not a turnaround operation.

Responsibilities for Plant Manager:

Operational responsibility for molding and supply chain initiatives, ensuring that safety, productivity, staffing, utilization, scrap are all at appropriate levels.
Hands-on participant in defining future equipment and tooling, and will personally mentor capable team members in the technical and processing aspects.
In conjunction with company executives and key managers, the Plant Manager will establish budgets and strategic plans to accomplish corporate objectives for growth and profitability, including make/buy (insource/outsource) decisions.
Establish metrics for key areas of measurement and hold teams accountable to achieve or exceed these goals.
Drive continuous improvement as a way of life in the operations, including constantly improving metrics in key areas.

Qualifications for Plant Manager:

A BS degree is preferred, but will consider all candidates with extremely strong knowledge of injection molding processing and operations, particularly with strong medical device experience.
5 years of experience as Business Unit Manager, Plant Manager or General Manager in a manufacturing operation
5 years experience working with teams who specify mold machines, secondary equipment, fixtures, tooling, etc., so that you have a thorough understanding of why certain equipment or tooling is chosen and where to go to source the equipment.
8 years of hands-on experience in injection molding with an in-depth knowledge of the processes, ability to both train and problem solve molding operations, and extremely strong knowledge of tooling, materials, and processes that represent the state of the art.
Strong, metric-driven personality and methodology, and must drive the business for continual improvement of key metrics. Strong budgeting and finance knowledge.

Plastic Executive Recruiters

05/20/2024

Fort Wayne,IN