Plant Manager


Job Details

Job Description :

A leader who demonstrates and communicates the company s vision, mission, and values to the plant workforce. Responsible for the overall management, direction and execution of plant operations.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as Plant Champion for Vision, Mission, Values

  • Align with Cooper Standard Top Priorities
  • Lead communication effort with plant workforce
  • Serve as primary community partner on behalf of Cooper Standard
  • Model Cooper Standard Capabilities

Foster the engagement and development of the plant workforce

  • Manage, coach and develop leadership staff
  • Drive the Building a Talent Organization Initiative
  • Drive organizational success through performance management system
  • Support positive employee and labor relations (union/works council)
  • Ensure a respectful and ethical environment

Ensure a safe and environmentally responsible workplace

  • Implement and enforce Cooper Standard Total Safety Culture
  • Execute 6S

Continually improve overall quality of the plant

  • Serve as first contact for customer quality escalations
  • Execute Cooper Standard Quality Operating System
  • Achieve all green customer scorecards/become supplier of preference
  • Manage and minimize scrap and containment actions

Optimize financial and cost performance

  • CI
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Launch performance
  • BBP
  • Net Operations Variance
  • Maximize labor efficiencies
  • Manage to the plant budget

Meet customer delivery requirements

  • Achieve inventory days on hand target
  • Achieve on-time delivery target to the customer
  • Minimize premium freight

Coordinate plant activities with other company groups (IT, CoC, Engineering, Launch Management, etc.)

  • Implement new technology (SAP, process, product, etc.)
  • Coordinate implementation of corporate initiatives
  • Act as spokesperson for the plant in corporate activities
  • Manage program launches





 Cooper Standard

 05/27/2024

 Gaylord,MI