Job Details
If you are interested in joining a company who is a pioneer in creating oilfield pumping units that date back to the 1920 s, look no further! Our client is looking for a Plant Manager to join their team in Nappanee, IN. You will have the opportunity to work for a world leader in its field, providing precision-engineered oilfield equipment, products, and services to customers around the globe. This opportunity is a Direct Hire role that comes with several perks including full benefits, paid holidays, and paid time off.
Operational Excellence/Continuous Improvement
- Aggressively improve focus and execution of operations as well as establish and achieve cost reduction through improvements and transformations in processes, and labor productivity to markedly improve EBITDA.
- Lead the cultural and operational change associated with best-in-class operating/operations excellence and Lean principles.
- Build the operational excellence strategy, with discrete metrics, to target, track and measure the effectiveness of the transformation.
- Create transparency using data (KPls) in a measurable way to achieve a specific strategic result that is relevant to the organization.
- Continuously improve the levels of customer service that differentiate the company from the competition.
- Identify and lead team in achieving improvements in working capital turnover.
- Educate the team and further deploy standard costing methodologies to improve quality of operational decision making and ultimately drive improved margins.
- Develop a deep understanding of material cost components, to help reduce costs, and improve flexibility of supply.
- Determine and deploy optimal organizational structure to support operational needs.
Leadership
- Build a high-performing manufacturing team using excellence in leadership, interpersonal communication, and decision-making ability.
- Ensure a cohesive and aligned leadership team that establishes and achieves aggressive stretch targets - both financial and operational.
- Work collaboratively with functional leadership and sales organization to deliver highest product quality and the company s exceptional customer service.
Skills to support the role
- Analytical skills - Able to structure and process qualitative or quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it. Exhibits a probing mind and achieves penetrating insights.
- High standards - Expects personal performance and team performance to be nothing short of the best.
- Ability to develop people - Coaches people in their current roles to improve performance and prepares them for future roles.
- Aggressiveness - Moves quickly and takes a forceful stand without being overly abrasive.
- Change agent - Embrace change and guide the organization through tough challenges while respecting the legacy and history of the company.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and 15+ years of experience in an operationally intensive, customer-focused manufacturing environment.
- Large plant management experience with complex industrial products.
- Expert at leading change, especially change associated with Cl, Lean, and operational improvement programs in an industrial environment.
- Experience and demonstrated success in industrial safety, quality management, customer service, talent management, project management, lean manufacturing and continuous improvement, inventory management, and asset utilization.
- Technical knowledge of engineering, machining, welding, steel, assembly, and/or stamping.