Plant Manager
| Company | nVent |
|---|---|
| Location | Solon, OH, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- A degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Sourcing or related business field is preferred
- Minimum 5+ years’ experience as a site manager and managing an organization with more than 100 people
- Ideally 10+ years manufacturing experience
- Proven record of Lean implementation and creating a lean culture
- Fabrication experience in metal stamping/pressing, painting and assembly highly preferred
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Knowledge of process improvement concepts and methods along with the flexibility and adaptability to accept, support, and deploy new processes in a changing business environment
- Skill in project management and organization
Responsibilities
- Lead the site to achieve Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Cash initiatives
- Drive leadership in the application of Lean Principles and Methods
- Act as a change agent and drive campus toward improved waste elimination, in manufacturing and business processes.
- Provide strategy and direction to Value Stream Manager to meet production plans.
- Partner with functional partners (central planning, quality, lean, safety, finance, HR) for site activities
- Establish site Transformation Plans and lead site to the execution and strategy development
- Create an environment of continuous improvement, including cost effective procedures, systems, tooling, and equipment to continually improve manufacturing productivity.
- Be responsible to assure strategic plans are in place for talent acquisition, employee development and people management are in place.
- Develop open lines of communication to continually monitor employee attitudes and concerns, and implement appropriate actions with input from Human Resources.
- Coordinate and drive activities that respond to customer and market needs through contact with marketing departments and district sales offices.
- Convert strategy deployment goals into Kaizen team actions – lead and follow-up on the conversion of batch processing to lean practices.
- Work with nVent leadership to identify opportunities, execute action plans, follow-up and assure achievement of enterprise goals.
- Develop annual plan for multiple business units focusing on the Value Stream.
Preferred Qualifications
- Fabrication experience in metal stamping/pressing, painting and assembly highly preferred