Plant Manager

Position Summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking a full time Plant Manager to lead Operations at the Boaz, AL facility. The site employs approximately 100 production and office personnel.

This role involves leading an empowered team to consistently exceed customer expectations by implementing the Parker Lean system and Win Strategy to ensure a safe work environment, maximize profitable growth, drive quality improvements, provide premier customer service, and reduce operating costs through continuous improvement efforts aimed at shortening lead times and maximizing profitable growth, while managing day-to-day activities to meet daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual goals.

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Provides leadership for Plant operation employees. Coordinates all manufacturing functions within the plant environment.

Responsible for all aspects of managing Plant Operations, including developing associates, driving consistency and accountability, ensuring team consensus is used to thoroughly evaluate decisions, and ensuring rapid implementation of those decisions. Additional responsibilities include budget planning, employment decisions related to associates, and performance assessments of all direct reports, team leaders, and associates.

• Profitably grow the Plant and achieve goals measured weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually. Works with internal and external customers to promote and leverage Company technologies, systems, products, services and processes, while consistently establishing and maintaining premier customer service at all times.
• Leads strategy deployment for the Plant initiatives and growth. Leads Manufacturing functions to ensure operational efficiency and cost effectiveness. The Plant Manager collaborates with various departments, including Accounting and Finance, Human Resources, Safety, Lean, Quality Engineering, Maintenance, Information Technology, and Production Control and Planning. Additionally, they work with these functions to develop a plant budget aimed at reducing cost and growing the business profitably.
• Accountable for driving Lean initiatives throughout the Plant to ensure they are fully embraced and implemented. They guarantee that proper inventory management, production control scheduling, shipping/receiving logistics and quality procedures are in place.
• Instills and maintains a positive can-do team atmosphere by holding regular team meetings, assigning tasks and coordinating support services needed outside the team. They utilize PDCA alongside Tracking Centers and Team Improvement boards to monitor and ensure results. Staying familiar with the competitive environment, the Plant Manager provides leadership by promoting team concepts, coaching, counseling, retaining, mentoring, training, talent management, and individual development.
  
  Through strategy deployment and effective performance management, they drive a culture of accountability and results.

• 4 year university degree (or international equivalent) required;
  Ideal candidate has studied Business or Engineering
• Ideal candidate is working towards or has completed a Master’s degree (or international equivalent) in Business, Engineering, or related areas of study preferred
• Ideal candidate has 8 or more years of experience in Operations Management, with at least 4 or more years of experience in a leadership role
• Previous work experience ideally includes experience in business and operational processes

• Skills & Competencies

• Possess analytical and technical skills required to understand business practices and recommend proper opportunities
• Must have functional understanding of cost accounting and adopt to practical application
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills for effective interface with all internal and external contacts
• Practical experience in implementing lean technologies and practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills;
  Six-Sigma certification is preferred.

This position is subject to meeting U.S. export compliance and/or U.S. Government…