Plant Manager

Essential Responsibilities

• Operational Management:
  Develop and execute plans to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the plant, including production planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and maintenance activities.
• Coordinate plant activities through planning with department managers to ensure manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Establish and monitor overall plant performance for production and quality standards.
• Ensure plant facilities are well-maintained for uptime and reliability.
• Participate in maintenance planning to determine plant required projects, status of ongoing projects, and scheduling of future projects.
• Safety & Quality Compliance:
  Ensure all safety protocols and manufacturing SOPs are strictly followed and that the plant complies with all regulatory requirements.
• Establish policies and procedures required to ensure plant cleanliness.
• Implementing and maintaining safety standards to ensure a safe working environment for all employees.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and maintain a safe and healthy workplace.
• Promote environmental responsibility and support the company's ESG goals.
• Accountable for the EHS Management System.
• Responsible for FDA-readiness and site’s certification status.
• Process Improvement:
  Identify areas for improvement in production processes and implement strategies to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives and solve operational issues.
• Inventory Management:
  Monitor inventory levels of raw materials and finished products to ensure timely availability and minimize waste.
• Budget Management:
  Develop and manage the plant’s budget, ensuring cost-effective operations while meeting production targets.
• Responsible for implementing cost-effective systems of control over operating expenditures, workforce, wages, and salaries.
• Reduce costs of poor quality and manage inventories.
• Responsible for plant standard costs, work definitions, and capacity models.
• Manage inventories in partnership with Supply Chain and Planning.
• Manage within the approved Capex budget.
• Ensure judicious Capex spend to maintain and upgrade the facility for safety, compliance, quality, efficiency, and capacity.
• Team Leadership:
  Lead and motivate a team of managers, supervisors, technicians, and other staff members, providing guidance and coaching to improve performance and productivity, to foster a collaborative and productive work environment.
• Develop direct reports through teamwork, coaching, and innovation.
• Build a capable team with succession plans for key positions.
• Performance Management:
  Performance Management of all employees, including performance reviews, goal setting, production goals, disciplinary action, career development and succession planning.
• Champion people processes that prepare employees for success, establish performance expectations, and ensure a fair and equitable disciplinary process.
• Reporting:
  Prepare and present regular reports on plant performance, including production metrics, safety incidents, and financial results.
• Connect effectively with key stakeholders of Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, and external customers as required by standard business processes and / or sales visits.
• Ability to report effectively to the company’s executive leadership.
• Utilize Oracle ERP systems and excel for data analysis and reporting.
• Weekly, monthly, and quarterly tracking, analysis, and reporting of plant KPIs.
• Establish departmentalized key performance indicators and metrics to monitor and report overall plant performance to senior management.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing plant management role, preferably in the agriculture, food, or chemical industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Agriculture, Science or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, safety regulations, and quality control standards.
• Leadership and communication skills.
• Proven experience and leadership in a manufacturing plant setting demonstrate success in achieving productive, cost effective and compliant results.
• Superior communication skills from line level…