Plant Manager - Metals Fabrication
$115,000–$150,000 year
On-siteRoseville, Minnesota, United States
Job Summary
Lead a team of manufacturing departments including scheduling, fabrication, and assembly in a metals fabrication facility, owning overall plant accountability for SQDC KPIs, budget management, and production output. Manage spending against budget, propose CAPEX projects with ROI justification, and establish timelines for continuous improvement initiatives to drive operational excellence. Consult with engineering to modify jobs for improved production and quality while ensuring compliance with ISO standards and departmental procedures. Communicate cross-functionally with client support, engineering, and senior leadership to ensure consistent messaging and data-driven decision-making.
Required Qualifications
- Experience in Transition Leadership: Fast Growth > 15% per year, including operational turn arounds, fast expansions, etc.
- Ability to provide technical oversight, with the understanding of metal products and processes
- Proven success in contract manufacturing, producing 1000+ SKUs for 10+ customers
- Understanding and ability to pull data and analyze metrics related to budgets, KPI's, and efficiency reporting
- Cultural change agent, with strong leadership, influencing and mentoring skills
- Working knowledge of ERP systems within a manufacturing environment
- Epicor experience
- Must be a U.S. Person within the meaning of the law OR obtain an export control license
Desired Qualifications
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Strong business acumen
- Passion for developing high-performing teams
- Strategic, hands-on leader
- Passion for performance
- Passion for Customer Focus
- Passion for Right People
- Passion for Best Teams
- Ability to shape operations
- Ability to influence the future of the business
- Ability to build a meaningful career path
- Ability to drive operational excellence
- Ability to drive continuous improvement
- Ability to drive strong performance across safety, quality, cost, and delivery
- Ability to seek solutions that strengthen quality, value, service, and effectiveness
- Ability to respectfully challenge the status quo
- Ability to manage change
- Ability to lead tier meetings
- Ability to propose and show justification for CAPEX projects
- Ability to clearly present the benefits and ROI
- Ability to clearly define continuous improvement projects
- Ability to establish and maintain timelines for continuous improvement projects
- Ability to make timely, data-driven decisions
- Ability to positively impact production, results, and customer satisfaction
- Ability to communicate effectively and confidently cross-functionally
- Ability to provide updates and ask questions of client support teams, engineering, and senior leadership
- Ability to build and maintain productive employee relationships
- Ability to mentor supervisors
- Ability to partner with HR to drive employee satisfaction
- Ability to improve employee retention
- Ability to uphold the company values
- Ability to facilitate positive company culture
- Ability to contribute to overall success
- Ability to consult with engineering
- Ability to modify jobs in order to improve the production and quality of product
- Ability to comply with the requirements of the ISO Quality Management System
- Ability to comply with departmental procedures
- Ability to comply with work-instructions
- Ability to manage spending against budget
- Ability to manage in relation to changes in production volume
- Ability to lead a team of manufacturing departments
- Ability to manage 5-8 direct reports
- Ability to own overall plant accountability for KPIs
- Ability to manage Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost (SQDC)
- Ability to manage the output of critical components
- Ability to manage plant productivity
- Ability to travel to Roseville, MN and Coon Rapids, MN facilities
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