Plant Manager

**Job Purpose**

**Nature of Duties/Responsibilities**:

- Develops a high performance, leadership-oriented Production Team.
- Provides a high level of leadership and management sufficient to motivate, develop, and guide the organization to achieving operational goals and objectives.
- Directs operations to ensure compliance with prescribed quality, cost, delivery, and other performance standards. Obtains planned results.
- Ensures a high level of customer satisfaction and effective customer relations.
- Fosters an operations environment that provides a safe and environmentally responsible facility.
- Selects, trains, develops, and motivates employees to maximize individual potential, achieve operational effectiveness, and ensure ongoing organizational capability.
- Maintains plant property and equipment in good condition to ensure compliance with governmental regulations and to ensure effective and economical operations.
- Proven track record in a very labour intensive & high mix/low volume production environment.
- Drive For Results - sets high goals for personl and group accomplishment; uses measurement methods to monitor progress toward goal attainment; works tenaciously to meet or exceed those goals, while deriving satisfaction from the process of goal achievement and continuous improvement.
- Establishes Strategic Direction - establishes and commits to a long-range course of action to accomplish a long-range goal or vision after analyzing factual information and assumptions, taking into consideration resources, constraints, and organizational values.
- Change Leadership - continuously seeks (or encourage others to seek) opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing organizational problems and opportunities.
- Empowerment/delegation - uses appropriate delegation, creates a sense of ownership of higher-level organizational issues and encourages individuals to stretch beyond their current capabilities.
- Strategic Decision Making - relates and compares; secures relevant information and identify key issues; commits to an action after developing alternative courses of action that take into consideration resources, constraints, and organizational values.
- Team Development - uses appropriate methods and interpersonal style to develop, motivate, and guide a team toward successful outcomes and attainment of business objectives.
- Customer Orientation - cultivates strategic customer relationships and ensures that the customer perspective is the driving force behind all value-added business activities.
- Builds Organizational Talent - attracts, develops, and retains talented individuals; creates a learning environment that ensures that associates realize their highest potential, thereby allowing the organization as a whole to meet future challenges.

**Education and Experience**:

- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
- Excellent presentation and influence skills.
- Strong ability to plan at both strategic and operational levels.
- Comprehensive knowledge of manufacturing philosophies, operations, processes, and related technologies.
- Demonstrated competence in lean manufacturing methodologies and continuous improvement systems (e.g., Six Sigma, TOC or Lean Manufacturing).
- Strong knowledge of quality systems, tools, and procedures ISO9001, TL9000 and AS9100, QS14000 and related customer quality standards and requirements.
- Excellent understanding and the ability to manage capital and expense budgets.
- Proven ability to solve complex problems and lead teams to solve complex problems.
- Undergraduate degree in a business/manufacturing related field (e.g. finance, engineering, business).
- Minimum of 10 years’ progressive management experience in a manufacturing environment with a very strong focus in Material Management.
- Able to obtain your Controlled Goods Certification, as well as International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Clearance.
- Post-graduate degree in a related field is an asset.