Plant Manager

The Plant Manager is responsible to lead daily operations for the plant and to ensure reliability and consistency on HSE/Compliance and the smooth execution of the production line. Contribute and lead in the development of a business plan for the business unit as a whole. Is involved in discussions with other disciplines about future developments and consequences for the business unit. Develops a strategic midterm plan for the manufacturing unit based upon the agreed strategic plan for the whole unit.

Responsibilities, authorities and accountabilities:

• Responsible as site leader for the management and overall leadership of the Shannon plant.
• Lead and manage the manufacturing production facility in order to reach defined targets in HSE, Compliance , revenue, quality, cost, delivery and safety.
• Lead and develop the plant management team in performance development and career growth and in executing on business strategy goals and objectives.
• Lead and drive accountability for everyone meeting HSE delivery and execution for manufacturing plant.
• Deliver best in class OTD target at 100%, zero past dues and overdue backlog.
• Be responsible for overall cost actions within the plant, focus on VCP, cost management and bullet trains along with tight control for plant po management.
• Responsible for overall plant backlog integrity and date maintenance.
• Leads resolution of sales order blocks and assumes complete ownership for backlog.
• Drive continuous business improvement with focus on lean and additive manufacturing.
• Lead plant capacity planning and production/manufacturing planning strategy with drive on zero past due orders and leading indicator focus on planned orders.
• Team management of plant leadership team and site leadership for all plant employees.
• Management of overall plant P and E, inventory and Obso/scrap execution and strategy.
• Conduct frequent interactions on strategic level due to complex long term planning activities and/or complex long term sales processes with high degrees of customizations.
• Handles very complex manufacturing processes. Complexity due to inherent technical variety, interdependency of production cycles, required technical know-how, value of assets or scale of production.
• Leads a big manufacturing unit. Consistent of several value stream departments and dispersed manufacturing departments. 

Required Qualifications:

• Engineering or supply chain Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college. 
• Minimum of 15 additional years of experience ideally in Plant Management and materials management.
• Experience in planning and materials management leadership roles.

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.