Our client, located in the Olympia, Washington area, has an immediate opening for a Plant Manager.

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

• Promotes a proactive and sustainable environmental, health and safety culture that supports zero incident” goal and that exceeds local, state and federal requirements
• Directs operational effectiveness to maximize efficiency and productivity
• Ensures customer delivery and quality expectations are met
• Plans and oversees the implementation of capital improvement projects to ensure adherence to approved plans, schedules and budgets
• Responsible for all aspects of financial management of the plant; controls spending in all areas including capital, labor, energy and inventory
• Resolves operational, manufacturing, employee and customer issues
• Prepares and compiles various analysis and reports pertaining to plant utilization, labor efficiencies, materials usage, scrap, and labor
• Responsible for compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (“GMP”) in food and/or pharmaceutical to consistently manufacture products according to quality standards, as well as other customer and regulatory quality standards
• Works closely with customer contacts (quality and purchasing) to ensure coordination of activities and facilitation of customer relationship; participates in the resolution and prevention of customer complaints, and promotes solid customer relations in partnership with the commercial organization
• Responsible for the overall development of people and skills throughout the plant to support talent management
• Actively works to build high engagement of coworkers
• Manages team of direct reports and is responsible for employee selection, development, mentoring, and performance management. Responsible for overall talent management and employee engagement; cultivates an environment of safety, high performance, and ethical and legal compliance; addresses employee relations issues
• Keeps informed of technical and management developments to assure continued personal growth and to coach employees toward optimum performance
• Expected Travel: 10%
  

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree Engineering or related field preferred; minimally, Business Administration or similar
• Master's degree preferred
• Minimum of ten years plant supervisory experience required, including three years in operations management
• Proven track record of success in a large operation in the plastics packaging industry
  Experience overseeing functions such as accounting or finance, safety and human resources, and quality preferred
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
  

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