Plant Manager
Hubbell Incorporated
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Reading • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Develops plans for efficient use of materials, machines, and employees
- Improving process flexibility through cross training
- Supervises production quality and ensures compliance
- Actively promotes quality excellence
- Supplies relevant metrics for daily/weekly team review
- Continuously review and redefine metrics to maximize group performance
- Stays abreast of Lean manufacturing principles
- Embraces right sized solutions for manufacturing flow
- Enhances LEAN culture and drives continuous improvement
- Plans, develops and implements new methods and procedures to improve operations, operating costs, and effect greater utilization of labor and materials
- Eliminates waste and develops cost reductions
- Recommends budgets and spending forecasts
- Approves expenditures for supplies, materials, personnel
- Ensures materials, labor and equipment are used efficiently to meet productivity and customer requirements
- Maintain a safe working environment consistent with all local, state, OSHA and Hubbell requirements
- Review and analyze reports to evaluate facility performance against key indicator metrics
- Lead staff and workflow to maintain alignment with business goals for these key indicators
- Develop a staff and culture dedicated to the highest levels of quality and customer service
- Drive and sustain continuous improvements in all areas throughout the facility using techniques such as 5S, Kaizen Improvement, Standard Work, Root Cause analysis and others to identify and eliminate non valued added activities.
- Other responsibilities include: interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and developing employees; addressing daily challenges and resolving problems.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5+ years experience manufacturing management experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Industrial Engineering, Business Management or equivalent
- Solid understanding of Financial Management
- Experience in a growth-oriented sales
- 5+ years experience with Lean manufacturing and/or Six Sigma quality processes
- Proficiency in Excel along with all other digital literacy is needed
- Excellent social skills, both on plant floor and in executive office
- Confirmed initiative and desire to drive change and is motivated to go above and beyond
- SAP experience a plus.
Benefits
- Health, Safety, and Environmental compliance adherence
- Continuous improvement opportunities
- Employee development programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Lean manufacturingSix SigmaFinancial ManagementProcess improvementRoot Cause analysis5SStandard WorkCross trainingMetrics analysisCost reduction
Soft skills
LeadershipCommunicationInitiativeProblem-solvingTeam developmentCustomer serviceCollaborationAdaptabilityPerformance appraisalConflict resolution