We have an outstanding career opportunity for an Assistant Plant Manager to join a leading Company located in the Hammond, IN surrounding area.
As a member of the Hammond Leadership team, the Assistant Plant Manager will be responsible for managing, supervising, and coordinating all day-to-day plant Operations, Engineering, Materials and Quality function of an automotive plant as well as establishing and maintaining community and customer relations.
Job Responsibilities:
- Establishing and leading cultural change in a participative work environment.
- Sets long term goals and objectives for the family to keep anticipate and plan for future endeavors.
- Performs a quality review of the various functions.
- Communicate & realize the vison in terms that the team can understand and know how they each contribute, and what is required to achieve said vision.
- Recognizing and understanding the requirements of our internal and external customers and is dedicated to establishing the highest industry standards for quality, value, service & technology.
- Determines the risks associated with productions and develops contingencies based on the needs of the customer.
- Evaluate the leadership within the plant, coach, and mentor to develop the team into a cohesive team with development and succession plans for high potentials, enable a culture of succession planning and career development.
- Ensures compliance with the following legislation: OHSA, WSIB, Human Rights, Employment Standards, and Labor Relations.
- Direct and coordinate plant operations within company policies and procedures and strives for continuous improvement of process improvements.
- Schedules and conducts plant meetings to keep employees abreast of the outlook of the plant and discuss long range goals.
- Attends scheduled corporate training and meetings and community events, as necessary.
- Performs any other duties as required in pursuance to the function of this position or as directed.
- Allocates workload, if necessary, to ensure all teams are fully staffed and able to complete work goals.
- Sets long term goals and objectives for the facility to keep anticipate and plan for future endeavors.
- Attains production goals and efficiencies while controlling and reducing costs with full plant responsibility.
- Interacts with vendors, nearby customers, operations manager, and suppliers to ensure the plant provides superior customer service.
- Optimizes the plant profitability, production, quality, and service to exceed industry standards and secure a market leadership position.
- Directs production and inventory control programs to maintain and enhance the profitable operation of the plant.
- Develop plans for the efficient use of materials, machines, and human resources.
- Research best industry practices in all areas of the operation and modifies and implement them into the facility.
- Drives the budget development process and develops strategies to achieve organizational goals.
- Defines projects, schedules, and strategies to impact production cost, quality, and performance.
- Calculates labor and equipment requirements and production specifications using standard formulas.
- Confers with various departments to resolve problems, complaints, or grievances.
Basic Hiring Criteria:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or any related field.
- Experience in complex supply chains and high complexity manufacturing environments.
- Experience with High Performance Work Teams.
- Effective communication and people skills and Planning and Organization skills.
- Time Management and Prioritization skills. & ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Ability to work in a team environment and High attention to detail.
- Critical thinking and critical thinking skills.
- Supervisory experience preferably within a unionized environment.
- 5-10 years' experience in a management function within the automotive industry.
- Experience in complex supply chain and complexity.
- Arbinger Outward Mindset & Lean Manufacturing.
- Understanding of manufacturing assembly, sequencing, and equipment principles.