Business Unit Head/Plant Manager - Automotive

The Plant Manager will manage all aspects of a stand-alone production facility including production strategy, plant engineering, manufacturing engineering, human resources, finance, compliance, purchasing, logistics and quality.

The Plant Manager will also:

- Drive a culture of safety within the company's operations to improve working conditions, where required, to reduce injuries, minimize downtime, reduce workers- compensation costs, and improve worker morale;

- Work with the leaders of global sourcing, inventory management, and logistics and warehousing practices to create forward-thinking improvements;

- Foster best practices between sales, engineering, and manufacturing to provide better visibility to sales forecasts to improve production planning, purchasing and supply chain practices, and order to delivery timelines;

- Lead, teach, and implement enterprise-wide lean practices and other best operational excellence programs across the entire business to enhance productivity, quality, working capital utilization, and manufacturing profitability.

Experience :

- Minimum of 20 years of experience in roles of increasing responsibility and scope in a manufacturing environment, including experience in two functional roles with one in operations, most appropriately with a Tier I automotive supplier. The most important aspects include:

- Operations experience demonstrating both leadership and management resulting in strong operational performance and a highly engaged workforce and positive culture;

- Significant business expansion or new product program introduction and launch experience in a plant environment;

- Financial acumen and experience with managing a P&L is essential; experience with financial forecasting methods and with an income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow;

- An understanding of modern quality, speed, delivery, service, efficiency and effectiveness demands coming from sophisticated customers who have a deep focus on

- Experience in precision machining and assembly operations is most desired. Other experience in manufacturing processes that have similar requirements will be considered;

The Plant Manager should have career path potential for promotional consideration to the General Manager level within five years;

- The Plant Manager must be a strong behavioral and cultural fit with the combination of management and leadership characteristics required to advance the success of the plant and the business unit;

- The Plant Manager must bring a proven track record of making and implementing sound strategic decisions based on a mixture of analysis, experience and judgment