Plant Manager
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Job Description
Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world.
Innovation goes far beyond materials science; its powered by the passion creativity and diverse expertise of 9000 professionals worldwide. Whether youre a finance wizard a tech enthusiast an operational powerhouse an HR changemaker or a trailblazer in materials development youll find your place at Avient.
Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!
Job Summary
This role is responsible for all aspects of plant operations of the assigned manufacturing plant including safety production quality engineering maintenance warehousing and people. The Plant Manager is responsible for planning directing and coordinating all work activities and resources necessary for optimal manufacturing to achieve all plant business and company goals and objectives. Ideally the candidate will have a handson type approach to plant management with a bias towards implementing best practices establishing and developing a high performing team and creating a culture of continuous improvement in safety service quality cost and people.
Essential Functions
Accountable for ensuring the plant operates in accordance with all safety health and environmental regulations and requirements. Provides the direction and necessary resources to meet safety and environmental performance goals. Builds and sustains a strong safety culture that ensures safe work practices with focus on preventative actions.
Build a culture of collaboration trust and early escalation of issues and concerns. Create a strong work culture that emphasizes teamwork and continuous improvement. Promotes teamwork and productivity via open communication timely decision making and individual accountability within the team.
Creates and supports an organizational culture that encourages and rewards employee involvement innovative thinking customer focus and continuous improvement.
Leads the plants sustainability efforts to achieve Avients 2030 Sustainability goals of reducing waste to landfill and energy consumption.
Assures attainment of plant objectives and production schedules while ensuring product standards to exceed customer expectations.
Ensures standards for product quality equipment and production performance are maintained and that costeffective technology is used to maximize production
Drive lean initiatives and is the primary advocate for a continuous improvement culture
Develops a Plant operating plan that is consistent with and supports the annual business plan.
Develops and manages a capital plan that supports the business strategy and improves Plant operations.
Ensures the Plant achieves its annual operating budget and other KPIs.
Manages salaried staff providing direction and guidance in the execution of their responsibilities to meet Plant objectives and targets.
Provides coaching mentoring and training for all plant employees. Ensures career development goals are identified and plans put in place to support them. Responsible for ensuring all performance reviews are completed in accordance with Avients requirements and timelines.
The ability to implement change when necessary.
Effectively represents Avient to the external community including active involvement in local civic groups ongoing coordination with regulatory agencies and effective interface with emergency response services
Maintain compliance with all applicable laws regulations and company policies.
Other duties as assigned
Competencies
- Personal Skills Stress Management Statistical SkillsReading/Comprehension Self Motivated Analytical Skill Time/Priority Management Work on a Team Organizational Skills
- Software Skills Microsoft Excel Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Word SAP
- Leader of Others Drives EngagementCourage Values DifferencesEnsures AccountabilityDevelops TalentOrganizational Savvy
Education and Experience
Bachelors degree in engineering business or related technical discipline required; Masters degree in operations management engineering or related field preferred.
10 years of progressively responsible experience in a manufacturing facility
5 years manufacturing leadership experience managing 25 employees on a multiple shift operation with budgetary responsibility
Formal Lean and SixSigma training including successful demonstration of implementation in a manufacturing environment preferred.
OSHA certification or training preferred.
Physical Demands
- Requires standing and sitting for extended periods of time talking and listening. Must be able to walk and use hands.
- Occasionally requires bending stooping climbing ladders and stairs.
- May occasionally be required to lift push or pull up to 50 pounds.
- Typically work is in a manufacturing environment where noise level is loud.
- Generally requires the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses safety shoes hearing protection hard hat respiratory protection.
- Exposure to outside weather conditions is routine. May be exposed to working in extreme heat and humidity.
- May also be exposed on occasion to dust or fumes.
We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self a leader of others or a leader of the business.
By playing to win acting customer centric driving innovation and profitable growth collaborating seamlessly across Avient and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avients strategic goals to meet our customer needs and to accomplish your career goals.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
