Plant Director

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Position Summary:

The Plant Director leads site operations to deliver strong performance in safety quality delivery and financial results through strong employee engagement. This role sets the direction for the facility develops a high-performing team ensures compliance and drives continuous improvement to meet business and customer expectations. Qualified candidates must be able toworkan on-site schedule at ourStevens Point WI plant.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead all plant operations to achieve business customer and operational performance goals.

• Build and sustain a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with EHS quality and regulatory requirements.

• Drive performance across Safety Quality Delivery and Cost through clear goals KPI management and disciplined execution.

• Develop engage and hold accountable a high-performing leadership team and workforce.

• Own plant financial results including budgets productivity cost reduction inventory and capital planning.

• Lead Lean Six Sigma and other continuous improvement initiatives to eliminate waste improve flow and increase efficiency.

• Oversee production planning capacity staffing materials and resource allocation to meet customer demand.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to align plant capabilities priorities and strategic plans.

Travel: Up to 20%

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Operations Supply Chain Business or related field.

• 7 years of progressive manufacturing operations experience including 5 years of people leadership.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree or MBA.

• 10 years of manufacturing leadership experience including plant-level or multi-function responsibility.

• Experience managing complex operations with responsibility for SQDC inventory and P&L performance.

• Lean Six Sigma APICS/ASCM PMP OSHA or similar certification.

• Experience leading cultural transformation employee engagement and operational excellence.

• Proven ability to manage safety quality delivery cost budgets KPIs and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Working knowledge of EHS requirements quality systems Lean manufacturing and manufacturing financial drivers.

• Strong leadership communication problem-solving change management and collaboration skills.

Relocation: Thisposition is eligible for relocationassistance

Immigration Sponsorship Not Available:

• Applicants for this position must be currently and legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship (e.g. H-1B J-1 F-1 CPT OPT etc.).

• Donaldson will not offer immigration sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

• International relocation or remote work arrangements outside of the U.S. will not be considered.

Keywords:Plant Director Plant Manager Manufacturing Operations Leadership Lean Six Sigma Continuous Improvement Supply Chain KPI Management Cost Reduction Safety OEM

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