Plant Manager
Job Location:
Cleveland, TN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Posted:
3 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline:
31 August 2026
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS FOR THIS POSITION:
- Lead all departments in the plant to maintain safety quality and efficient production.
- Coordinate production distribution and warehousing functions in accordance with established policies principles and procedures.
- Develop and implement plans policies and procedures for efficient use of materials machines and employees.
- Review and analyze production costs and product quality and modify production and inventory control programs to maintain and enhance profitable operation of the plant.
- Direct preparation of production human resources and labor/costs records.
- Recommend budgets to management.
- Manage Pay for Skills program for production employees.
- Maintain positive working relationship with sales management and customer service management.
- Systematically review financial performance of the plant to recommend to management opportunities for sales growth and cost savings.
- Coordinate plant safety environmental and training activities in cooperation with the Human Resources Department.
- Regular and predictable attendance.
- Manages subordinate supervisors and/or production management who supervise all plant employees.
- Is responsible for the overall direction coordination and evaluation of these units.
- Comply with company policies and procedures and all applicable laws and regulations.
- Responsibilities include training employees; planning assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
- Additional duties as assigned.
- High school diploma or GED plus college and/or appropriate technical courses.
- Five years experience as a proven manager.
- Ten years corrugated manufacturing experience.
- College degree preferred.
- Equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation. This also supports the supervisors role of teacher and trainer for his/her personnel.
- Cost issues in order to make daily decisions that will reduce overall costs and will help the supervisor find areas that require improvement.
- Budget development adherence and analysis.
- Quality standards.
- Regulatory requirements including but not limited to wage and hour requirements environmental and waste minimization company policies and personnel requirements including OSHA DEQ and EEO.
- Ability to read analyze and interpret general business periodicals professional journals technical procedures or governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports business correspondence and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers clients customers and the general public.
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions percentages ratios and proportions to practical situations.
- Ability to define problems collect data establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Year-round employment for job stability.
- Rewarding monthly bonus.
- Exceptional pay and great affordable benefits (including life medical dental vision 401(k) with company match and more!).
- Paid holidays overtime pay and vacation time.
- Significant opportunities for short term and long-term advancement.
- A respectful empowering team-oriented and employee-friendly environment.