Director, Plant Manager, FCD bei Flowserve

Role Summary:

Responsible for FCD Houston's site (previously MOGAS) the Plant Director manages and directs directing all manufacturing activities a plant or production process, including production, materials, quality control, and manufacturing engineering, to produce products in the most cost-effective way, while meeting shipping requirements and sales commitments. Plant may be a stand-alone facility or a relatively independent unit within a larger site.

Responsibilities & Requirements:

• Lead Operations Management, Operational Excellence, Safety, Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing Engineering, and plant Procurement functions

• Establish processes to ensure manufacturing capabilities meet or exceed requirements for EHS, cost, quality, delivery, and responsiveness

• Drive plant breakthrough operational performance by increasing productivity and reducing cost, lead-time and inventory while delivering a quality product complete and on-time to the customer

• Continuously improve customer satisfaction through improved product quality First Pass Quality and On Time In Full

• Implement and deliver a continuous improvement environment/culture

• Develop key metrics to measure the plants performance and aligning area key performance metrics with overall platform goals; organizing resources to deliver on these metrics

• Support new product launches and other manufacturing projects/initiatives

• Oversee financial and cost management processes to ensure delivery against performance targets

• Develop requests for capital and implement in accordance with approved plans

• Partner with peers in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Footprint, HSE, Planning and Engineering etc.

• Develop and recommend annual and multi-year strategic manufacturing plans, capital, and special projects

• Manage resource productivity to result in manufacturing and material cost reductions

• Meet or exceed On-Time Delivery (OTD) standards

• Own and reduce past due backlog using a continuous / solutions drive approach
   

Requirements:

• BS or BA Degree in relevant field

• 10+ years of relevant experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Strong record of safety performance in a manufacturing plant

• Plant Management/Operations experience in low volume / high mix environment of similar size and scale

• Asset intensive, discrete manufacturing experience across various manufacturing functions, such as manufacturing, engineering, CIP, supply chain, quality, EHS, and related

• Experience in materials management, supply chain, inventory control, planning and/or logistics

• Experience in a manufacturing to order (must) or engineered-to-order (preferred) environment

• Track record meeting/exceeding KPI’s in manufacturing cost reduction and productivity improvement, EHS and related

• Track record implementing continuous improvement / lean initiatives for YoY results

• Experience developing and managing budgets, schedules, capital expenditure plans with an understanding of the financial implications of operational strategies

• Proven leadership and people management skills – ability to foster effective relationships amongst manufacturing teams

Preferred Experience / Skills:

• Master's degree is a plus

• Experience / market knowledge in valves a plus

• Lean/6-Sigma certification a plus

• Experience working in an SAP environment desirable