Plant Manager at North West Rubber

Job Profile: Plant Manager – Brantford

Purpose of the job: The Plant Manager is responsible for the safe manufacturing of high-quality recycled rubber products in an efficient, productive and cost effective manner while being highly customer service oriented internally and externally.  The Plant Manager also provides leadership, coaching and development to his/her direct reports (Production, Maintenance & Administration) to promote the NWR core values and support the achievement of the company objectives. 

Key responsibilities include planning and scheduling production, managing budgets, overseeing staff, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. In addition, you will be responsible to ensure equipment maintenance, implement quality control systems, and foster a productive work environment for employees. 

Reports to:                            Vice President of Operations

Direct Reports:                     Maintenance Manager, Production Manager, Quality, Automation (4), 2 Admin

Responsible for:                  35 employees

Plant Schedule:                   24 hrs/day, 7 days/week          

Location of Job:                   321 Henry Street, Brantford, ON  N3S 7R4

Key Result Areas:

1. Safety: Achieve a 0 Lost Time Incident rate, improve safety culture, and reduce risk score
2. Quality: Achieve > 94% 1st grade mat quality
3. Service: Achieve > 98% On-time shipments and > 98% Complete shipments and <7 days to ready
4. Plant Performance: Achieve the annually budgeted volume and productivity targets and develop an actionable list of throughput, productivity, and efficiency improvement initiatives to show measurable continuous improvements.
5. Cost: Achieve budgeted cost per unit targets and identify an actionable list of initiatives to reduce cost per units.
6. People: Hire required Production, Maintenance and Administration staff to achieve plant performance. Ensure that all employees receive proper onboarding support and ongoing performance reviews with emphasis on demonstration of the NWR core values, and individual productivity and attendance. Achieve annual Turnover rate of < 20% and Absenteeism Level of < 3.5%.

Responsibilities:

1. Operations – Manage the daily operations of the plant and be an effective member of the larger Operations Team.
2. Leadership - To support NWR’s growth vision and to create the desired performance culture
3. Health & Safety, Quality, Environment – To create a safety culture, lead the process of systems development, implementation and management including audits and compliance measures. Ensuring compliance with legal regulations
4. Reliability – To improve plant performance and consistency of results through employee development, preventive maintenance, process improvements & capital projects implementation.
5. Productivity – To create a culture of continuous improvement and engagement by all people to make processes more efficient.
6. Cost – To build and deliver the budgeted cost per mat Including all budgeting activities and on-going cost management.
7. Capital – To support the execution of all current capital projects and the development and justification of all future capital projects.
8. People – Collaborate with HR for all employee related matters including hiring, training, coaching & development, performance management, communications, and formal/informal rewards.
9. Customer Service – To foster a positive team ethos geared towards profitability, satisfying customer requirements, and a sense of urgency to address customer concerns.
10. Other duties and projects as required.

Core Values:

1. Respect for all
2. Own it
3. Results focused

Competencies:

1. Energizing leadership with strong motivational capabilities to drive a team
2. Critical thinker and analytical decision maker
3. Very good listener and clear communicator with strong oral, written and presentation skills.
4. Ability to work well with individuals from different backgrounds and skills at various levels in the organization.
5. Effective time management, Job task planning and organizing.
6. Creative, solution-oriented individual who can think out of the box and thrives in an innovative environment.
7. Someone who exhibits strong initiative, needs little to no supervision and direction, highly organized and takes pride in their work.
8. Is a good fit for NWR and our core values.

Prerequisites

1. Minimum of 5 years manufacturing management experience with a minimum of 3 years experience in maintenance
2. University degree preferred with a preference for candidates with mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, process engineering degrees
3. Demonstrated ability to motivate and engage with all levels in the organization
4. Strong financial acumen in support of budgeting activities and investment justification
5. Lean & Six Sigma working knowledge and track record of results.
6. Root cause analysis and problem-solving skills, demonstrated through continuous improvement projects and results .
7. Maintenance management experience (CMMS)
8. A successful track record in developing and implementing effective manufacturing systems (QMS, CMMS, ERP, HS&E, MES, KPI Reporting, etc.)
9. Strong capital planning and execution experience
10. Previous experience with management of rapid change in a high growth environment would be an asset.
11. Proficient with MS Office suite of products
12. Ability and availability to travel internationally as required.