Plant Manager - Longview Texas en INDEVCO North America

Description

INDEVCO North America, a protective materials manufacturing group headquartered near Richmond, Virginia, is committed to innovating energy-efficient building envelope products, as well as sustainable paper and plastic packaging solutions. In addition, we have invested in and manage recycling operations for biomass and reprocessed materials that create a circular economy.

Our facilities - in Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia - serve a growing range of markets: building and construction, beverage, chemical and petrochemical, food, industrial salt and minerals, lawn and garden, packaging converting, pet food, and transport. INDEVCO has operated for over 40 years in the US, for more information, visit www.INDEVCONorthAmerica.com. 

The Role

We are excited to attract a Plant Manager who has proven leadership skills to help shape a high-performing team towards operational excellence. This position will oversee safety, quality, production efficiencies, machine uptime, waste minimization, maintenance, and engineering. This role will serve as a member of our leadership team, requiring discretion and independent judgement. They will have to access confidential information in addition to considering, comparing, and evaluating data and processes, and recommending different courses of action. 

Requirements

Specific duties: 

· Responsible for creating an environment of teamwork focused on producing quality products. 

· Sets the example of safe operation by following established guidelines and holds self and other accountable. 

· Drives continuous improvement and KPI results. 

· Maintain open communication with employees and ensure their improvement ideas and operation concerns are reviewed and addressed in a timely manner. 

· Implement policies to maintain employee morale through fair and consistent application of company policies. 

· Work directly with Maintenance by evaluating machinery or tools and creating maintenance work orders and following through completion. 

· Responsible for efficient use of labor on a day-to-day basis.

· Monitor and control waste to manage production costs and reduce environmental impacts 

· Coach and counsel team members to perform in accordance with the INDEVCO culture, values, and standards and working directly with Human Resources on all disciplinary matters. 

· Manage verification, validation, and best practices in IPL’s Food Safety Plan as determined by the Food Safety Management System.

· Manage Personnel Processing Practices in IPL’s Food Safety Plan as determined by the Food Safety Management System.

· Collaborate with team members to develop standard operating procedures and maintain documented improvements driven by lean initiatives.

· Lead and facilitate continuous improvement activities (e.g., Kaizen events, process audits) to systematically identify and eliminate process inefficiencies.

· Apply proven root-cause analysis methods, such as Five Whys, Fishbone Diagram, to facilitate team problem-solving and deep investigation of problems or failures.

· Other duties as instructed by the Director of Operations.

Standards of Performance:

· Meets Safety Targets (Training, Observations, Dart, OIR)

· Meets production targets OEE. (% performance to production plan)

· Meets quality targets. (Number of complaints and NCM) 

· Meets waste targets. (Waste %) 

· Meets financial targets.

· Meet all Environmental Compliance (Air Permits, Waste, Storm Water, etc.)

Physical Demand.

· Must be able to work on the plant floor 50% of time. 

Required Job Qualifications & Competencies 

· Customer Focus- Dedicated to meeting the experience and requirements of internal and external customers uses first-hand information for improvement activities.

· Direct Others- Establishes clear directions; lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner; maintains two-way dialogue with peers on work and results; clearly communicates.

· Functional / Technical Skills- Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.

· Problem Solving- Uses logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; looks beyond the obvious and does not stop at the first answer.

· Learning on the Fly- Learn quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both success and failure for clues to improvement; experiences and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks.

· Drive for Results- Consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results. 

Education & Experience

· 7-10 years of experience in Flexible Packaging, blown film is preferred.

· Prior experience working in an SQF facility preferred. 

· Excellent analytical and project management skills.

· Must have advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

· Ability to multitask and perform under tight deadlines

· Strong verbal and written communication skills.

· Bachelor’s degree in engineering. 

INDEVCO North America, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or job applicants based on race, religion, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or mental impairment, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal or state laws, except where a bona fide occupational qualification applies.