Plant Manager

Position Purpose:

As the key management representative, the Plant General Manager will lead and inspire our division to achieve profitable growth while consistently surpassing the expectations of both internal and external customers. The focus will be on ensuring excellence in safety, quality, on-time delivery, technical support, and total cost of ownership. Through strategic planning, organization, and direction, you will drive our operations towards unparalleled success and customer satisfaction. This role is responsible for the overall P&L.

Essential Duties and responsibilities

• OptimizeOperations: Manage throughput, productivity, and overall labor efficiencies to meet revenueobjectivesand reduce the cost structure.
• Champion Continuous Improvement: Lead programs to enhance quality, reduce scrap, and lower facility costs, achieving gross profit targets.
• Drive Performance Excellence: Develop and manage performance goals for employees, boosting the facility's ability to meet corporateobjectiveswhile enhancing employee morale.
• Foster Customer Relationships: Support business development by hosting customer visits and enhancing customer goodwill through active engagement and support.
• Uphold Company Standards: Actively support company policies, procedures, and workplace rules, including environmental, health, and safetyobjectives.
• Ensure Regulatory Compliance: Maintaineffective compliance with federal, state, and local lawsregardingbusiness operations.
• Implement Lean Manufacturing: Deploy the Vaupell Lean Manufacturing System (VLMS) across operations,utilizingproduction health, rate readiness, and risk mitigation tools to meet organizational goals.
• Maintain Quality Standards: Ensure adherence to process control procedures, operating instructions, and quality control instructions, focusing on safely manufacturing quality products with minimal scrap or rework while meeting customer specifications.
• Provide Technical Leadership: Lead the development of engineered products, processes,logistics, and material capabilities to meet customer requirements.
• Manage Working Capital: Provide leadership and direction on the effective application of the organization’s working capital in the form of inventory.

• Strategic Agility.Sees ahead clearly; cananticipatefuture consequences and trendsaccurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulatelypaint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitivebreakthroughstrategiesand plans.
• Managerial Courage.Does not hold back anything that needs to be said; providescurrent, direct, complete, and actionable positive and corrective feedback to others; letspeople know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situationquickly and directly;is notafraidtotakenegativeaction whennecessary.
• Drive for Results.Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly andconsistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes selfandothersforresults.
• Building Effective Teams.Blends people into teams when needed; creates strongmorale and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; letspeople finish andbe responsible fortheir work; defines success in terms of the wholeteam;createsafeeling ofbelongingintheteam.
• Business Acumen.Understands the company's business goals andobjectives, thebusiness process, and impact of individual actions on business performance. Appliescost-effectiveness,competitivenessandprofitabilitytobusinessdecisionsandinitiatives.
• Developing Others.Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holdsfrequent development discussions; is aware of each person’s career goals; constructscompelling development plans and executes them; pushes direct reports to acceptdevelopmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development;cooperateswiththedevelopmentalsystemsintheorganization;is apeoplebuilder.
• InterpersonalSavvy.Relatingopenly andcomfortablywithdiversegroups ofpeople.
• Motivating Others.Creates a climate in which people want to do their best; canmotivate many kinds of direct reports and team or project members; can assess eachperson’s hot button and use it to get the best out of him/her; pushes tasks and decisionsdown; empowers others; invites input from each person and shares ownership andvisibility; makes each individual feel his/her work is important; is someone people likeworkingforandwith.
• Problem Solving.Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems witheffectivesolutions;probes allfruitfulsourcesfor answers;canseehiddenproblems;is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and does not stop at the first answers.
• Responsible to follow and ensurecompliance withall established Vaupell policies, standard operatingproceduresand safety practices.
• Other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications/Requirements

• Experience: 10+ years of progressive managerial experience in a Plantideally as an operations managerwith at least 3 years as a Plant Manager/General Manager.Has experience with commercial product lineaccountability.
• Education:Abachelor'sdegree isrequired, and an MBA is preferred.
• Lean Manufacturing Expertise: Proven experience in implementing Lean Manufacturing processes.
• Financial Acumen: Proficiencyin understanding and applying financial statements, with a clear grasp of their operational impact.
• Communication and Leadership: Exceptional communication, interpersonal, leadership, and team-building skills.
• Business Acumen: Strong organizational and time management skills, along with general computerproficiency.
• Ethical Standards: Highest level of business ethics in all internal and external relationships.

• Leadership Ability: Demonstratedability to lead a team towards achieving businessobjectives.
• Candidates must be a “US Person” (i.e.US Citizen or Permanent Resident) to ensure Vaupell's compliance with ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) and EAR (Export Administration Regulations)

Environmental Condition

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes, airborne particles, and vibrations. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to occasionally loud. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Physical Requirements

This position requires prolonged sitting (60% or more of the workday), with standing and walking performed regularly (20–60%). Frequent use of hands and fingers is required for grasping, handling, keyboarding, and coordination, along with routine sensory demands including hearing and near/far vision, depth, and color perception. Occasional bending, reaching, turning/twisting, stair climbing, and lifting/carrying/pushing up to and over 50 lbs. may be required (20% or less).”

Vaupell reserves the right to change, modify or add to the Essential Duties and Responsibilities of any position at any time.