Plant Manager

• Lead the Facility EHS Leadership Team collaborating with all functions in the facility  

• Define performance expectations and goals for subordinates and work units. 

• Review processing schedules and production orders to determine staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments. 

• Monitor production, quality control to ensure a safe working environment in the plant and compliance with regulatory requirements and PPG EHS Management System. Collaborate with functions to drive improvements in EHS metrics and Sustainability initiatives.  

• Lead the manufacturing, quality, and facility maintenance activities. Manage staffing and lead the team, including coaching and mentoring to develop team and individual capabilities.  

• , maintenance, and other operations to detect production problems and implement improvement solutions. 

• Ensure customer complaints management and ensure root-cause and corrective actions are generated and communicated and drive year-over-year continuous improvement. Ensure continued compliance and certification to IATF 16949 / ISO 9001 quality accreditation. 

• Review operations and confer with technical/administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems. Develop plans for efficient management of materials, machines, and employees, according to policies, procedures, norms, and legal regulations.  

• Ensure operations are within product targets (cost/quality) and project targets (cost/time). Drive continuous improvement actions related to Absolute Material Utilization (AMU), Plant OTIF (On-Time in Full), and Productivity (Liters per Man Hour). 

• Coordinate with Sales and Marketing teams; review operating plans and determine adequate manpower and resources requirements to manufacture to support sales forecasts using the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process. 

• Review production activity for re-work and productivity problems. 

• Lead engineering changes to improve productivity, yield, and product quality. Review plant equipment capacity status and recommend new capital investments to ensure long-term availability for business growth.  

• Lead the Annual Budget process for the Operations Function.  

 
Requirements 

• Minimum 10 years of manufacturing-related experience with hands-on operational and people management skills. 

• Degree in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Chemical Engineering or similar is . 

• MBA or advanced degree is advantageous. 

• High level of leadership and teamwork skills. 

• Dedicated to Manufacturing Excellence, Global Best Practices, and Safety. 

• Thorough and solid hands-on experience of manufacturing operations in chemicals, coatings, or other batch-processing environments will be an advantage. 

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing concepts, analysis, techniques, principles, and practices. 

• Strong aptitude and skill in organizational discipline, project management, and analyzing and interpreting various types of data. 

• Competency in Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement concepts and tools are desirable.  Black Belt or Green Belt certification will be an advantage. 

• Understanding of ERP Process/ Functions/ Batch Verification IT functions is desirable. 

• Involvement with Union/ Collective Bargaining Agreement activities is . 

Success Factors – Prime Success Factors (focus on results, drive change, promote teamwork, build trust & respect, understand market & customer perspective) plus the following:   

• Good at decision-making and make it happen; 

• Plan & organize, communicate and share information, mobilize resources, build strong work relationships trough trust and respect, team working; 

• Manage Complexity; 

• Manage and resolve conflicts, creating a win-win “bridge” culture and attitude; 

• Develop others and promote professional growth;  

• Know-how of the market and product portfolio; 

• Problem solving; 

• Influence efficiency and actions’ promoter