Plant Manager
DuBois Chemicals

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This role is responsible for leading the Sharonville plant in the DuBois Chemicals network managing ~80 union production operators, 4 salaried supervisors, and dotted line supervision of the quality team, EHS, continuous improvement leader, scheduling team and training leader. The plant manager is responsible for maintaining the safety, quality, culture, delivery, productivity, cost, customer service levels and inventory for the Sharonville plant in the DuBois network. This role reports to the VP of Manufacturing and is also responsible for continued growth and capacity planning for the plant as part of DuBois broader acquisition strategy to improve the optimization of our network footprint.

Responsibilities:

• Improve the environmental, health and safety of the site, utilizing the safety scorecard process and partnering with the onsite EHS manager for the Sharonville plant for improvements and investigations
  
• Improve the production quality utilizing the quality scorecard and partnership with the quality manager
  
• Manage day to day batch production goals for the business to reduce SKU backlog
  
• Work with the continuous improvement leader to implement process changes that would improve throughput and improve productivity in the plant
  
• Work with the training manager/human resources to develop process to recruit, train and onboard new employees and mentor supervisors and leads to help improve retention, onboarding and training
  
• Coach, mentor and train the working leads and supervisors to improve the culture and deliver on key KPI's for the business
  
• Analyze data, hunt for opportunities and drive cost out/productivity improvements utilizing functional resources across the network to deliver on productivity goals for the plant measured on a dollar per pound basis at the plant level
  
• Build capital plan and mentor maintenance supervisor/maintenance staff to execute capital improvements that would impact safety, quality and productivity in the plant with ROI calculations as needed as well as maintain the PM program and establish OEE calculations
  
• Communicate business goals to the plant regularly and improve communication across the plant on goals and objectives that meet our safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity and inventory targets for the site
  
• Manage relationships with union stewards to continue to partner on cultural improvements for the plant and actively address employee complaints/grievances
  
• Work with functional leaders and direct reports to create capacity to meet changing business demands and growth targets year over year for plant output whiling improving cost/productivity
  
• Responsible for delivering budgetary goals for the site and executing action plans to meet budget that would be presented monthly at site operating meeting to the VP of Manufacturing, COO and Financial Planning and Analysis focal
  

Job Requirements:

• Looking for a candidate with knowledge of batch chemical processing, and proven success in improving the EHS culture
  
• Chemical engineering or chemical manufacturing experience preferred
  
• Candidates should have strong communication skills and great organizational/time management skills
  
• Candidates must have intimate knowledge and experience in change management
  
• Candidates who would strive in our environment are willing to get hands on daily and willing to operate in a fast-pace, action oriented environment
  
• Candidates must show strong leadership skills and ability to drive accountability utilizing both disciplinary and incentive based action plans
  

DuBois provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, service in the military, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and/or local law and/or regulation.

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