Glass Plant Manager

Job Description

Establish and implement policies, procedures and reporting structures to monitor plant / production activities and resolve operational issues to ensure compliance of projects / company short term and long-term goals.

• Implement robust data collection to monitor plant performance and drive informed decision making.

• Establish KPI’s to monitor operational success against business objectives.

• Set and manage Plant & Team Goals and Objectives to deliver the plant KPI’s.

• Oversee capacity and production planning from a resource, equipment, and materials perspective.

• Establish and drive a culture of continuous improvement through the foundations of LEAN business operating systems.

• Deliver a LEAN/CI cost saving program through your team reducing operating expenditure within the business.

• Promote a quality driven culture throughout the plant through the development and implementation of robust processes and systems.

• Efficiently manage and direct the daily production activities

• Lead by example to monitor overall plant functions for safety, production, and quality standards.

• Review, analyze, and evaluate plant operational performance, and implement improvements or corrective measures to achieve operational efficiency.

• Responsible for development and implementation of production / manufacturing best practices, policies, and procedures.

• Managing the master production schedule, work-in-progress inventory and the generation and execution of sites’ schedules.

• Analyze and implement process improvements to enhance workflows, plant layouts / automation, production quality and capacity.

• Evaluate, recommend and implement optimal production solutions and machinery / equipment needs or acquisitions

• Provide leadership and mentoring to plant personnel.

• Establish programs to ensure plant training, upskilling and succession planning are in place to deliver both the short and long term business strategy.

Skills

• BS or MS degree in Engineering or Manufacturing Management

• 10+ years’ experience in Glass Processing industry.

• At least 5 years’ experience in a management role.

• Experience in Middle east or Gulf Region preferred.

• Strong people management skills.

• Strong sense of commercial awareness and project targets.

• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office suite.

• Experience of Production Management/ERP software.