Director, Plant Manager

Regal Rexnord is seeking a Plant Manager full time on site at our Florence, KY location. This plant is a $100M+ business, with 150 associates, non-union. This is a critical role to drive a growth-focused operations strategy & provides hands-on leadership to a cross functional team within a very matrixed location. The Plant Manager drives an operational excellence culture for the operations location. Directly reporting to this position are management and professionals in Production, Continuous Improvement, Human Resources, Safety, and Finance.

Within the site, this position will manage the discipline of SQDCG (safety, quality, delivery, cost competitiveness, growth), to enable the plant to drive top line revenue growth and bottom-line profitability. The leader will develop and implement long and short-term strategic plans to meet the plants' Targets to Improve (TTIs), drive significant plant Key Performance Indicator (KPI) improvements, partnering closely with the site management teams while supporting the application of the Regal Rexnord Business System (RBS) which includes 80/20 methodologies and Continuous Improvement.

Operational Excellence & Effective Problem Solving

• Full plant manufacturing operations responsibility for the location, leading all aspects of the manufacturing operations, facilities, planning, tactical purchasing, materials management, and associates.
• Maintain a safe work environment that is compliant with all regulations and drive environmental health and safety (EHS) metrics and continuous improvement initiatives that promote safety.
• Lead the plant operations team to deliver on Annual Operating Plan (AOP), monthly, quarterly, and annually.
• Establish and sustain strong visual daily management, GEMBA culture, root cause corrective action, problem solving, and lean flow, including regular presence on the operations floor with consistent attendance at GEMBA.
• Set and achieve short and long-term SQDCG and financial objectives by supporting and driving the strategic vision by breaking it into actionable strategies and tactics. Direct activities across the plant, providing leadership to Production, Quality, Purchasing, Human Resources and Finance.
• Ensures accountability and enables the predictability of the outcomes of the plant. Determine true root cause and corrective action of delivery, quality or other issues quickly and effectively.
• Lead and drive the Regal Rexnord Business System which includes 80/20 and Continuous Improvement. Skilled and experienced in decomposing a strategic vision into actionable strategies and tactics, that can be cascaded to their location.
• Drive CI mindset, with clear future factory vision, to significantly improve productivity and efficiency across their plant and drive employee engagement.
• Develops controls and critically reviews results of operation in reference to planned objectives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  

P&L Leadership - Business Partner

• Works as a member of the plant leadership team to develop and communicate a future vision for the business, creates annual planning for what good looks like, and coaches and develops a team via the Gemba process, with speed.

• Partners with the plant leadership team on the overall plant strategy, supports the establishment of an X-matrix, and drives policy deployment initiatives, aligned to operations with urgency and a high say/do.
• Responsible for synthesizing action plans, timelines and budgets for project and product goals and adjusting these plans accordingly to effectively respond to changing demands of the operation.
  

Talent Management

• Develops a high-performance team by engaging, coaching, and developing team members, and by driving accountability and ownership at all levels.
• Builds a team where all managers are proven talent, with a strong say/do and continuous improvement mindset.
• Serves as an advocate for our top talent, developing and building strong succession plans to enable increased velocity, be a champion of promoting diversity and inclusion in and across the location.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field, or a combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 10 years manufacturing operations experience; including experience with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Safety, Inventory, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, and/or related support functions in a manufacturing environment, including a minimum of 7 years leading and managing people.
• Proven experience leading strategic business transformation and change management at the Director level or above.
• Proven successful applications of multiple continuous improvement tools: 80/20, Value Stream Mapping, 6S, Flow, Standard Work, Visual Management, & Problem Solving.
• Strong communication skills, accountability, ownership, and sense of urgency.
• Expert operational acumen with strong financial acumen, executive presence, and the ability to lead a site with a bias for action and a say-do mindset that works with urgency.
• Critical thinking skills to properly identify problem areas & drive potential solutions, with a strong bias toward data-driven decision-making.
• Demonstrates the Regal Rexnord Values; Integrity, Responsibility, Diversity, Engagement & Inclusion, Customer Success, Innovation with Purpose, Continuous Improvement, Performance, Passion to Win, and Sense of Urgency.

• Industrial Industry experience strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement/ RBS tools (Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma, Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma) strongly preferred.
• Travel up to 25%

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage

• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)

• Paid Time Off and Holidays

• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions

• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance

• Paid Leaves

• Tuition Assistance

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ancestry, national origin, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you'd like to view a copy of the company's affirmative action plan or policy statement, please email Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com.

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