Plant Manager - Strengths in Chemical Operations (Manufacturing)
Overview
Viskase Osceola's Plant Manager role demands a seasoned professional with comprehensive experience leading chemical manufacturing operations effectively. Our ideal candidate brings a dynamic skill set that includes various aspects of overseeing plant operations, financial leadership, ensuring compliance, managing resources efficiently, continuous improvement and fostering a positive work environment.
Essential Responsibilities
- Leadership: Advise, lead, direct, develop, and mentor your team; Promote a positive work environment and high employee morale within the plant. Create a culture of accountability.
- Review and Organize Operations
- Production Scheduling Oversight
- Problem Resolution: Coordinate with your department leaders to advise and resolve production-related problems swiftly and effectively to minimize disruptions.
- Budget Management: Plan, organize, and control budget performance, providing explanations for any variances that occur.
- Quality Improvement and Waste Reduction
- Employee Relations: Collaborate with the Plant HR Manager to address and resolve employee relations issues and recommend corrective actions where necessary.
- Quality Control: Manage quality control processes to ensure compliance with environmental regulations, ensuring both the process and the product meet set standards.
- Technical Engineering Assistance: Oversee technical engineering support in the production process to maintain efficiency and effectiveness.
- Product Distribution: Ensures the effective distribution of products to other plants and customers efficiently.
- Safety and Regulatory Compliance
- Collaboration: Provide advice and support concerning corporate plans and objectives, ensuring alignment with plant activities.
- Compliance Management: Ensure adherence to corporate policies, health, safety, environmental regulations, and governmental regulations within the plant.
- Inventory Management: Ensure optimal levels of raw materials, commodities, and storeroom inventories through effective materials management oversight.
- ISO Standards Adherence
Education and Experience
- Education: Bachelor's degree in business, management, engineering, or a related field.
- Experience: Minimum of 10 years of experience in chemicals manufacturing, including at least 5 years in an operations manager role with budgetary responsibility
- Skills: Proficiency in MS Office Suite, especially MS Word, Excel, excellent verbal and listening skills, judgment skills, problem-solving abilities, conflict management skills, and the ability to lead, direct, and motivate a team effectively.
- Personal Attributes: High energy, driven to succeed, effective communication skills at all levels, critical thinking, accountability for results, and a collaborative approach to achieving goals.
Thank you for your interest and consideration of a position with Viskase!
About Us
Viskase is a global powerhouse in the food packaging industry, renowned for delivering top-tier artificial casings and a comprehensive range of casings and nettings. With a remarkable legacy spanning over a century, Viskase has consistently revolutionized the meat processing sector. Notably, the company is responsible for manufacturing 30% of the world's hot dog casings, underscoring its dominant position in this market. What sets Viskase apart is its extensive global presence, boasting 11 manufacturing facilities and 9 sales offices strategically located in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil, Poland, and the Philippines.
Viskase Companies Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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