The Plant Manager has responsibility for the overall results of the warehouse, including customer satisfaction, increasing employee productivity, and ensuring safety while maintaining quality standards.
We are seeking a strategic and innovative individual with experience leading others within the Supply Chain, Warehousing and Fulfillment industry that is adept at using their leadership and management skills to lead all aspects of warehouse operations with a focus on Problem Solving, Continuous Improvement and Communications.
Responsibilities of this role include:
Accountable for safety, quality, warehouse cost, labor utilization, productivity, yield, effective asset utilization and results of Operations Cost Improvement initiatives.
Focusing on ensuring a safe, accident-free warehouse operation, while increasing productivity and exceeding employee satisfaction and warehouse objectives.
Ensures adherence with the GM's Safety practices and the GMS Manufacturing Practices.
Set and meet all Health and Safety targets.
Accountable for capital budgets and expenditures.
Responsible (together with Technical Manager) for the plants maintenance and upkeep, including preventative and predictive maintenance programs.
Successfully lead, motivate, and develop plant personnel.
Participate in negotiation of and ensure compliance with collective agreements.
Meet or exceed customer service level targets in accordance with internal and external audit targets, including Dangerous Goods, Environmental & Health and Safety.
Responsible for promoting continuous improvement and implementing change (Change Management).
Required Qualifications:
4-6 years of Warehouse/Processing/Manufacturing experience or equivalent
Experience managing salaried and hourly employees
Excellent Communication skills
Experience in leading GMS or equivalent principles
High level of analytical and interpersonal skills to work effectively with others
Ability to work cross functionally within CCA and GM, lead change, with a result focused One Team approach.
Strong emphasis in Safety (Workplace and Employee)
Focus to drive
The ability to balance competing priorities while maintaining effectiveness in a dynamic, often chaotic environment
Excellent oral and written communication skills, inclusive of understanding the audience, getting the message across, presenting information effectively, and communicating openly.
Effective and efficient time management focusing on the most impactful activities and challenge those that distract from the identified goal
Ability to build strong relationships, develop teams, and think in a strategic manner.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel and capacity to develop, maintain and analyze data.
Be curious and exhibit managerial courage.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor Degree
Experience leading IMS/WMS facilities
Experience in Technology usage and deployment
Experience leading continuous improvements in Safety, People, Quality, Responsiveness, Cost
Please only apply if you DO NOT need sponsorship to work in the United States now or in the future. We are unable to consider candidates who require sponsorship .
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