| Responsible for planning/scheduling, directing, and coordinating the operations |
| Plan, organize, and prioritize daily, weekly, and monthly objectives based on business need, product introduction, equipment efficiency and materials. |
| Safety and ensure achievement of the plant’s safety objectives. |
| Ensure customer demands (including material specs, delivery dates) are achieved on time, at the highest level of quality. |
| Foster and enhance the safety culture to achieve safety excellence |
| Provide operational and employee leadership to the facility |
| Manage all aspects of the plant cost structure including direct and indirect labor, maintenance and consumable spending and proactively control to business volume swings to preserve profitability |
| Assist operating management with budgeting, production statistics, cost analysis, justification of capital expenditures and asset management |
| Lead the facility in establishing and meeting continuous improvement objectives |
| Partner with department managers to develop and maintain a positive culture consistent with Scholle IPN’s, behaviors and mission |
| Encourage and support the development of all plant employees |
| Responsible for overall performance efficiencies and competitive service level for the plant |
| Participate in process improvement and cost savings efforts |
| Responsible for incorporating continuous quality improvement principles into daily quality culture |
| Overall management responsibility for the implementation of mandatory and best practice sharing for cost savings, safety compliance and reduced employee hazard exposure |
| Maintains a sense of urgency and accountability in the plant to ensure prompt responses to employee needs |
| Ensures the protection of company assets through appropriate maintenance methodologies |
| Monitors raw materials and supplies on hand to ensure adequate supply |
| Maintain 24 hour/day on call availability to deal with potential problems/issues |
| Develop, implement, and monitor adherence to SOPs. |
| Manage purchasing and inventory activities, ensure proper levels of raw materials and spare parts. |
| Ensure plant support personnel are given the resources needed to keep the plant in working order |
| Overall management responsibility for all aspects of the quality systems including ISO and FSSC |