Plant Manager

MOVING YOUR WORLD by focusing on your success:

FUCHS offers a challenging and rewarding working environment where employees are encouraged to develop and grow. We stand behind our core values: trust, creating value, respect, reliability, and integrity. Ours is a culture that fosters creativity and empowerment, values work/life balance, and gives you the freedom to excel. At FUCHS we aim to nurture your capabilities, ideas and career.

Salary:

FUCHS offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience in a similar position. The salary range for this position is $145,000 - $170,000 per year, but actual salary will vary depending upon a new hire's experience and qualifications as well as internal equity.

Your Responsibilities:

The Plant Manager, reporting to the Director of Operations, is a vital part of the senior leadership team and will direct and coordinate the schedule and activities concerned with production and quality control of company products manufactured at the Kansas City site. This very important leadership position has direct responsibility over all operations personnel at the Harvey site. Essential functions include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinates and supervises the daily, weekly, and monthly activities of operations personnel either directly or through subordinates.
• Implements a strong process and operational discipline that focuses on a robust housekeeping and safety culture.
• Confers with management to establish safety, quality, and production standards, develop budget and cost controls, and to obtain data regarding types, quantities, specifications, and delivery dates of products ordered.
• Develop, establish and measure KPIs to drive Operational Excellence.
• Engage with employees to support a positive company culture that also endorses and supports the business strategy and core values.
• Develop, evaluate, and improve manufacturing methods through process evaluation and statistical methods.
• Influential capabilities to ensure the team is moving in the right direction and drive ownership.
• Provide guidance and direction to supporting functional groups in an effective and collaborative way to ensure success for the area.

Qualifications we are looking for:

• BS in STEM related discipline preferred, such as Engineering, Supply Chain or Chemistry.
• Manager level experience in a batch process facility.
• Proven ability to manage change within a group and build strong interdependent teams.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to work independently.
• Experience with applicable EPA and OSHA regulations.
• Experience with ISO, TS, IATF and other industry standards.
• Strong computer skills required. Experience with SAP required.
• Experience with visual factory environment, housekeeping standards and/or 5s/6s.

These are your benefits:

FUCHS offers a challenging and rewarding working environment where employees are encouraged to develop and grow as professionals. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on projects that will expand your experience and challenge your abilities in the global marketplace. The position also offers an excellent compensation package and a comprehensive suite of benefits.Detailed benefit information can be found at this link: https://fuchs.com/us/en/benefits.

FUCHS Lubricants Co. is an equal employment opportunity (EEO)/AA employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace (m/f/d/v).

Do you have any questions?Rosalinda Almanza (rosalinda.almanza@fuchs.com) will be more than happy to answer them!