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Aleris International is seeking a Plant Manager for its facility in Coldwater. 

Job description
Our Recycling & Specification Alloys Americas division is seeking to add a talented Plant Manager to its Operations team at our facility in Coldwater, MI. The purpose of this role is to provide overall direction and leadership to the Coldwater (North) facility.  The plant manager is responsible for developing and driving the execution of business plans to deliver on financial commitments.

Responsibilities Include:

• Drive and develop the culture of safety first. Accountable for the safety of all plant personnel, contractors and visitors to the facility.

• Develop, implement, and manage facility business plans to achieve operating budgets and sales goals.

• Responsible for managing communications with customers and ensuring meeting quality standards, OTIF requirements and issue resolution.

• Taking responsibility for the overall direction of the facility, and carry out management responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.

• Ensuring compliance with all applicable environmental regulations, while driving environmental excellence.

• Manage resources to maximize returns and drive employee development, productivity and asset utilization.

• Ensure compliance to budget and production schedules, monitors production output and quality data, and oversees compiling of reports for management review.

• Oversee major capital, construction, and maintenance programs.

• Interact with customers, suppliers, vendors, and public government agencies.

• Participate in planning and providing information to support business unit activities.

• Manage employee relations.

• Complete other assignments as requested.

Desired Skills and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in business, operations management, engineering, or other program with relevant manufacturing experience.

• Minimum five years of experience in a manufacturing operations role.

• Minimum three years managerial experience.

• Working knowledge of Lean required Black Belt certification desirable.

• Willingness to relocate within the Aleris organization.

• Proficient in computer usage and Microsoft Office 

• Proven ability to function with minimal supervision while also leading others toward project goals.

• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to plan and organize effective and efficiently.

• Results and detail oriented.

• Willingness to travel as necessary.

About this company
Aleris is a privately-held, global leader in aluminum rolled products and extrusions, aluminum recycling and specification alloy production. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Aleris operates more than 40 production facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. 

Major customers include some of the world’s largest companies in the aerospace, building and construction, containers and packaging, metal distribution, and transportation industries. Aleris serves these customers with its low-cost, flexible, technically advanced and strategically located manufacturing operations supported by industry-leading research and development.

For more information, visit the Aleris website.

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Job Description

The Plant Manager Provides Leadership and Guidance to site employees to ensure that all plant operations and administrative activities are efficient, safe and adhere to the company's safety, environmental, quality and productivity standards and in compliance with government regulations.

Key Accountabilities

• Drive cultural change.

• Develop leaders

• Staff the plant with appropriate resources

• Allocate resources to deliver at times conflicting and competing outcomes.

Major Responsibilities
• ENSURES EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MANUFACTURING by coordinating multiple departments across platforms including production, engineering, process control, accounting, pilot plant, maintenance, warehouse and shipping, IT, SHE, to obtain efficient operations and to maximize profit.

• DEVELOPS AND IMPLEMENTS MANUFACTURING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES by reviewing analyses of production activities, costs, production capacity, investment proposals and forecast data.

• DEVELOPS AND IMPLEMENTS MANUFACTURING BUDGET by allocating operating budgets and by reviewing department expenditures.

• MONITORS QUALITY AND SAFETY -- Supports quality and safety procedures and policies and ensures implementation of SHE recommendations. Ensures AS9100 quality system certification and maintenance. Ensures the companys quality statement and objectives are met and if possible, exceeded.

• MAINTAINS QUALIFIED AND SUFFICIENT STAFF by hiring, developing and training and when necessary terminating personnel.

• PROVIDES SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT TO ALL PLANT PERSONNEL by scheduling and assigning employees to particular jobs and by follow up on job results. By giving direct supervision to middle management in the plant and indirectly to all employees.

• MARKETING AND SALES LIAISON by ensuring that products and services meet customer expectations and market requirements.

• ENSURE ADHERENCE TO STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS by ensuring manufacturing procedures, environmental and safety procedures, and personnel policies and practices are in accordance with applicable laws. Interact with state and federal officials.

Approve all external correspondence that carries the company name.

Follows all environmental and safety regulations related to the business sector, and acts in compliance with all U.S. Laws.

Complies with safety and corporate guidelines on business ethics.


Education

Bachelors Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or other technical field.

Experience

Experience in similar industry as production or engineering manager or experience in similar industry as plant manager. Previous supervisory experience is required.