AOSP Factory Manager

Plant Operations Manager

Oversee and direct total plant operations, with full accountability for operational performance ensuring production and cost efficiency, quality performance, inventory and logistics effectiveness, safety compliance across all shifts and long-term capability building, ensuring alignment with business strategy and customer requirements.

Responsibilities

-Accountable for overall plant performance, including cost, service, quality, and operational efficiency

-Oversee end-to-end plant operations including production, quality, inventory, logistics, and maintenance

-Lead and develop a multi-functional leadership team, ensuring strong succession planning and capability building

-Make complex, cross-functional trade-off decisions balancing cost, service, quality, and operational constraints

-Align production plans with material availability, inventory levels, and customer demand

-Ensure equipment reliability and oversee maintenance strategy and execution

-Act as the primary interface between operations, commercial and supply chain and corporate areas

-Lead capital investment planning and execution, including prioritization and ROI considerations

-Define and execute long-term operational strategies to improve plant capacity and efficiency

-Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, and regulatory standards

-Drive continuous improvement initiatives across all plant functions

-Oversee KPIs such as productivity, downtime, quality, inventory accuracy, and service levels- Maintain a safe and clean work environment by enforcing 5S principles and all established Health & Safety policies.

- Optimize throughput and plant performance by monitoring production processes, personnel, and resource utilization.

- Lead root cause analysis activities for operational failures and implement corrective and preventive measures.

- Communicate job expectations, monitor performance, and manage personnel coaching, counseling, and discipline.

- Review production schedules and make staffing and operational decisions to meet customer requirements while aligning production plans with material availability, inventory levels, and shipping commitments.

- Oversee maintenance activities and ensure equipment reliability, upgrades, and replacements as needed to support safe operations, consistent quality, and delivery performance.

- Collaborate with Business Relationship Managers (BRMs) to ensure customer expectations and needs are met.

- Collaborate with Human Resources on workforce planning, training development, and employee relations matters.

- Manage plant budgets, cost analysis, and production goal setting, including labor, inventory, logistics, and quality-related cost drivers.

- Support and lead company continuous improvement initiatives.

- Oversee end-to-end plant operations including production, quality, logistics, and maintenance.

- Develop long-term operational strategies to increase plant efficiency and capacity.

- Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety regulations.

- Lead capital improvement projects such as facility expansions and equipment modernization.

- Ensure focus on established KPIs for downtime reduction, productivity improvement, quality enhancement, inventory accuracy, and on-time delivery.

- Oversee the Quality function, ensuring compliance with quality standards, maintaining effective quality systems, driving corrective actions, and partnering with operations to improve product quality and customer satisfaction.

- Partner with supply chain and customer service teams to align production, inventory, warehousing, and logistics activities with customer demand and service expectations.

- Oversee the Inventory and Logistics function, including inventory accuracy, warehouse operations, material handling, shipping/receiving, and on-time movement of materials to support production and customer delivery requirements.

- Build productive relationships with vendors, contractors, and regulatory agencies.

- Develop, implement, and enforce factory cleanliness and housekeeping standards across all production and non-production areas.

- Train and coach employees on cleanliness expectations, proper sanitation practices, and ownership of work areas.

- Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on 5S, waste reduction, and workplace organization.

- Collaborate with production, maintenance, and safety teams to reduce contamination risks and improve overall plant conditions.

Qualifications

Job Competencies:

-Strong leadership capabilities with proven experience leading leaders

-Strategic thinking and decision-making skills

-Strong business acumen with ability to link operations to financial and customer outcomes

-Experience in continuous improvement methodologies

-Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

- Leadership capabilities with a focus on staff development.

- Demonstrated experience with continuous improvement.

- Working knowledge of quality systems, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement methodologies.

- Strong operational planning skills with the ability to lead inventory, logistics, and cross-functional plant support functions.

Education and Experience Required:

-Bachelor's degree (Engineering, Operations, Business or related field preferred)

-10+ years of experience in manufacturing or operations

-Proven experience managing plant-level or large-scale operations

-Demonstrated leadership of multi-functional teams (production, quality, supply chain, etc.)

-Experience with cost management, operational planning, and performance accountability

-Strong understanding of manufacturing systems, inventory, and logistics operations

- 2+ years college degree or equivalent knowledge/experience.

- 5+ years supervisory or managerial experience in a production or manufacturing environment, including leadership responsibility for quality, inventory, logistics, or other plant support functions.

- Demonstrated experience managing quality systems, inventory control, material flow, and logistics coordination in a manufacturing setting is preferred.

- Strong Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and general computer skills.

Job Info

• Job Identification 276
• Job Category Factory Operations
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 2305 Baldree Road S, Wilson, NC, 27893, US