Plant Manager Industrial Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement Leader

Plant Manager Industrial Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement Leader

Up to $100,000 Base Salary + Exceptional Performance Incentives Wisconsin Facility 100% Onsite Join a prestigious, highly profitable 40-year-old green-technology OEM boasting a legendary zero-layoff history Take a lead executive seat to champion Lean transformations across advanced, custom heavy-industrial production lines

If you are a veteran plant operations executive who is tired of corporate politics, shifting ownership groups, and quarterly downsizing cycles, this role represents the ultimate career destination. Our client is a deeply respected, highly profitable industry leader that manufactures advanced, environmentally friendly industrial systems designed to radically cut pollution and fossil fuel costs. Because their custom products actively pay for themselves in less than a year and operate reliably for decades, the company enjoys recession-proof sales growth and an airtight financial foundation.

In their 40-year history, this company has never executed a layoff. They have achieved this by fostering an employee-centric, highly collaborative culture where politics are eliminated and exceptional leadership is rewarded. Operating out of an expansive, immaculately clean, and highly modern production facility, you will step into a newly created role born purely out of corporate expansion. This is a rare opportunity to inherit a highly skilled team and utilize your Lean toolkit to scale a world-class manufacturing operation.

What You Will Be Doing

• Directing and orchestrating all plant operations, including fabrication production, master scheduling, strategic purchasing, shipping/receiving, and outbound logistics to ensure flawless on-time order fulfillment
• Serving as a high-impact mentor and leader, driving a culture of personal accountability, cross-functional collaboration, and relentless continuous improvement across the shop floor
• Partnering side-by-side with the Production Manager to optimize complex workflows, streamline resource allocation, and align operations seamlessly with engineering, sales, and client services
• Championing the facility's strict 5S, safety, and operational cleanliness metrics while identifying and executing aggressive cost-saving and material-yield initiatives
• Developing, tracking, and reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs), diagnosing plant bottlenecks, evaluating capital expenditure (CapEx) equipment needs, and implementing best practices to eliminate downtime

What We Are Looking For

• Operations Pedigree: 8 or more years of clear success as a Plant Manager or Operations Director within an industrial manufacturing environment, specifically managing multi-layered teams and broad supply chain functions
• End-to-End Supply Chain Fluent: Proven competence managing or auditing material purchasing, freight logistics, and internal inventory controls alongside complex customer order inquiries
• Lean Architecture: A verifiable track record of implementing Lean tools (Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, Root Cause Analysis) that successfully drove measurable efficiency gains and waste reduction
• Rock-Solid Professional Stability: A clean, committed work history that demonstrates long-term organizational loyalty, completely free of short-term job-hopping (average tenures of 3+ years per employer preferred)
• Elite Communication: Exceptional interpersonal skills with the executive presence needed to unite engineering, production, and executive-level corporate teams