Job Description

Role Purpose

The Plant Manager will be responsible for coordinating all plant resources to deliver operational excellence in production, efficiency, quality, and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the plant manufacturing budget to ensure cost efficiency.
• Oversee daily production plans and consistently achieve production targets.
• Manage capacity planning, team training, and internal PPM controls.
• Ensure compliance with QMS, environmental, and safety management standards.
• Conduct risk assessments and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide performance reports to Top Management and ensure organizational alignment.
• Contribute to the Plant’s 5-Year Business Plan (5YBP) and annual budgets.
• Drive industrialization of new products and adoption of technological advancements.
• Collaborate with the Purchasing team to manage and optimize the supply base.
• Represent the Company in customer meetings, in coordination with the Sales team.

Direct Reports: Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, Logistics, Safety, and Facilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in manufacturing, ideally within the automotive sector.
• Proven leadership in production planning, quality systems, and EHS (environmental, health & safety) management.
• Strong track record of driving performance improvements and achieving KPIs.

Professional Skills

• Customer Relationship Management
• Environmental Governance & Compliance
• Crisis & Fast Response Management
• Financial and Industrial KPI Management
• Health & Safety Governance
• Kaizen / Continuous Improvement
• Talent Development & People Leadership
• Project Management
• Supply Chain, Stock, and Scheduling Control
• Supplier Relationship Management