Plant Manager - Lebanon

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What Timken makes possible begins with you.

Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

Purpose:

The Plant Manager is responsible for leading and directing all activities of the Lebanon Plant. Specifically, the Plant Manager is expected to manage all day-to-day operations to achieve business plan, drive improvements throughout the plant utilizing lean manufacturing principles, align the plant's strategy and activitieswith the overall business needs, train and develop associates, ensure compliance with all government regulations and Timken policies and act as the representative of The Timken Company in the local community.

Responsibilities:

Manage all day-to-day operations of the plant to meet the Business Plan Objectives and Key Performance Indicators related to Customer Service, Quality, Safety, Environmental, Cost, Inventory and Production Output. 

Drive improvements in all phases of the operations (i.e. production, scheduling, inventory, quality, HR, safety,costs, etc.) by aggressively implementing lean manufacturing principles and by benchmarking and implementing best practices from other Timken and non-Timken facilities.

Ensure the plants mission, strategy and short-term activities are aligned with the overall needs of the business by developing strong working relationships and joint business processes with key functional groups (i.e. Sales,Marketing, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Quality, Manufacturing Advancement, etc.).

Improve the skills, knowledge and capabilities of all associates in the plant by ensuring that appropriate training and development programs are established and implemented.

Ensure all plant processes and associates comply with all applicable Government regulations (e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley, environmental reporting, etc.) and Timken policies and core values.

Act as the primary representative of The Timken Company in the local community. As appropriate, become active with local organizations (e.g. Chamber of Commerce, etc.), represent Timken to local government organizations and act as point of first contact for local media outlets.

Technical/Functional Skills:

Experience in a manufacturing facility

Experience leading a manufacturing operations group

Developing comprehensive business plans (costs, inventory, etc.)

Developing associates of all levels within a plant

Strong Communication skills (verbal, written) up, down and across an organization

Business and/or Manufacturing strategy experience

Product development and/or sales/marketing experience

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain or related field with 15+ years’ experience in manufacturing

Master’s degree in engineering, Business, Supply Chain or related field with 12+ years’ experience in manufacturing

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.