Plant Manager

Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that connect, protect, and purify our world.

POSITION TITLE: Plant Manager
LOCATION: New Berlin, WI

Position Summary:

The Plant Manager is responsible for leading all aspects of manufacturing operations at Tekra's production facility, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production of specialty coated films and related material solutions. This position provides strategic and day-to-day leadership for production, maintenance, quality, safety, inventory, and continuous improvement initiatives. The Plant Manager drives operational excellence through employee development, process optimization, lean manufacturing principles, and cross-functional collaboration to achieve customer satisfaction, financial objectives, and organizational growth.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Operations Leadership

• Direct all plant operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost objectives.
• Develop and execute production plans to meet customer requirements and business goals.
• Monitor manufacturing performance metrics and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Ensure efficient utilization of labor, equipment, materials, and facility resources.
• Lead daily production meetings and establish accountability for departmental performance.

Safety & Environmental Compliance

• Foster a culture of safety and ensure compliance with all OSHA, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead safety initiatives, risk assessments, incident investigations, and corrective actions.
• Partner with leadership to reduce workplace injuries and strengthen employee engagement in safety programs.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations.

Quality Management

• Maintain a strong quality culture focused on customer satisfaction and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Quality leadership to ensure products meet customer specifications and internal quality standards.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective action activities related to quality issues, customer complaints, and production variances.
• Support audits, certifications, and continuous improvement of quality management systems.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives throughout the facility.
• Identify opportunities to improve throughput, reduce waste, improve yield, and optimize operating costs.
• Utilize data and analytics to monitor plant performance and make informed operational decisions.
• Lead capital improvement projects and process enhancement initiatives.

Leadership & Talent Development

• Provide leadership, coaching, and development for production managers and operations team members.
• Build a high-performance culture based on accountability, teamwork, communication, and employee engagement.
• Collaborate with Human Resources on workforce planning, employee relations, training, and succession planning.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and employee development initiatives.

Financial Responsibility

• Develop and manage plant operating budgets.
• Monitor labor, material, maintenance, and overhead costs.
• Identify and implement cost savings opportunities without compromising safety, quality, or customer service.
• Contribute to annual business planning and strategic initiatives.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Sales, and Product Development teams.
• Support new product introductions and process transfers.

Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Business, or a related field required.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Experience

• 8+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
• 5+ years of plant management or senior operations leadership experience.
• Experience in coated films, converting, plastics, specialty materials, packaging, printing, or related manufacturing environments preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, quality systems, and production planning.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience managing budgets and operational metrics.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and team development skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with ERP systems, manufacturing software, and Microsoft Office applications.