Plant General ManagerKIK Consumer Products • Auburndale, FL, United States

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Plant General Manager

KIK Consumer Products • Auburndale, FL, United States

2 days ago

Job type

Full-time

Job description

We Create Products and Brands That People Trust to Clean, Sanitize, and Protect Their Homes and Pools

When you join KIK Consumer Products, you’re joining a team that cares about the work we do and also about each other. We bring exceptional brands and products to consumers that help them protect the health and wellness of their families and the cleanliness of their homes and pools. We are committed to building a culture of performance driven by accountability, collaboration, and agility that enables timely fact-based decision-making and exceptional execution with unwavering ethics. As one of North America’s largest independent manufacturers of consumer products, KIK helps a large portfolio of brands and retailers bring their products to life .

Your Role at KIK

The Plant General Manager for Household will be accountable for the successful operation of a multi-product manufacturing facility (bleach, laundry, window wash, and / or cleaners) with an annual throughput of 3-15 million bottles. Reporting to the Household Vice President of Operations, the Plant General Manager will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a robust operating model and positive winning culture centered around safety, employee engagement, productivity, reliability and quality while meeting throughput and conversion cost per unit expectations. The individual will drive continuous improvement performance through clear vision and direction, team cohesion, empowerment, active engagement across the facility and strong accountability.

What You’ll Be Doing

Establishment and Continuous Reinforcement of Plant Culture

Role model and hold the organization accountable to the One KIK culture of safety, integrity, collaboration, transparency, and accountability

Drive safety as the number one priority within the plant
Establish and foster a plant culture of teamwork, collaboration and engagement, ensuring employees have clear direction, frequent communication, recognition and accountability for results.
Establish and maintain a work environment that drives employee engagement, retention and tenure, including physical environment, leadership treatment of employees, shift schedules, etc.
Be a visible on the floor leader who consistently reinforces the culture with employees through a regular communication strategy of frequent and daily plant floor presence, direct report 1 : 1s, skip levels, small group roundtables, town halls, and individual engagement
Regularly monitor employee engagement and turnover, taking immediate action to address internal plant contributors to adverse results

Operational Excellence

Lead a robust operating cadence across the plant and warehouse, focused around established production and distribution plans and key priorities, setting and achieving a high standard for results

Ensure compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, Department of Homeland Security, and other applicable regulatory and environmental requirements.

Responsible for the production plan in coordination with the broader Household Supply Chain organization

Set clear objectives and priorities, ensuring team understands deliverables. Establish and manage the execution of plant-based KPIs that drive operational performance and financial results to operate with clear visibility into plant performance, including the establishment of a formal review cadence to measure outcomes and drive accountability

Management of plant P&L vs budget and prior year. Partner with Plant Controller to manage key drivers to achieve financial results. Manage plant operating budget to ensure effective cost management.

Deliver budgeted manufacturing volume and conversion costs per unit in support of the financial commitments of the company.

Ensure plant machinery operates efficiently and effectively, including timely repairs and the utilization of active PM programs

Ensure operational processes meet quality and cost targets while insuring 98%+ or better timely fill rate of customer orders.

Ensure plant shift schedules are established to achieve production requirements while maintaining employee engagement and regulatory / customer compliance

Drive quality excellence, ensuring all products meet quality standards with no withdrawals or recalls

Define and champion the identification and proposal of CAPEX project. Ensure projects are actively managed to ensure timely and effective implementation

Identify and implement initiatives for rationalization, efficiency, process simplification, consistency improvements and enhance operational agility

Talent

Hire, grow and develop production staff and continuously increase plant top talent

Assess and actively manage talent placement in key leadership roles to ensure alignment with required skills, leadership, and culture to support long term plant success model

Establish and actively manage headcount to ensure required positions are identified and in place to support the production forecast

Ensure all positions are clearly defined, including hiring criteria and position deliverables

Actively participate in hiring process for key plant positions, engaging in requisition creation, intake meetings, interviews and debriefs in an active and timely manner.Holding plant leaders accountable for the same in their areas of responsibility.

Ensure all hired employees receive robust onboarding and on-the-job-training to support strong individual and team performance

Drive performance for all employees, ensuring robust goals are established with specific KPIs to drive accountability

Formally identify top talent through evaluation of performance and potential, establishing formal development and career progression plans as follow-on actions

Promote and support career pathing for plant floor employees, driving ongoing training to support upskilling / multi-skilling across the plant

Support and drive accountability for managers to take decisive actions on removing poor performers appropriately

Stakeholders

Partner collaboratively with Key Stakeholders including Senior Leadership, EHS, HR, Quality, Engineering and Distribution / Transportation.

Ensure open and clear communication with a collaborative mindset to achieve mutual goals

Gain consensus of strategic priorities and timeframes, appropriately working through areas of disagreement

Effectively engage with individuals at all levels of the organization, including front line employees, senior leaders and external stakeholders

What You’ll Bring

Bachelor’s Degree in a Technical field preferred or equivalent experience

Demonstrated managerial experience in a manufacturing setting.

Ability to manage a complex vertically integrated operation.

A transformational leader with the ability to drive an engaged culture across a manufacturing environment.

Strong problem-solving, negotiating, and decision-making skills with the proven ability to manage complex situations.

Proficiency with computers, including the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, and ERP systems such as JDE / SAP.

Ability to analyze and interpret financial data and speak to variances on a daily & monthly basis.

Strong interpersonal skills, collaborative leadership style, and the ability to interface at all levels of the organization, including front-line employees, plant leaders, BU leadership, and senior leadership.

Leads and demonstrates the ability to hold the organization to a high standard of ethics and integrity.

Experience in Chemical process engineering preferred.

Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing or 5S experience preferred.

What You Will Get

KIK offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, wellness, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. You can plan for your future with KIK's retirement savings options including employer match. KIK also recognizes the importance of continuing education and offers Education Assistance to our employees to encourage continued personal development and growth.

About KIK

We create the products and brands that people trust to clean, sanitize, and protect their homes and pools. We are one of North America’s largest independent consumer product manufacturers with 16 North American manufacturing facilities. We also operate globally in Canada, Europe, and Australia. We are known for our portfolio of notable brands including Spic and Span® and Comet® cleaning products, Clorox® Pool&Spa™ (under license), BioGuard®, and Natural Chemistry® pool chemicals. We are also the #1 producer in North America of store-brand (“private label”) bleach and a leading private-label provider of laundry detergent and additives, dishwashing products, general-purpose cleaning, and other home care products.

Our global team of over 2,300 employees drives our capabilities in product development, product formulation, strategic sourcing, manufacturing, packaging design, brand marketing, project management, quality assurance, compliance, distribution, and logistics.

Our organization is constantly evolving and is driven by a set of “One KIK” values – a dedication to following through on commitments in a customer-focused, profit-motivated way; while never compromising on safety, ethics, or integrity.

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