Position Summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking a full time Plant Manager to lead Operations at the Boaz, AL facility.The site employs approximately 100 production and office personnel.

This role involves leading an empowered team to consistently exceed customer expectations by implementingthe Parker Lean system and Win Strategy to ensure a safe work environment, maximize profitable growth, drive quality improvements, provide premier customer service, and reduce operating costs through continuous improvement efforts aimed at shortening lead times and maximizing profitable growth, while managing day-to-day activities to meet daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual goals.

Scope/ Supervision and Interaction:

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Provides leadership for Plant operation employees.Coordinates all manufacturing functions within the plant environment.

Responsible for all aspects of managing Plant Operations, including developing associates, driving consistency and accountability, ensuring team consensus is used to thoroughly evaluate decisions, and ensuring rapid implementation of those decisions.Additional responsibilities include budget planning, employment decisions related to associates, and performance assessments of all direct reports, team leaders, and associates.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

· Profitably grow the Plant and achieve goals measured weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually. Works with internal and external customers to promote and leverage Company technologies, systems, products, services and processes, while consistently establishing and maintaining premier customer service at all times.
· Leads strategy deployment for the Plant initiatives and growth. Leads Manufacturing functions to ensure operational efficiency and cost effectiveness.The Plant Manager collaborates with various departments, including Accounting and Finance, Human Resources, Safety, Lean, Quality Engineering, Maintenance, Information Technology, and Production Control and Planning.Additionally, they work with these functions to develop a plant budget aimed at reducing cost and growing the business profitably.
· Accountable for driving Lean initiatives throughout the Plant to ensure they are fully embraced and implemented.They guarantee that proper inventory management, production control scheduling, shipping/receiving logistics and quality procedures are in place.

· Instills and maintains a positive can-do team atmosphere by holding regular team meetings, assigning tasks and coordinating support services needed outside the team.They utilize PDCA alongside Tracking Centers and Team Improvement boards to monitor and ensure results.Staying familiar with the competitive environment, the Plant Manager provides leadership by promoting team concepts, coaching, counseling, retaining, mentoring, training, talent management, and individual development.Through strategy deployment and effective performance management, they drive a culture of accountability and results.

Qualifications:

Education & Experience
· 4 year university degree (or international equivalent) required; Ideal candidate has studied Business or Engineering
· Ideal candidate is working towards or has completed a Master’s degree (or international equivalent) in Business, Engineering, or related areas of study preferred · Ideal candidate has 8 or more years of experience in Operations Management, with at least 4 or more years of experience in a leadership role
· Previous work experience ideally includes experience in business and operational processes

Skills & Competencies
· Possess analytical and technical skills required to understand business practices and recommend proper opportunities
· Must have functional understanding of cost accounting and adopt to practical application
· Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills for effective interface with all internal and external contacts
· Practical experience in implementing lean technologies and practices.
· Excellent problem-solving skills; Six-Sigma certification is preferred.

Conditions of Employment

This position is subject to meeting U.S. export compliance and/or U.S. Government contracting citizenship eligibility requirements.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

(“Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor”)

If you would like more information about Equal Employment Opportunity as an applicant under the law, please go to Employees & Job Applicants | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Drug Tests

Drug-Free Workplace
In accordance with Parker’s policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.

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