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.

Mativ's facility in Minneapolis, MN is actively seeking an experienced operations leader for their Plant Manager position. The principal responsibility is to lead, inspire and motivate the Minneapolis, MN site based teams thereby making a major contribution to the delivery of the company's goals. The Plant Manager is responsible for driving all aspects of the site's business performance ensuring the seamless interaction of all site functional activities, including the management of environmental health and safety, commercial opportunities, financial forecasting and accounting, operational effectiveness and regulatory compliance and legal obligations. Remaining focused on optimizing customer and shareholder value through responsible, agile delivery of our specialized solutions.

responsibilities:

• Ensuring a safe work environment at all times for all employees within the site and any visitors to the site, while meeting legislative requirements.
• Providing the necessary leadership and resources to ensure that all products and services supplied by the site are at the highest possible levels, are consistent with company targets, and meeting customer specifications.
• Working closely with the Commercial Team and demonstrating a high level of cooperation to develop and maintain exceptional business relations with all customers.
• Manage all resources towards achieving the most efficient use, including but not limited to cash, materials, labor, equipment, and natural resources.
• Ensure that the site consistently operates in an environmentally responsible manner meeting all company standards and legislative requirements for environmental protection.
• Significant involvement in the strategic development for the site in cooperation with the senior operations. This would include many aspects of site development including human resources, manufacturing processes, equipment, capabilities, distribution of goods, etc.
• Manage/oversee all site operational costs including annual budgeting, re-forecasts, and monthly reporting to senior leadership.
• Effective development of human resources within the site including but not limited to training, career development, succession planning, discipline, and compensation.
• Promote effective risk management including the accurate and timely maintenance of all site based risk profiles in accordance with company policy. Ensuring that all site owned risks are managed and actively monitor the resolution of agreed actions via the company's' tracking processes.
• Foster an environment for Continuous Improvement through teaching, coaching and mentoring the team utilizing lean principles which drives a winning culture.

qualifications:

Essential Skills / Experience / Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree with emphasis on Business Management, engineering, coating science, and/or finance/HR
• Strong working knowledge of US labor laws and requirements
• Entrepreneurial spirit/business minded to drive sales and develop creative solutions to get orders
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with all levels of a diverse organization
• Minimum 5+ years of Operations Leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of quality management systems (QMS) and quality registrations (ISO14001 / ISO9001 / ISO13485)
• Proven ability to manage broad spectrum manufacturing facilities in a capital intensive environment supplying demanding markets in industrial/healthcare
• Proven ability to manage cost control and inventory management
• Strong knowledge of Lean manufacturing

Desirable Skills / Experience / Qualifications:

• MBA or Similar Degree
• Six Sigma Certified Green or Black Belt preferred
• Computer literacy such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Corporate IT systems such as SAP
• Previous experience with converting, materials/adhesive technologies, printing, automated packaging and sterilization validation
• Previous experience with application of automation to processes

$130,000 - $175,000/year plus bonus potential

WHAT WE OFFER

Mativ benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, competitive in the marketplace, and affordable.

ABOUT MATIV

Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company connects, protects, and purifies the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers' most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company's two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers' products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.