Plant manager

The Plant Manager is responsible for leading all manufacturing activities in a plastics industry plant, ensuring achievement of production, quality, safety, and efficiency targets. The role includes managing a team of managers and employees, driving operational excellence initiatives, continuous process improvement, and embedding a strong culture of safety and quality.

• Manage and lead all production operations in the plant, including planning, monitoring, and executing production plans.
• Lead a team of managers and employees, including development and coaching of management teams.
• Ensure achievement of output, quality, safety, and scheduling targets.
• Drive continuous improvement processes, implement operational excellence methodologies (such as Lean, 5S, Kaizen).
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining safety and quality standards, including training, supervision, and enforcement of procedures.
• Work closely with internal interfaces (engineering, quality, logistics, HR).
• Manage budgets, monitor costs, and improve plant profitability.
• Lead projects for technological innovation and automation
• Position Requirements:
• Relevant academic degree (Industrial/Mechanical Engineering & Management)
• Proven experience managing a plant or production operation in the plastics industry or similar
• Experience leading large management teams (including middle managers) required.
• Experience implementing operational excellence and continuous improvement processes.
• In-depth familiarity with industry safety and quality standards.
• Strong leadership and employee motivation skills, assertiveness, systemic vision, and ability to work under pressure.

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Global Benefits & Perks
You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.