Plant Manager, Flagler Operations

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Come explore opportunities within Brunswick, a global marine leader committed to challenging conventions and innovating next-generation technologies that transform experiences on the water and beyond. Brunswick believes “Next Never Rests,” and we offer a variety of exciting careers and growth opportunities within united teams defining the future of marine recreation.

Innovation is the heart of Brunswick. See how your contributions will help transform vision into reality.

Position Overview:

Under the direction of the VP of Operations, the Plant Manager is responsible for safe, effective, and efficient operation of the facility. The Plant Manager will be required to predictably attain or exceed all operational goals and financial goals for the facility. Responsibilities include safety, quality, on time delivery, productivity, and morale, with an emphasis on continuous improvement through employee engagement.

At Brunswick, we have passion for our work and a distinct ability to deliver.

Essential Functions:

• Lead safety culture: to ensure facility is consistent with Brunswick policies and procedures and all regulatory agencies state, federal and local. Create a vision and drive improvement year over year.
• Develop operational and team goals aligned with business and financial plans, lead and coordinate team to execute these plans.
• Create, monitor and maintain production schedules to meet all customer delivery requirements, coordinate schedules across functions and manufacturing areas.
• Determine plant performance metrics (e.g., manufacturing variances), institute processes and metrics to measure and monitor performance (and to communicate to all levels of the organization).
• Lead all materials management activities to ensure optimal parts presentation and inventory levels.
• Analyze and react to plant performance metrics. Develop short term and long-term countermeasures to meet or exceed goals.
• Develop operational and facility plans for both near-term and long-term.
• Review overall labor and material requirements to minimize overtime costs without jeopardizing necessary functions and customer delivery (and quality) requirements.
• Direct the problem-solving activities of the manufacturing operations, driving those activities to the point of impact.
• Establish and manage budgets and targets for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Create a continuous improvement culture through the deployment of lean principles.
• Achieve or exceed financial goals for the facility.
• Lead and participate in cost reduction activities.

Diversity of thought and experiences is fundamental when imagining the unimaginable. Certain skillsets/experiences are necessary; however, others can be developed along the way.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Management or other related discipline is required. An MBA is preferred.
• 15+ years’ experience in manufacturing environment with progressive responsibility leading a team, preferably leader of entire operations.
• Proven Lean manufacturing experience and VA/VE (Value Analysis/Value Engineering) experience is required.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills required.
• Outstanding analytical and statistical technical skills are required to gather and summarize data to find solutions in product, manufacturing, and services.
• Technical or professional knowledge of business planning, facility planning, and headcount planning is required.

Required Leader Competencies:

• Culture: Ability to drive culture change through lean initiatives that drive employee engagement. Previous experience driving culture change is required.
• Strategic: Taking a long-range broad approach to problem solving and decision making through objective analysis, thinking ahead and planning.
• Communication: Stating clearly what you want and expect from others; clearly expressing your thoughts and ideas; maintaining a precise and constant flow of information.
• Production: Adopting a strong orientation toward achievement; holding high expectations for yourself and others; pushing yourself and others to achieve at high levels.
• Consensual: Valuing the ideas and opinions of others and collecting their input as part of your decision-making process.
• Financial: Ability to create financial plans supported by operational plans, necessary to assess and respond to financial performance.
• Excitement: Operating with a good deal of energy, intensity and emotional expression; having a capacity for keeping others enthusiastic and involved.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A hands-on leader who desires to spend time on the shop floor interacting with people helping and guiding them to solve the problems they are experiencing in their area.
• Experience in starting up green field operations would be helpful.
• Experience with OSHA and DEP regulations.
• Knowledge and experience setting up production lines. Balancing workload and optimizing high variation mixed model lines.

Working Conditions:

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and inspiration. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Shop floor working environment.
• Shop floor is non-climate controlled. Temperature fluctuates with outside environmental conditions, such as air temperature, radiant heat from sunlight, air movement, and humidity levels.
• Frequent exposure to high temperatures, including a hot and humid environment, especially during summer months.
• Noise level is moderate with intervals of spikes.
• Required to wear safety glasses, hearing protection, and utilize other safety equipment and personal protect equipment (PPE) while present on the production/shop floor.
• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts, resins, fiberglass dust & cloths, epoxy, composites, and other chemicals.
• Ability to walk or stand for extended periods of times.
• Ability to regularly bend, stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, reach, climb, and lift or move up to 35 pounds.
• Vision abilities required include close vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Why Brunswick:

Whatever tomorrow brings, we’ll be at the leading edge. As the clear leader in the marine industry, we're committed to our values and supporting our exceptional people. We offer valuable benefits including a competitive 401(k) plan with company match, health benefits, paid time off, a robust Wellness Program, and much more. In addition, we’re proud of being recognized for making a splash with numerous awards!

About Boston Whaler:

At Boston Whaler our team members are the key to our success and have helped us earn numerous awards and accolades from all over the world. We offer an environment where values are shared, diversity is embraced, careers are grown and anyone who has the desire to be successful can achieve their goals. To make the best boats in the world requires the best team members. If you have the highest work standards, values and integrity, then you should join the unsinkable legend!

For more than 50 years, Boston Whaler has been building superior quality unsinkable runabouts, cruisers and center console boats. Founded in 1958 and currently headquartered in Edgewater, FL, the company's unique foam-cored construction process contributes not only unsurpassed flotation, but superior ride characteristics and durability. The current product line ranges from 11- 42 feet and is distributed around the world by a network of exceptional dealers. For more information about The Unsinkable Legend, please visit www.bostonwhaler.com. Boston Whaler is owned by Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), the largest marine manufacturer in the world.

Next is Now!

We value growth and development, recognizing that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying.

Brunswick is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is key to innovation and inspiration and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply. If you require accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact [email protected] for support.

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