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At ADS, no idea is off limits, and we celebrate creativity and bold moves.  For more than 50 years ADS has been manufacturing a variety of innovative and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional materials.  Headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio, we are a multi-billion dollar stormwater management company, manufacturing pipe and ancillary products. What does that mean? When it storms, we capture rain with our drain basins, convey it with pipe, store it using chambers and finally treat it with our water quality products, before safely returning water back to the environment. We handle, what we call, the entire lifecycle of a raindrop. Our products help prevent flooding, which increases quality of life for people living in large cities, suburbs, and rural towns. We also believe in creating a circular economy and are the largest plastic recycling company in North America. We use plastic shampoo and detergent bottles to create pipe, diverting over 500 million pounds of plastic from landfills every year. ADS operates a global network of over 60 manufacturing plants and 30 distribution centers. 

We have amazing stories to tell, and we need your help getting our story out there. To learn more about ADS, please visit our website at www.adspipe.com.

The successful candidate must bring high level of ethical, intellectual, professional, and personal values that complement the team.

• Strategic Mindset – anticipates future trends and implications accurately
• Decision Quality – relies on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment when making decisions
• Customer Focus – identifies opportunities that benefit the business
• Business Insight – keeps up with current and possible future policies, practices, and trends in the organization, function, and in the marketplace
• Plans and Aligns – breaks down objectives into appropriate initiatives and actions
• Optimizes Work Processes – seeks ways to improve processes, from small tweaks to complete reengineering
• Ensures Accountability – establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results
• Collaborates – works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives
• Develops Talent – develops others through coaching, feedback, exposure, and stretch assignments
• Builds Effective Teams – forms teams with appropriate and diverse mix of styles, perspectives, and experience
• Drives Vision and Purpose – talks about future possibilities in a positive way
• Courage – faces difficult issues and supports others who do the same

The Plant Manager is responsible for overall plant operations. The Plant Manager has direct responsibility of the facility’s safety, quality, service, productivity, inventory, administrative, employee engagement, and financial performance. This is accomplished through leading, directing and managing the department managers and office staff. The Plant Manager is also responsible for employee development, staffing, project management and annual operating budget preparation and recommendations.  The Plant Manager works closely with EH&S, Network Optimization, Corporate Accounting, Human Resources, Freight Operations and others. The Plant Manager is responsible for developing the culture of the facility and successfully leading the operation by practicing ADS Core Values. This position provides leadership for the facility and sets goals and executes strategies to meet corporate and regional business objectives. The Plant Manager reports directly to the Regional Manufacturing Manager and at the executive level, to the VP of Pipe Manufacturing Operations.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Ensure a safe work environment for all employees and maintain a safe working record. Administer proper safety practices and procedures
• Leads in a way that embraces and sustains positive and inclusive culture for all employees
• Oversee manufacturing operations. Meet or exceed, safety, quality, productivity, delivery and maintenance expectations
• Ensure excellent customer service through professional fleet partnerships, customer relations and proper inventory management
• Fosters an environment of learning by executing employee training programs that support career progression
• Prepare annual operating budgets for plant operations. Meet or exceed budget requirements
• Effectively manages staffing to correspond with demand levels
• Ensure proper management and inventory levels of all raw materials, fixed assets and finished goods
• Facilitate various operational programs and ensure plant compliance
• Prepare financial reports as needed for location performance
• Promotes appropriate communications with other ADS manufacturing facilities and departments
• Understand and practice ADS CORE VALUES AND LIFE SAFETY PRINCIPLES
• Maintain and build job skills through company and outside training programs
• Ensure proper management of location’s purchases via the internal purchase order system or company credit card.
• Utilizes data to proactively solve or improve location performance
• Promote a positive and transparent work environment
• Embed the manufacturing strategy enabling standardization.
• Promote a Continuous Improvement Culture using LEAN concepts by practicing and supporting our Green Line Operating System

Job Skills:

This position should possess the following skills/knowledge:

• Excellent leadership skills
• Intermediate computer skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Effectively leads change management
• Effectively problem solves in non-standardized environments
• Ability to communicate at different levels within the organization
• Financial Acumen
• Lean Manufacturing Concepts
• Strong analytical and judgement skills

Educational Requirements:

• 4-year Business/Technical degree or equivalent experience

Required Experience:

• 3-5 years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing

Preferred Experience

• 5+ years of manufacturing site leadership as the highest-level leader at the location

Physical Requirements:

• Employee will be lifting heavy objects and must have the ability to lift 25 pounds
• Employee will be sitting for a specified amount of time and must have the ability to sit at a minimum for 8 hours

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ADS supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience, and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. ADS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.