Plant Manager - ECOLAB

Join our Garland, TX team as Plant Manager in a unique opportunity to lead a team of 110 associates in a liquid blending manufacturing environment.  In this role, you will report to the VP of Manufacturing and be responsible for overall safety, quality, cost, service, and direction of all activities concerned with product production and shipping.

What’s in it For You:

• The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve clean water, safe food, and healthy environments
• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best

What You Will Do:

• Drive a culture that is consistent with Ecolab’s company values
• Provide exceptional leadership to direct reports and to the site as a whole
• Lead transformation of manufacturing environment through significant capital investment
• Develop and align the local Supply Chain vision, mission, strategy and objectives with divisional and corporate strategy and objectives
• Ensure adherence to Ecolab’s, local and governmental guidelines related to SH&E, quality, regulatory, and the code of conduct/ethics
• Ensure safety, quality, productivity, cost, and service of the Supply Chain and meeting KPIs
• Own TPM implementation and culture
• Manage people, materials, equipment, and business processes to deliver site performance objectives, as measured by corporate and local KPIs
• Empower team by way of training, information sharing, coaching, feedback, appraisals, and delegation to ensure the development of people and organizational capabilities
• Interface and liaise with corporate headquarters to manage communication and information flow between the plant and external environment
• Develop and implement strategic capital expense budgets to ensure long term technical and financial viability of the plant’s manufacturing processes and ensures alignment of the budget to divisional and corporate strategy
• Role model effective change management strategy, planning, and executions
• Develop and implement labor strategy in partnership with HR
• Develop and execute a site master plan of the manufacturing and distribution facility as well as organizational capabilities, necessary to support future growth
• Instill and support a continuous improvement mindset across the site
• Uphold integrity of the business processes related to finished goods, inventory replenishment, and new product introductions

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; preferably Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• 10+ years of Supply Chain experience
• 5+ years of people management experience
• Immigration sponsorship not offered for this role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced Technical degree or MBA
• Demonstrated knowledge of merger and acquisition principles and best practices
• Demonstrated experience participating in large-scale business and culture change imperatives
• Experience in TPM or other continuous improvement methodology
• Additional functional experience in at least two of the following areas: Distribution, Planning, Purchasing, Quality, and SHE

Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Click here to see our benefits. 

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce. Ecolab is a place where you can grow your career, own your future and impact what matters.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.