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Plant Manager

PPG Industries, Inc
United States, North Carolina, Shelby
2215 Randolph Road (Show on map)
Jul 21, 2025

As the Plant Manager, you will develop a Coatings and Sealants site that supports Business and Operational strategies. You will be responsible for providing strategic, developmental, and tactical direction of the facility to lead Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement. Oversee the accurate and timely delivery of products to our customers within the desired Safety, Quality, Productivity, Cost, and Customer Service standards. This is an onsite role at our Shelby, NC. Facility. You will report to the Global Operations Director.

Key Responsibilities

  • Be engaged in Safety and Quality; lead by example and ensure operational discipline and compliance with both company and regulatory standards are fulfilled for all departments and functions on site.

  • Monitor and review Environmental, Health, and Safety performance; ensure compliance and continuous improvement in striving for a risk-free manufacturing environment.

  • Build an organizational culture that has a bias for action, commitment to value-added services/processes, and a sense of accountability and leadership.

  • Monitor and improve Key Performance Indicators; lead corrective action to deviations to plan.

  • Facilitate communications throughout the site and within the respective SBU, Platform, and functional teams offsite.

  • Strive to ensure that the service requirements for performance, as dictated by internal and external customers, are achieved.

  • Develop and manage the strategies and processes of the operational functions within the site; ensure alignment and progress on process standardization, accomplishment, and collaboration.

  • Deliver financial commitments to operating plans; achieve expense, variance, and production plans as budgeted.

  • Participate in Working Capital management, including regular communication and action to address deviations to plan.

  • Anticipate technological industry changes and review opportunities to enhance operations to increase productivity, support business growth, and deliver competitive advantages.

  • Produce ideas and plans to enhance the performance of the manufacturing site, e.g., safety, process, rate, yields and quality improvement through lean manufacturing and six sigma concepts. Stimulate site personnel to think outside the box.

  • Drive the root cause/corrective action process for critical issues and ensure that all corrective actions are completed and sustained and drive the predicted results.

  • Conformance with the PPG and SBU Quality and EH&S policies. Ensure MOCs, RCCA for EHS CARs and Quality CARs are completed as expected.

  • Determine critical data requirements and tools needed to understand and analyze gaps through the value stream.

  • Identify and resolve problems promptly; gather and analyze information; develop alternative solutions; work in group problem solving situations; and use reason even when dealing with complex topics.

  • Identify and develop high-growth talent.

  • Develop short- and long-term vision for site policies, processes and structure.

Qualifications

  • Only U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply.

  • Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline

  • 10+ years of operations and engineering experience, preferably in a chemical manufacturing facility or discrete manufacturing operation.

  • 5+ years of plant leadership experience

  • Labor relations experience is helpful

  • Knowledgeable in theoretical and practical application of Lean Six Sigma Tools

  • #LI-Onsite

Los rangos salariales y beneficios de PPG pueden variar segun la ubicacion, lo que nos permite compensar a los empleados de manera competitiva en diferentes mercados geograficos. PPG considera varios factores al tomar decisiones sobre compensacion, que incluyen entre otros, conjuntos de habilidades, experiencia y capacitacion, calificaciones y educacion, licencias y certificaciones, y otras necesidades de la organizacion. Tambien pueden aplicarse otros incentivos.

Nuestros programas de beneficios para empleados estan disenados para apoyar la salud y el bienestar de nuestros empleados. La cobertura y los beneficios del seguro se ajustaran a los terminos y condiciones de los planes aplicables y de los documentos rectores asociados al plan.


About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday - everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company.. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every single day at PPG:

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are "One PPG" to the world.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We make it happen.

We run it like we own it.

We do better today than yesterday - everyday.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.

Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.
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