Plant Manager

Plant Manager Salary up to $200,000 + Bonus + Benefits in Eastern TennesseeLead a small plant with a full accountability for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People. This Plant Manager role owns site execution to achieve operating leverage while delivering multiple successful program launches that increase volume and absorption. Key outcomes include meeting EBITDA and cash flow targets, improving material effectiveness, ensuring on-time delivery, and strengthening customer performance in a lean, high material-content cost environment. If you’re a hands-on leader who thrives in fast-paced manufacturing environments and knows how to turn operational discipline into financial results, we want to hear from you.As the Plant Manager, your responsibilities will be:Own full-site SQDCP performance aligned to strategy and the operating planLead financial recovery, budgeting, variance analysis, and cost-to-serve improvementsPartner across Finance, HR, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Commercial teamsDrive lean improvements that reduce waste, downtime, and variationEnsure effective launch management (Run-at-Rate, PFMEA, PPAP, change control)Develop leaders, build accountability, and foster a strong safety and performance culture.Minimum qualifications for this Plant Manager position: Bachelor’s degree but will look at highly equivalent experienceAt least 7 years in high-volume manufacturing, heavy industrial, leadership across production, engineering, quality, or supply chainProven results in launch execution, cost recovery, and operational excellenceStrong grasp of IATF disciplines, 8D/A3 problem solving, and Lean/TPS conceptsFinancial and KPI fluency Thorough understanding of MS Office, ERP/MRP and BI tools.