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Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Liberty, SC

Reporting To: Senior Director of Operations

Compensation: $160,000 - $200,000 / year

Description:

The Plant Manager will oversee the manufacturing of film, electrolytic, and mica capacitors at our largest domestic facility located in Liberty, South Carolina. This role involves ensuring that the factory meets tactical performance targets to support business needs while also driving long-range plans that will enhance efficiency. The selected candidate will be required to work on-site in Liberty, South Carolina. Join our team and play a crucial role in transforming our largest U.S.-based facility to achieve the next level of operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

Execution Efficiency:

• Ensure Plant is meeting Safety, Quality, Delivery, Yield and Cost annual targets.
• Coordinate with R&D to enable smooth transition from design to production of new products.
• Facilitate the alignment of priorities between commercial and operational.
• Process Optimization: Identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement within manufacturing processes and workflows for improved productivity, quality, and yield.
• Manufacturing Systems: Improvements to existing manufacturing systems or deployment of enhanced manufacturing systems that will increase factory efficiency.
• Lean methodologies: Guide and implement methods and tools to streamline operations, reduce waste, and enhance overall efficiency.
• Data Analysis: Utilize data-driven approaches to analyze performance metrics, identify trends, and present actionable insights for improvement.
• Monitoring and Reporting: Regularly track and report progress on improvement and responding to areas needing further attention.

Strategic Planning:

• Collaborate with corporate teams to translate strategic roadmaps into executable actions that leads to the desired results.
• Develop and execute comprehensive plans that align to the factory's goals and objectives.

Operating Culture:

• Instill a culture of accountability focused on result-orientation.
• Foster a culture of innovation for continuous improvements.
• Adopt Knowles best practices to accelerate the improvements.
• Attract, motivate, and develop high caliber talent.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:

• Bachelor's degree preferably in a technical discipline with a minimum of 8- 10 years of demonstrated performance in Manufacturing / Operations.
• Demonstrated capability in execution excellence and ability to build effective operations culture is required.
• Proven track record of driving continuous improvement for plant-wide operations.
• Experienced in developing and able to implement operations strategies that delivers end results is a must.
• Must be able to effectively communicate and collaborate with Knowles leadership teams.
• Excellent management skills, including the ability to supervise and lead factory teams to drive positive changes.
• Familiarity with electrical/ electronic components manufacturing such as capacitors is an advantage.
• Candidate is expected to work full time on location at Liberty, South Carolina with occasional travel to other manufacturing locations.
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for professional development and growth
• A dynamic and collaborative work environment focused on innovation and continuous improvement.
• Flexible PTO
• Paid holidays
• Prescription Drug Plans
• Basic Life Insurance
• Employee Referral Program

Join our team and play a pivotal role in transforming our manufacturing processes to achieve greater efficiency and excellence.

We are committed to providing a competitive and fair total compensation package for all employees.

One element in our total compensation package is base pay. The starting base pay for this role is $160,000 to $200,000 per year.

Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to previous experience and skills acquired prior to joining us, cost of living in the assigned work location, assigned schedule, and salaries of similarly situated peers at the company. It is to be expected that candidates will come to us with different sets of skills and experiences and therefore will be paid at different points in the stated range. We recognize that the person(s) we select for hire may be less experienced or more experienced than the role as posted; if this is the case, any updates to available salary ranges will be communicated with candidates during the recruitment process.

Knowles' Cornell Dubilier brand is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom high-energy discharge capacitors used in a wide range of medical, military, and commercial pulsed energy applications.

Equal Opportunity Statement: We prohibit pay discrimination and discrimination of any kind based on race, color, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or other legally protected status.

ITAR Statement: Please note that this position may require access to technical data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Applicants must be U.S. persons (citizens, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status) or have the necessary authorization to access controlled technical data. Compliance with ITAR and EAR regulations is a condition of employment.

Notice to Staffing Agencies, Search Firms and Recruitment Agencies: The recruitment process at Knowles is managed through the Human Resources department. Knowles does not accept resumes submitted from 3rd party agencies outside of our system. To submit resumes, 3rd party agencies will need to be a pre-approved vendor with a valid contract in place, be actively engaged by Knowles to recruit for a specific position and have agency log in credentials to submit candidates to our career's portal. Please do not submit resumes via e-mail, through our external website or directly to our employees. Any resumes submitted in this way become the property of Knowles and will not be eligible for any placement fee.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management, Manufacturing, and Engineering

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, and Medical Equipment Manufacturing

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