Confidential Plant Manager, Industrial – Illinois (1921)

Categories: Chemicals , HI&I , HI&I/Sanitation , Industiral , Onsite Plant Manager, Industrial – Onsite in Illinois (1921) The Cambridge team has been engaged by a key manufacturing client to fill an urgent and confidential Plant Manager role. This is a highly visible role leading the flagship plant for a stable, well-established, and diversified organization. The plant manager will routinely interact with senior corporate leadership, customers, and investors. A safety-first mindset and genuine drive to mentor and grow a team to reach their personal career and corporate goals will be key to success. Requirements: Minimum 7+ years of related experience Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Processes, Operational Management, or a similar field; Educations requirement can be offset by 10+ years of relevant leadership –level experience Demonstrated ability to lead safe, compliant manufacturing operations while building trust, reporting transparency, and corrective-action discipline. Strong active listening and communication skills, including the ability to set clear expectations, check understanding, and ensure commitments are completed as agreed. Ability to coach, mentor, and develop leaders through regular feedback, capability-building plans, skills matrices, development assignments, and succession planning. Financial acumen, including working knowledge of plant P&L management, budget and forecast accuracy, labor productivity, cost per unit, inventory, productivity savings, and CAPEX performance. Successful track record of delivering consistent OEE improvements while providing 95%+ on-time, in-full (OTIF) service to customers. Experience with lean tools including Kaizen, Six Sigma, continuous flow operations, autonomous and total productive maintenance, workplace organization, people development, and value stream analysis. Location/Travel: Southwest Chicago Suburbs with no routine overnight travel Why Consider This Job/Company? They are a stable and growing organization which has won multiple “Best Midsized Places to Work” awards. They are diversified providing exceptional protection from periodic market shifts. This plant is very close to corporate headquarters and is considered a flagship plant; they have a newer innovation center on this site and significant upcoming CapEx projects to continue to improve and expand this site. The hiring manager is open and direct, available to her team 24/7, and enjoys helping people reach their career goals. This role will be highly visible within the organization, and there is plenty of room for long-term career growth. Values their Plant Managers and considers them essential talent; Along with competitive compensation, annual bonus, office support and benefits, long term incentives are also provided. . The jobs up on our site only represent a portion of the open positions we’re working with! If you’re a candidate looking for a new role, browse all of our current open positions and please reach out to us with any inquiries! Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram for news, announcements, and updates. Resume Submission Previous Next More Jobs View All Jobs View All Jobs Plant Human Resources Manager – Indiana (1923) Account Manager, Industrial-CASE – Southeast (1916) Account Manager, Personal Care – Mountain States (1912) Account Manager, Personal Care/HI&I – Montreal (1909) R&D Chemist, HI&I – Florida (1892) Procurement Manager, Chemicals – Texas (1890)