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Adient

Designs, manufactures, and delivers automotive seating

Assistant Plant Manager

Manufacturing & Production OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLansing, MI, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A college degree in industrial management, engineering, or business administration, or equivalent, is required.
  • Eight to ten years of experience in supervisory positions at progressively higher levels is required, preferably in a manufacturing environment, or equivalent.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to perform basic arithmetic with whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
  • Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.
  • Must be computer literate and familiar with appropriate software programs.
  • Ability to create visual aids for communication purposes.

Responsibilities

  • Establish goals, objectives, and guidelines for all phases of plant operations and staff activities to maintain an efficient, functional, operational, and profitable plant.
  • Direct, guide, and motivate immediate subordinates to achieve projected goals and objectives and increase operational efficiency.
  • Establish and enforce plant procedures and controls to attain projected goals and objectives.
  • Support and promote company philosophies and policies to establish support and organization within the plant.
  • Participate in decisions and approvals to control vital elements of the plant organization, basing decisions on company policy and other pertinent data.
  • Assist with planning and forecasting plant requirements for equipment, manpower, materials, and facilities; establish labor and materials budgets and complete the organizational structure by requesting departmental reports and preparing required forecasts or reports.
  • Initiate and implement methods and procedures for scrap control, manufacturing techniques, and workforce utilization to make better use of plant facilities and increase operational efficiency; stay informed about related industries through meetings, seminars, and periodicals.
  • Build customer relations by receiving and calling on customer representatives, promoting a sound relationship, and serving as liaison between customers and the plant to resolve actual or potential problems.
  • Recommend capital equipment acquisitions to update equipment, increase plant efficiency, and accommodate design and product changes.
  • Maintain contact with civic and business leaders and participate in organizations aligned with company interests to support community relations and improve the plant’s local image.
  • Assist with recommending changes to organization classifications, compensation, and fringe benefits for salaried and plant personnel to provide working conditions comparable to or better than those in the area.
  • Assist the Plant Manager in reviewing subordinate job performance so employee training and development can be used in accordance with company policy.

About the Company

Adient

Designs, manufactures, and delivers automotive seating

Adient is a global leader in automotive seating, designing, manufacturing, and delivering seating systems and components for various vehicles. It uses a vertically integrated process from research and design to production, with more than 200 manufacturing and assembly plants across 29 countries, ensuring consistent quality and innovation. The company sells seating solutions to major automakers to differentiate vehicles through quality, technology, and performance, and it operates AdientDX to enable controlled data exchange across its supply chain. Its goal is to maintain leadership in automotive seating by delivering high-quality, scalable seating solutions with a global footprint and data-enabled operations.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Plymouth Township, Michigan
Founded
2015

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