Plant Manager Ibi

The Site Manager is responsible for effectively planning, directing andcoordinating all activities for the vinyl powder compound operations at assigned plant. These activities include safety, environmental, quality, production and cost.

- Provides direction, ensures resources and manages programs to ensure the plant's safety and environmental performance meets established goals.

- Develops and implements plans to reduce waste, meet applicable regulatory standards and handles emergency situations that may arise at the Site.

- Develop a plant operating plan that is consistent with and supports the overall business plan.

- Determines what resources are required to successfully implement the operating plan and then secure them.

- Ensures standards for product quality, equipment and operator performance are maintained and that cost-effective technology is used to maximize production.

- Develops capital plan to improve plant operations.

- Ensures plant performs at or below annual budgeted cost levels.

- Develops employees through training, involvement programs and other programs to create a strong team environment.

- Identifies develop opportunities and provides subordinates opportunities to meet career development plans.

- Represents Avient to the external community in a professional and positive manner.

- Other projects and duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

- Provides direction, ensures resources and manages programs to ensure the plant's safety and environmental performance meets established goals.

- Develops and implements plans to reduce waste, meet applicable regulatory standards and handles emergency situations that may arise at the Site.

- Develop a plant operating plan that is consistent with and supports the overall business plan.

- Determines what resources are required to successfully implement the operating plan and then secure them.

- Ensures standards for product quality, equipment and operator performance are maintained and that cost-effective technology is used to maximize production.

- Develops capital plan to improve plant operations.

- Ensures plant performs at or below annual budgeted cost levels.

- Develops employees through training, involvement programs and other programs to create a strong team environment.

- Identifies develop opportunities and provides subordinates opportunities to meet career development plans.

- Represents Avient to the external community in a professional and positive manner.

- Other projects and duties as assigned.

Requires standing and sitting for extended periods of time, talking and listening. Must be able to walk and use hands. Occasionally requires bending, stooping, climbing ladders and stairs. May occasionally be required to lift, push or pull up to 50 pounds. Typically work is in a manufacturing environment where noise level is loud. Generally requires the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, safety shoes, hearing protection, hard hat, respiratory protection. Exposure
to outside weather conditions is routine. May be exposed to working in extreme heat and humidity. May also be exposed on occasion to dust or fumes.

Scope

Manufacturing Plant.

Typically reports to Manufacturing Director or equivalent.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline required; Master's degree in business or operations management preferred.

- At least 10 years of progressively responsible manufacturing experience, with at least seven years of experience supervising multiple individuals and/or teams/shifts.

- Thorough knowledge of manufacturing operations and safety procedures; prior experience in composites/plastics operations strongly preferred.

- Prior experience and utilization of Lean Six Sigma methodology strongly preferred.

- Demonstrated track record of success in managing a safe and environmentally sound work environment.

- Excellent leadership skills.

- Strong verbal and written communication skills.

- Must be able to interact effectively with employees at all levels of the organization as well as customers and suppliers.

- Strong results orientation combined with ability to make sound, reasoned decisions.

About Us

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materialssolutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Job Info

- Job Identification 40000512

- Job Category Manufacturing Management

- Posting Date 01/21/2026, 01:53 PM

- Job Schedule Full time

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