The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and operational performance of Marmon Defense’s Manchester Wire and Cable manufacturing facility
Job Summary
The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and operational performance of Marmon Defense’s Manchester Wire and Cable manufacturing facility.
This role oversees all continuous improvement, production, maintenance, and shipping activities while ensuring a world-class safety culture, operational discipline, and alignment to customer, business, and compliance requirements.
The Plant Manager is a hands-on, people-first leader with focus on coaching, developing talent, driving cross-functional collaboration, building resilient and high performing teams, and fostering a culture of accountability, operational excellence, continuous learning, and trust.
Matching Summary
The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and operational performance of Marmon Defense’s Manchester Wire and Cable manufacturing facility.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Safety-first culture leadership
LEAN and Kaizen continuous improvement
P&L responsibility and cost management
Production planning and scheduling
Quality systems compliance AS9100
Cross-functional team collaboration
Operational KPIs management
Nice-to-have
Coaching and talent development
Data-driven decision making
Behavior-based safety initiatives
Digital transformation support
Strong interpersonal communication
Customer presentation skills
Succession planning and mentoring
Key Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
10+ years manufacturing leadership experience
5+ years Plant Manager or equivalent role
LEAN Green or Black Belt preferred
AS9100 training preferred
Experience in aerospace or regulated manufacturing