Plant Manager - Sika

Join Sika, a global company established in 1910.  Sika is a leading supplier of specialty chemical products and industrial materials serving construction and industrial markets. With subsidiaries in 100 countries around the world and in over 300 factories, Sika employs more than 25,000 people.

Sika is a full building envelope company, helping you live your everyday life from below-grade waterproofing all the way up to the roof. From the Crypto.com Arena to the Lincoln Memorial to the Empire State Building to Disneyland, Sika is extremely integrated in the world around us.

Sika is a continually growing company with a variety of locations that offers opportunity to advance through career development. We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

This position will provide leadership for strategic and tactical activities for the Lakewood plant operation (single site). This position is tasked with the efficient, safe, and environmentally correct operation and growth of the Lakewood facility.

• Attain annual safety goals through a solid understanding of safety management as well as the ability to convey and enforce safety rules and procedures.
• A comprehensive knowledge of continuous improvement concepts including statistical process control and lean manufacturing is required.
• Attain annual expense and/or budget goals and participates in annual capital budget to achieve promised benefits.
• Perform functions inherent in all management positions including recruitment, performance evaluation, coaching and Training & Development.
• Direct reports are production managers, supervisors, administrator, and hourly associates.

• Must be a well-educated manufacturing leader who can push forward the necessary strategies and programs to increase quality, productivity, and customer service.
• This person must possess excellent communication skills, which are characterized by sincerity, persuasiveness, and clarity of thought. 
• Incumbent must have strong interpersonal skills reflecting leadership, sensitivity and the demonstrated desire and ability to foster teamwork focusing on positive cooperative communication.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; MBA desirable.
• Minimum of 10 years Manufacturing Management experience.
• Experience managing production management personnel.
• Strong leader who manages fairly and consistently when applying rules, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• High levels of personal initiative, energy, and ownership for success.
• Goal oriented, well organized, with excellent communication skills.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Sika Corporation is committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals that apply. As an equal opportunity employer Sika will consider all qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, or other protected characteristics.