Job Description

We are Toshiba. We have an unwavering drive to make and do things that lead to a better world.

At Toshiba, we commit to raising quality of life for people around the world, ensuring progress that is in harmony with our planet. Our core values include: Do the Right Thing, Look for a better way, Always consider the impact and Create Together.

Toshiba International Corporation (TIC) is a Toshiba America Group (TAG) Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. Comprised of four in-house divisions, TIC is a global leader in motors and drives, power electronics, transmission and distribution systems, and other social infrastructure systems. TIC is committed to providing the utmost in quality products and services and strives to uphold Toshiba’s worldwide commitment to innovative technology, superior quality, and unmatched reliability. Many of these products are designed, built and tested in our 1,000,000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Houston, TX. TIC has developed a totally integrated manufacturing process from research and development, design, engineering, production and manufacturing to after-market service and sales & marketing. Toshiba differentiates itself from its competitors through its commitment to quality and reliability. We build products to perform in the most difficult conditions. From raw material to the finished product, we assure exacting quality, engineering excellence and stringent testing to meet domestic and international performance standards.

The Plant Manager directs the manufacturing operations through a team of functional leaders ensuring customer and employee satisfaction while improving the efficiency of manpower, materials and machines. This position oversees the operations of manufacturing, industrial engineering and production planning. The Plant Manager provides leadership in maintaining the production schedule, high quality, improvement initiatives and safety. Leads supervisors and managers to set goals, develop new and better methods, and maintain good employee morale.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate plant activities through planning with departmental managers to ensure the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• May be responsible for managing and overseeing multiple manufacturing plants.
• Responsible for people management, development, discipline, and succession planning at plant level.
• Provides leadership in areas of kaizen/5S/lean manufacturing techniques, quality, cost reduction, complete and on-time delivery, EH&S, customer satisfaction, employee relations and engagement, communication and plant performance measures.
• Provides leadership for problem resolution to facilitate faster improvements and improved working relationships.
• Participate in the budgeting and financial reporting process, and achieve the budget as approved by senior leadership Participate in Capital budget planning process.
• Active as Strategic Long-Term Planner
• Implement cost effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, manpower, wages and salaries, waste reduction, quality improvement, safety compliance and improvement, environmental compliance and improvement, and complete and on-time delivery.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Manufacturing) or Business-related field.
• Knowledge and experience managing manufacturing under ISO standards (9000, 14000, 45001).
• Preference given to candidates with Master’s degree, Six Sigma certification

Skills and Experience:

• 7-10 years of progressive management experience in a manufacturing plant environment including the following:
  • Kaizen/5S/lean manufacturing techniques
  • QualityCost reduction
  • On-time delivery
  • EH&S
  • Customer satisfaction
  • Employee relations and engagement
  • Communication Plant performance measures
• 5 years’ experience as Plant Manager in a manufacturing facility