.**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**Plans, directs and executes the site's manufacturing plan. Provides leadership to assigned human resources. Ensures conformance with Company standards, policies, regulations, and procedures within the scope of authority. Maximizes customer satisfaction through on-time delivery of products which meet required specifications. Continually improves the effectiveness and efficiency of manufacturing processes. Seeks to improve profit performance across all product lines.**SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES**- Make decisions for operational activities and set strategic goals- Planning and monitoring the day-to-day running of business to ensure smooth progress and meet all financial goals, including productivity, net profit, on time delivery, etc.- Develops annual business plans in consultation with plant management to ensure proper deployment of resources to achieve required levels of production and to meet customer delivery requirements.- Provides leadership to subordinate managers and to all assigned employees. Ensures open communications and responds to employee concerns in an appropriate manner. Seeks to improve the knowledge, skill and ability of people. Deals proactively with substandard performance.- Ensures full compliance with EHS standards, policies, procedures and processes for the entire site. Confirms that incidents are thoroughly investigated and that root causes are identified and remedied on a systematic basis. Fosters a safe and healthy work environment for all employees.- Interfaces directly with key customers, in concert with Sales & Marketing Management and Account Managers to resolve problems related to delivery, quality and other issues, Strives to address customer concerns in a responsive, professional manner while protecting the interests of the company.- Oversees and facilitates activities with other departments such as Sales & Marketing, Engineering/R&D, Purchasing, Accounting, Information Systems, and Human Resources.- Participates with Purchasing personnel to develop partnerships with vendors which produce mutually beneficial arrangements related to purchased item quality, quantity and pricing. Ensures that concerns and issues related to purchased resources are addressed and resolved in a timely manner.- Interacts positively and effectively with personnel, both internal and external to the organization. This may include factory floor personnel, management at various levels throughout Company, and governmental regulators. Participates in external activities to secure a positive community image of the Company.- Provides technical manufacturing assistance to other stakeholders of the organization, including both external and internal to HFS.- Analyzes and directs the preparation of Capital Appropriation Requests to secure required capital equipment for projects meeting or exceeding capital return targets