Plant Leadership & Business Performance

- Provide overall leadership and accountability for plant operations, including Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Materials, Maintenance, EHS, and other plant support functions.
- Own plant performance across key operational KPIs, including Safety, Quality, Delivery, Productivity, Cost, Scrap, Efficiency, Inventory, and Customer Satisfaction.

E-House Manufacturing & Technical Leadership

- Lead manufacturing operations involving the integration of electrical/electronic systems and metal-mechanical structures.
- Ensure effective coordination between fabrication, welding, structural assembly, electrical installation, wiring, controls, testing, finishing, and final integration.

Operational Excellence

- Drive Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement throughout the plant.
- Implement and sustain tools such as 5S, Standard Work, Visual Management, Root Cause Analysis, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and Daily Management Systems.
- Identify and eliminate waste, production bottlenecks, quality issues, and operational inefficiencies.

Safety & Quality

- Establish a strong safety culture where employees understand that safe execution is a fundamental operating requirement.
- Ensure compliance with applicable Mexican safety, environmental, and labor regulations as well as Forgent corporate requirements.
- Champion a Zero Harm mindset and proactively address unsafe conditions and behaviors.

People Leadership & Organizational Development

- Build, lead, and develop a strong plant leadership team.
- Establish clear expectations, accountability,



and performance management throughout the organization.
- Develop succession plans and a strong internal leadership bench for critical positions.

Customer & Cross-Functional Leadership

- Serve as a senior operational representative for customers when required.
- Ensure strong communication regarding production status, quality, delivery, and recovery plans.
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.

- Minimum 10–15 years of progressive manufacturing experience, including significant leadership responsibility.
- Minimum 5 years in a Plant Manager, Operations Manager, Manufacturing director, or equivalent senior operations leadership role.
- Strong experience in both electrical/electronic manufacturing and metal-mechanical manufacturing environments.
- Experience with E-Houses, switchgear, electrical enclosures, power distribution systems, data center infrastructure, industrial electrical equipment, or similar complex engineered products is strongly preferred.
- Experience managing fabrication processes such as sheet metal, structural steel, welding, machining, painting/coating, and mechanical assembly is highly desirable.
- Experience managing electrical assembly, wiring, controls, testing, and system integration is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated success leading operations through rapid growth, capacity expansion, new product introduction, or manufacturing transfers.
- Experience operating in a high-mix/low-volume, project-driven, or engineered-to-order manufacturing environment preferred.
- Experience in a Mexico maquiladora/manufacturing environment strongly preferred.

📌 Plant Manager (Tijuana)
🏢 Industrias Eléctricas AG, S.A. de
📍 Tijuana