Plant Manager

Quovis, Inc. · Richton Park, IL

Level: Manager
Team: Production
Industry: Industrial
Posted: Recently

The role in 30 seconds

A management production role at Quovis, Inc. (industrial) in Richton Park, IL. Full-site ownership — full P&L accountability for the plant, not a single function or shift.

Tools it names: Plant layout, Capacity planning, Tooling

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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Production Engineer roles in Illinois: typical posted base $100k–$146k.

Median of the low and high ends of 34 live postings that list pay, out of 65 production engineer openings in Illinois, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 64 other live production postings in Illinois.

Base pay: Not listed in this posting
Experience asked: Not stated

Skills these teams ask for most

Lean 43%
✓ Team leadership 35%
EHS / safety 28%
Root cause 23%
Six Sigma 22%
✓ New product launch 20%

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Stands out: this posting asks for Plant layout, Capacity planning, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

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Full description from Quovis, Inc.As posted on their careers site.Show

Plant Manager

Reports to: U.S. Operations Manager

Location: Richton Park, IL (Division Manufacturing Sites)

Team Led: Production Managers, plus site functional leaders in Quality, Materials, Maintenance, Engineering, and Customer Service

The Opportunity

Our client is a division of a Fortune 500 diversified industrial manufacturer with roughly $14B in global revenue, operations in 57 countries, and a portfolio of more than 16,000 active patents. Within that global enterprise, this division is a focused automotive business serving major OEMs across North America, engineering and manufacturing housing units, vehicle doors, capless fuel systems, and electric vehicle (EV) charge ports.

The division operates multiple manufacturing locations across the U.S. and Mexico. This role has full accountability for one of the division's U.S. manufacturing sites, integrating Production, Quality, Materials, Maintenance, Engineering, and Customer Service into a single plant P&L. As the business modernizes its operations and pursues renewed growth, it needs a Plant Manager who can own site performance today while building the capability, culture, and bench strength for what's next.

Own the site. Own the P&L. Build the culture.

This is not a caretaker role — it's full accountability for a manufacturing site's safety, quality, delivery, cost, and culture, with the authority to integrate every plant function around one set of priorities. You'll set the pace, remove the barriers other leaders can't, and build a site that performs today and is stronger a year from now. If you want ownership of the whole plant, not just a piece of it, keep reading.

Why This Role Is Different

Full-site ownership — full P&L accountability for the plant, not a single function or shift

Backed by Fortune 500 scale — the resources, tooling, and career runway of a global industrial leader, with the autonomy of running your own site

Real integration authority — set plant operating priorities, hold every functional leader accountable, and remove cross-functional and systemic barriers directly

A proven leadership pipeline — plant leadership roles within this organization are a recognized path into multi-site and division-level operations leadership

A business, not a shift — you'll own real outcomes across safety, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and culture, with Production Managers and functional leaders reporting through you

What You'll Own

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Plant Performance & Cross-Functional Leadership

Own full-plant performance and ensure the site achieves safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and customer commitments

Integrate priorities and decision-making across plant functions — Production, Quality, Materials, Maintenance, Engineering, and Customer Service — and remove cross-functional or systemic barriers

Set plant operating priorities, review results, and hold functional leaders accountable for corrective action and sustained improvement

Represent the plant to customers, auditors, and corporate leadership as required

Financial & Capital Ownership

Own the plant P&L and operating budget, including conversion cost, labor, scrap, premium freight, inventory-related costs, external sorting, maintenance, and capital effectiveness

Balance short-term execution with capacity planning, workforce capability, equipment strategy, facility layout, inventory management, and process improvement

Sponsor 80/20, continuous improvement, and capital initiatives that improve site economics and operating performance

People Leadership & Culture

Lead and develop functional leaders, front-line leaders, and supervisors, including Production Managers; strengthen accountability and succession

Create and sustain a plant culture grounded in safety, accountability, inclusion, teamwork, urgency, and continuous improvement

Build bench strength across the site as long-tenured talent transitions and a new generation of leaders develops

Compliance & Growth Partnership

Ensure compliance with company policies, quality systems, customer requirements, and environmental and safety regulations

Partner across Sales, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, and Human Resources to support launches, customer priorities, and profitable growth

What Success Looks Like in Year One

Safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets are consistently met, and the plant P&L performs to budget

Conversion cost, productivity, and capital effectiveness show clear year-over-year improvement

Capacity plans, equipment reliability, and inventory health are stable and forward-looking, not reactive

Functional leaders and Production Managers are developing, with a visible succession bench

The site's culture is measurably stronger — safer, more accountable, more collaborative — and continuous improvement is part of the daily operating rhythm