Plant Manager
Sika · Versailles, KY
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at Sika (chemicals) in Versailles, KY. Develop a flexible and capable organization that can respond effectively to changing customer demand, business priorities, product mix, and capacity requirements.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Root cause, SPC, EHS / safety
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Kentucky: typical posted base $143k–$280k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 22 production engineer openings in Kentucky, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Kentucky plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 21 other live production postings in Kentucky.
- Experience asked
- Typical (10+ years)
Similar roles usually ask 10+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 73%
- ✓ EHS / safety 41%
- ✓ Root cause 32%
- ✓ New product launch 32%
- Automation 32%
- ✓ Lean 27%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Responsibilities
- ◆Lead the plant safety culture by actively advancing Sika SAFE principles, ensuring compliance with safety rules and procedures, and driving progress toward annual safety objectives.
- ◆Deliver annual quality, service, and productivity goals by ensuring strong manufacturing execution, disciplined problem solving, process control, and effective response to customer and business requirements.
- ◆Build and sustain high-performing teams across production, maintenance, engineering, quality, materials, logistics, and support functions.
- ◆Partner with engineering, maintenance, EHS, quality, supply chain, R&D, and commercial teams to support reliable operations, new product introductions, capital planning, preventive maintenance, and long-term site development.
- ◆Drive continuous improvement using lean manufacturing, statistical process control, error-proofing, root cause analysis, standard work, and other structured problem-solving methods.
- ◆Develop a flexible and capable organization that can respond effectively to changing customer demand, business priorities, product mix, and capacity requirements.
- ◆Manage annual operating expense targets and execute approved capital projects to deliver committed safety, quality, capacity, cost, and productivity benefits.
- ◆Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, local, corporate, environmental, safety, and quality requirements.
- ◆Select, coach, train, and develop salaried and hourly associates to strengthen capability, succession depth, accountability, and employee engagement.
- ◆Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization and promote a culture of respect, teamwork, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- ◆Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business, or a related field preferred; MBA or advanced technical degree desirable.
- ◆Minimum of 10 years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience, including experience leading production teams and managing plant-level performance.
- ◆Proven ability to lead safe, efficient, customer-focused manufacturing operations while improving quality, productivity, delivery, and cost performance.
- ◆Strong knowledge of lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, root cause analysis, process control, preventive maintenance, and capital project execution.
- ◆Demonstrated leadership capability with the ability to build trust, develop talent, set clear expectations, and hold teams accountable in a fair and consistent manner.
- ◆Excellent communication skills, characterized by clarity, sincerity, sound judgment, and the ability to influence across hourly, salaried, functional, and senior leadership groups.
- ◆Strong interpersonal skills with a leadership style grounded in respect, humility, collaboration, accountability, and employee engagement.
- ◆Goal-oriented, well organized, and able to operate effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with changing priorities.
- ◆Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and the ability to use data, reports, and operating metrics to manage performance and drive improvement.
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The Plant Manager is responsible for leading the safe, efficient, compliant, and environmentally responsible operation and continued development of the Versailles facility. This role provides overall site leadership for manufacturing performance, including safety, quality, service, productivity, cost, people development, and continuous improvement. The incumbent will create a culture of accountability, trust, employee engagement, and operational excellence while representing the Corporation’s vision and values at the plant level.
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