The Judge Group is seeking a degreed Plant Operations Manager for a large manufacturing company in South Carolina! The qualified candidate will control and supervise all coordination, planning and direction of production activities, ensuring product quality and ensuring maximum operating efficiency. The candidate will ensure all jobs are performed efficiently, accurately, and safely to improve and maintain the performance of the entire plant. The qualified individual will develop superintendents to improve and maintain plant performance.Responsibilities: Communicate and maintain new industry trends including customer needs, developments in equipment, and ingredients Participate and support the plant safety processUse familiarity of plant operations and process to maintain and develop department organizationCreate areas of responsibility and group production functions to meet production objectives and needsAdvance recommendations in all fields related to effective department and plant operations Must be highly organized and systematic in approach Ensure all things happen on schedulePrepare production portion of operating budgets Implement and control approved budgetsCommunicate effectively with all plant workers to ensure timely and efficient policy implementationMaintain close contact with sales and marketing staying up to date of all marketing and sales activities that may affect production distribution Implement and improve methods for assisting employees to achieve plant production goalsDevelop department associates and managers to the fullest extent of their ability, while maintaining positive engagement Provide feedback to leads, associates and department managers on performance against department and plant goals and objectives Follow policies, practices and programs to produce safe quality foods that meet company and regulatory requirements Support the maintenance, development, implementation and ongoing improvement of the SQF 2000 Systems Supervise direct reports in the performance of their dutiesComplete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports Requirements:BS degree in engineering 5-10 years of experience in manufacturing operationsProven leadershipFunctional knowledge of Microsoft products including: PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, and ExcelKnowledge of Total Process Control or lean manufacturing