What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Manager (Blaine, WA) position at 8th Avenue Food & Provisions?
Business Unit Overview
8th Avenue Food & Provisions is a growing organization made up of businesses that produce and sell quality products including pasta, peanut butter, granola, and fruit and nut trail mixes to retail, foodservice and ingredient customers. The company was formed in October 2018 through a combination of Post Holdings’ private brands businesses and is owned by Post Holdings and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), a private equity firm.
Responsibilities
Position Summary:
The Plant Manager is the senior leader of the manufacturing site. This role directs and manages all plant operations with overall responsibilities for safety, quality, production, maintenance, and warehousing. To be successful in this role, a qualified candidate will need to effectively drive safety initiatives, identify and execute on continuous improvement initiatives, develop people, set clear objectives/expectations, and manage costs to ensure the greatest return for the business.
Duties and Responsibilities:
8th Avenue Food & Provisions is a growing organization made up of businesses that produce and sell quality products including pasta, peanut butter, granola, and fruit and nut trail mixes to retail, foodservice and ingredient customers. The company was formed in October 2018 through a combination of Post Holdings’ private brands businesses and is owned by Post Holdings and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), a private equity firm.
Responsibilities
Position Summary:
The Plant Manager is the senior leader of the manufacturing site. This role directs and manages all plant operations with overall responsibilities for safety, quality, production, maintenance, and warehousing. To be successful in this role, a qualified candidate will need to effectively drive safety initiatives, identify and execute on continuous improvement initiatives, develop people, set clear objectives/expectations, and manage costs to ensure the greatest return for the business.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Leadership of plant operations inclusive of safety, quality, maintenance and engineering, shipping and receiving.
- Develop annual plan and insure delivery of the same as well as all Key Performance Indicators.
- Drive continuous improvement of quality performance, operational efficiencies and waste reduction through Lean manufacturing principles.
- In partnership with executive leadership, develop, design, plan, budget, and implement capital projects to improve throughput, quality, and safety.
- Collaborate with Sales, Purchasing, Engineering, and Operations to develop and execute plans for the introduction of new product offerings.
- Ensure appropriate leadership and guidance is provided for department management team regarding people functions for the facility, including: employee safety, organizational design, talent selection, employee development, performance management, labor relations, and policy / regulatory compliance.
- Responsible for taking necessary action on all food safety and quality problems reported or observed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Salary : $127,267 - $198,536
