Assistant Plant Operation Manager

Description

Regulatory

Requirements/ Quality

Assurance

• Ensure compliance with all food regulatory requirements.
• Ensure food safety and GMP’s are adhered to at site.
• Maintain superior scores on all third-party audits (AIB, SQF, ASI or similar).
• Ensure all shipped product meets product specifications.
• Ensure due diligence toward all customer complaints.
• Notify Corporate QA about potential withdrawals/recalls of products.
• Contact suppliers regarding food safety/quality issues.
• Ensure compliance with all AB Mauri Yeast Quality Management System (YQMS)
  
  

standards.

Customer Requirements

• Pass all customer quality audits.
• Meet all certification requirements.
• Foster and sustain strong relationships with the customer service and sales teams.
  
  

Supply Chain

• Ensure efficient and high-standard operations in receiving, shipping, and warehousing functions.
• Support demand planning and forecasting in collaboration with corporate planning and
  
  

logistics teams.

• Maintain clear and effective communication between the plant and the customer service
  
  

team.

Operations Control

• Ensure plant packaging operations meet defined standards (Production, Engineering, QA/QC, YQMS, HR, Accounting, Purchasing, Maintenance, and Effluent).
• Collaborate with other sites and ABM global and regional yeast technologists to identify,
  
  

share, and implement best practices.

• Consistently uphold defined process standards while promoting a culture of continuous
  
  

improvement.

Environmental Health &

Safety

• Develop and maintain comprehensive standard health and safety reporting package.
• Cultivate a proactive health and safety culture at the site at all levels.
• Develop and maintain environmental and safety teams at the site.
• Ensure emergency response plans are current at the site.
• Ensure regulatory compliance is maintained at the site.
• Maintain environmental risk assessment.
  
  

Human Resource

Management

• Oversee management duties, including recruitment, performance evaluations, staff
  
  

meetings and implementing corrective actions as needed.

• Manage staffing levels, employee performance evaluations, discipline, and employee
  
  

recognition.

• Collaborate with Human Resources on labor, training, and development matters as
  
  

necessary.

• Comply with HR policies and procedures.
  
  

Position Charter – ASSISTANT PLANT OPERATIONS MANAGER

Document #: Date: 09/21/2018 Revision #: Page 2

• Ensure compliance with applicable employment laws.
  
  

KEY RESULT AREAS: PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

Communication

• Maintain site wide communication plan to include:
• Meetings – site, leadership, department
• Scorecards – ensure completion and posting
• Status reports – period, weekly and event driven.
  
  

Leadership

• Establish site priorities to deliver high corporate standards of presentation and leadership across operations.
• Demonstrate innovation in practice to deliver high value.
• Operate to “best practices” in group.
• Co-champion the site’s efforts to improve overall organizational capability and
  
  

effectiveness as well as site/department KPI’s.

Other

• Serve as site leader when Plant Operations Manager is not present or available.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Behaviors:

Intellect/Judgment

• People – experience working with individuals and teams to develop talent.
• Business Acumen- how company operates, financially and strategically within industry.
• Systems Thinking – understands a completely integrated business system and how all
  
  

aspects of the system interact. Can identify the root cause of problems.

• Can communicate clearly to a range of people.
• Understands how to get things done in organizations.
  
  

Influence

• Clear view of own strengths & weaknesses receptive to feedback and understands impact has on others.
• Adapts style to suit the situation & audience to achieve best outcome.
• Is persuasive and credible, across all levels of the organization.
• Inspires others to achieve exceptional results.
• Shares knowledge freely and builds capability in others through coaching & training.
• Creates and maintains strong relationships; builds both internal and external networks.
• Self-reliant & a self-starter who takes ownership and responsibility for own actions.
• Probing questioning style, balancing reflection with timely decision making.
  
  

Motivation/Drive

• Is driven by desire to have a positive impact rather than personal gratification.
• Is outcome focused and wishes to deliver exceptional results.
• Seeks to continuously develop self, others and the organization.
• Is optimistic and resilient in the face of obstacles, relentless in pursuing goals.
  
  

Values Ambitious

• Sets high standards and strives to achieve stretch targets.
• Takes accountability, delivers on promises.
• Is innovative, seeks and evaluates new opportunities and challenges beyond daily tasks.
  
  

Collaborative

• Is a committed team player, proactively working with others to deliver results.
• Excellent communicator, displaying great message delivery and active listening skills.
• Network builder through development of productive relationships.
  
  

Position Charter – ASSISTANT PLANT OPERATIONS MANAGER

Document #: Date: 09/21/2018 Revision #: Page 3

Accountable

• Acts with integrity, challenging inappropriate behaviors while always remaining respectful.
• Is open and honest in approach.
• Delivers against expectations.
  
  

Customer Centric

• Supports Operations and Sales to provide the customer a high quality, consistent product,
  
  

delivered on time and in full.

Innovative

• Works to “find a better way”.
• Challenges the status quo.
• Recommends new approaches to deliver against expectations.
  
  

Qualifications

Regulatory

Requirements/ Quality

Assurance

• Ensure compliance with all food regulatory requirements.
• Ensure food safety and GMP’s are adhered to at site.
• Maintain superior scores on all third-party audits (AIB, SQF, ASI or similar).
• Ensure all shipped product meets product specifications.
• Ensure due diligence toward all customer complaints.
• Notify Corporate QA about potential withdrawals/recalls of products.
• Contact suppliers regarding food safety/quality issues.
• Ensure compliance with all AB Mauri Yeast Quality Management System (YQMS)
  
  

standards.

Customer Requirements

• Pass all customer quality audits.
• Meet all certification requirements.
• Foster and sustain strong relationships with the customer service and sales teams.
  
  

Supply Chain

• Ensure efficient and high-standard operations in receiving, shipping, and warehousing functions.
• Support demand planning and forecasting in collaboration with corporate planning and
  
  

logistics teams.

• Maintain clear and effective communication between the plant and the customer service
  
  

team.

Operations Control

• Ensure plant packaging operations meet defined standards (Production, Engineering, QA/QC, YQMS, HR, Accounting, Purchasing, Maintenance, and Effluent).
• Collaborate with other sites and ABM global and regional yeast technologists to identify,
  
  

share, and implement best practices.

• Consistently uphold defined process standards while promoting a culture of continuous
  
  

improvement.

Environmental Health &

Safety

• Develop and maintain comprehensive standard health and safety reporting package.
• Cultivate a proactive health and safety culture at the site at all levels.
• Develop and maintain environmental and safety teams at the site.
• Ensure emergency response plans are current at the site.
• Ensure regulatory compliance is maintained at the site.
• Maintain environmental risk assessment.
  
  

Human Resource

Management

• Oversee management duties, including recruitment, performance evaluations, staff
  
  

meetings and implementing corrective actions as needed.

• Manage staffing levels, employee performance evaluations, discipline, and employee
  
  

recognition.

• Collaborate with Human Resources on labor, training, and development matters as
  
  

necessary.

• Comply with HR policies and procedures.
  
  

Position Charter – ASSISTANT PLANT OPERATIONS MANAGER

Document #: Date: 09/21/2018 Revision #: Page 2

• Ensure compliance with applicable employment laws.
  
  

KEY RESULT AREAS: PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

Communication

• Maintain site wide communication plan to include:
• Meetings – site, leadership, department
• Scorecards – ensure completion and posting
• Status reports – period, weekly and event driven.
  
  

Leadership

• Establish site priorities to deliver high corporate standards of presentation and leadership across operations.
• Demonstrate innovation in practice to deliver high value.
• Operate to “best practices” in group.
• Co-champion the site’s efforts to improve overall organizational capability and
  
  

effectiveness as well as site/department KPI’s.

Other

• Serve as site leader when Plant Operations Manager is not present or available.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Behaviors:

Intellect/Judgment

• People – experience working with individuals and teams to develop talent.
• Business Acumen- how company operates, financially and strategically within industry.
• Systems Thinking – understands a completely integrated business system and how all
  
  

aspects of the system interact. Can identify the root cause of problems.

• Can communicate clearly to a range of people.
• Understands how to get things done in organizations.
  
  

Influence

• Clear view of own strengths & weaknesses receptive to feedback and understands impact has on others.
• Adapts style to suit the situation & audience to achieve best outcome.
• Is persuasive and credible, across all levels of the organization.
• Inspires others to achieve exceptional results.
• Shares knowledge freely and builds capability in others through coaching & training.
• Creates and maintains strong relationships; builds both internal and external networks.
• Self-reliant & a self-starter who takes ownership and responsibility for own actions.
• Probing questioning style, balancing reflection with timely decision making.
  
  

Motivation/Drive

• Is driven by desire to have a positive impact rather than personal gratification.
• Is outcome focused and wishes to deliver exceptional results.
• Seeks to continuously develop self, others and the organization.
• Is optimistic and resilient in the face of obstacles, relentless in pursuing goals.
  
  

Values Ambitious

• Sets high standards and strives to achieve stretch targets.
• Takes accountability, delivers on promises.
• Is innovative, seeks and evaluates new opportunities and challenges beyond daily tasks.
  
  

Collaborative

• Is a committed team player, proactively working with others to deliver results.
• Excellent communicator, displaying great message delivery and active listening skills.
• Network builder through development of productive relationships.
  
  

Position Charter – ASSISTANT PLANT OPERATIONS MANAGER

Document #: Date: 09/21/2018 Revision #: Page 3

Accountable

• Acts with integrity, challenging inappropriate behaviors while always remaining respectful.
• Is open and honest in approach.
• Delivers against expectations.
  
  

Customer Centric

• Supports Operations and Sales to provide the customer a high quality, consistent product,
  
  

delivered on time and in full.

Innovative

• Works to “find a better way”.
• Challenges the status quo.
• Recommends new approaches to deliver against expectations.