Plant Manager

Plant Manager

MUST HAVE FOOD MANUFACTORING/PROCESS EXPERIENCE

The Plant Manager is responsible for all operational activities within the facility, ensuring all departments adhere to safety and quality initiatives, while driving consistent delivery of finished products. This individual will partner with the leaders of Safety, Quality, Human Resources, Customer Service, Sales and Finance to achieve desired business results.

Educational Requirements: Four-year BS or BA degree or equivalent experience is required. SQF experience required with SQF practitioner certification a plus (must be willing to assume the practitioner role for the facility and certify if necessary). Food industry manufacturing experience is also required.

Personal and Interpersonal Skills

· Excellent communication skills require, including active listening and effecting speaking.

· Management Diversity: Proven ability to work with a variety of people, based not only on legally protected classifications, but also differences in communication and learning styles.

· Motivating Others: Demonstrated skill in establishing and maintaining a motivating work environment.

· Ethics and Values: Demonstrated ability to maintain the highest ethical standards in the work environment.

· Integrity: Must maintain integrity of plant security, quality, safety, and production.

· Conflict Management: Ability to mediate conflicts is a plus.

Operating Skills

· Organizing: Demonstrated skill in organizing work, setting priorities and planning ahead required.

· Process Management: Experience in basic process management tools and techniques required.

Energy and Drive

· Perseverance: Demonstrated skill in working toward goals despite encountering obstacles.

· Drive for Results: Focus on and commitment to achieving outcomes required.

Job Responsibilities:

· Providing day to day leadership and setting strategy, KPI’s, and deliverables for continuous improvement in safety, customer experience/quality, food safety, production, reliability and profitability.

· Reviews analyses of activities, costs, operations and forecast data to determine department or division progress toward stated goals and objectives.

· Participates in formulating and administering company policies, directing and coordinating all department activities to develop and implement long-range goals and objectives to meet business and profitability growth objectives.

· Planning, scheduling and reviewing workload to ensure production output and on time delivery targets are achieved cost effectively

· Oversees key projects, processes and performance reports.

· Track unit costs compared to plan assuring that profits meet or exceed expectations

· Provides leadership for employee relations through effective communications, coaching, training and development.

· Manage stock control to ensure raw material and product is receipted, located stored and transferred correctly and that the company’s stock inventory is correct and accurate.

· Promoting and developing an open and inclusive work environment where employees are engaged and involved in developing the plant operational plan.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• leading a food manufacturing operation: 10 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person