Business Unit Leader

Position Title: Business Unit Leader

Reports To: General Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Corwith, IA

Job Summary:

The Business Unit Leader will be responsible for leading the execution and business performance of Hawkeye Pride Egg Farm site operations, while ensuring the business has the staff and resources necessary to thrive. Responsibilities will include efficient production of safe quality whole foods, safety and security of workforce, and environmental stewardship and sustainability in compliance with our customer's expectations and federal and state regulations. In addition, the Business Unit Leader must drive a culture that fully engages all employees and other constituents through our shared values and guiding principles.

• Oversee and manage live production operations including all bird health & welfare programs, feeding programs, environmental programs, etc. to include transfer of birds from pullet rearing houses to production facilities.
• Provides leadership, direction, development, and training to the Operations Teams aimed at motivating employees to work as a team to meet corporate and site goals and objectives.
• Continually execute Morning Fresh Farms Business Imperatives
• Optimize production, throughput, and yield in all operations.
• Lead with a strategic business mindset in an agricultural and food production environment.
• Drive business performance through key performance indicators, including hen rate of lay, feed conversion, product yield, labor, and material efficiency.
• With a diverse workforce, engage all employees in a journey of growth from retention to performance to passion for what they do.
• Stewardship
• Responsible for employee training, documentation, coaching and counseling.
• Promotes a culture of safety.
• Ensures the fair and ethical treatment of birds by ensuring employees are trained and monitored while working with all birds to meet the highest expectations of animal welfare.
• Maintain compliance with all FDA, ODA, EPA, USDA regulations, Good Manufacturing Practices and SQF Program as well as the SE Prevention, Animal Welfare, and Bio-Security Programs
• Accountable for the financial stewardship of the operation through the development of a yearly budget and implementing effective systems of control over the operating expenditures of the plant.
• Continuous Improvement
• Preventative Maintenance Programs
• Overseeing the troubleshooting, diagnosing, installation, restoration, and maintenance of equipment
• Ensuring the identification and correction of root cause of repetitive failures
• Overseeing ordering and managing parts inventory
• Ensuring equipment is in safe and good working conditions.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Demonstrated ability to establish and enhance a performance-based culture
• Proven ability to lead a group of diverse individuals to achieve organizational goals
• Proven ability to manage complex situations through critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Ability to adapt effectively and work at a high level within a fast paced, continually changing, and demanding environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all constituencies, including employees, customers, suppliers, and regulatory agencies
• Ability to interpret financial and operating data and then organize that data to make it actionable
• Ability to work in various climate conditions including extreme heat and cold environments, walking, standing and sitting for long periods of time.

• 5 years of relevant experience in operations management in the poultry, agriculture, or food processing industry-specific to production.
• Bachelor's degree in operations management, Finance, Agriculture, or related field preferred but not necessary.

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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. (While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds)