What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Manager position at GRUMA?
Date: Oct 11, 2024
Location: Pendergrass, GA, US, 30567
Company: GRUMA
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Brief Summary
To develop and implement production standards that will globally improve the efficiency of operations in the press, corn and chip departments through effective implementation of service to sales, cost reduction, inventory, safety, GMP and Quality program procedures. Directly manages the daily actions of the Corn, Chip, and Press departments.
Job Responsibilities
To develop and direct strategies conducive to attaining a healthy morale through:
- Training and development of personnel.
- The motivation of all workers.
- Promoting teamwork at all levels and expanding cooperation between departments...
- Placement of workers according to their abilities and personal tendencies.
- Development of leadership between immediate employees.
- Develop an expanded view of the business in subordinates.
- Communicate with department employees specific and clear objectives that are real and attainable and conclusive to attaining the general objectives of the company.
- Facilitate and assist your employees in reaching their specific objectives.
- Give timely performance reviews to each employee as to achievements and objectives, and change existing strategies whenever necessary to reach those goals.
- Coordinate efforts with subordinates to reach or exceed established standards of production; such as efficiency, pounds per man-hour, net yield, waste index, overweight and moisture percentages of the finished product, and machine downtime
- Obtain the minimum percentage of finished product out of specification to reach the objective of not exceeding the fixed standard of waste and/or reprocessing.
- Provide to sales product that is of the highest quality.
- Coordinate the different departments in their tasks (production, production control, and inventory control) to provide sales with the necessary products, in a timely manner, in the correct quantities and with the expected quality.
- To develop and/or update operations procedures intended to create uniformity in the operation of equipment that serves as guides for training among operator personnel to reach the established standard of quality and quantity, such as reduction of downtime, imputable wastes and lack of knowledge of equipment.
- Supervise and control the completion of established standards in reference to consumption, quality, yield, etc. of the necessary materials and packaging materials used in the manufacturing of our finished product.
- Monitor and coordinate the existence of necessary material and packaging material required to manufacture the scheduled products.
- Responsible for providing training to personnel in identified areas, and to maintain a record of that training. (Example: Safety, Sanitation, Operations Practices, ISO 9000 and Work instructions.)
- Responsible for conducting monthly departmental meetings, and maintain their documentation.
- Conduct weekly Safety and Sanitation inspections, and maintain their documentation.
- Resolve conflict within your group, issue disciplinary actions and special recognition as they arise, and maintain their documentation.
- Verify that the operation procedures conform to ISO 9002 requirements.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Business Management Administration
Relevant Industries
Skills
Desire to Learn
Competencies
Customer Orientation
Leardership
People Development
Planning and Organization Capacity
Results Orientation
Strategic Thinking
Team Work
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