What are the responsibilities and job description for the NJ Operations Manager position at Harvest Hill Beverage Company?
About Harvest Hill: Harvest Hill Beverage Company is one of the nation’s largest independent branded beverage producers, delivering consistent annual revenue growth, with sales of just under $1 billion. The company was formed in June 2014 with the acquisition of Juicy Juice, and further expanded with 3 subsequent acquisitions which were consolidated into one company in May 2017. Our portfolio of iconic brands includes Juicy Juice®, SunnyD®, Veryfine®, Fruit2O®, Little HUG®, Daily’s Cocktails®, and Nutrament®. We manufacture, market, and distribute across multichannel including Grocery, Mass Merchandisers, Warehouse Clubs, Convenience, Foodservice, and Liquor Distributors.
Harvest Hill is headquartered in Stamford, CT with a nationwide network of manufacturing and distribution facilities. We employ over 1,000 employees in the United States and are owned by private equity firm, Brynwood Partners. For more information, visit harvesthill.com.
Position Summary:
• Set direction and drive improvement for Make/Pack/Ship production operations and all resources supporting core operations.
• Clarify priorities and use appropriate processes and tools to drive out waste and improve cost structure for the site.
• Manage team to put right people are in right roles with right skills doing effective work with a sense of urgency to ensure we meet our cost per case commitments.
• Ensure technical and maintenance leaders/resources are delivering Proactive Maintenance and work closely with cross functional leadership.
• Lead appropriate communications up, down, across and throughout the organization that drives action and support for organizational priorities
• Full engagement in daily management activities of teams and individuals through hands-on Leadership, on the floor presence, coaching and execution of work.
• Use/implement adequate and regular review processes to track and reinforce progress vs plans to close gaps.
• Champion and act as a role model for people development across the site.
• Hold self, individuals and teams accountable do deliver against case and cost targets, reduce unplanned downtime, and deliver against orders with minimal cuts and pushes.
• Personally own and be a role model for safety and quality systems and expectations. Active Leadership in these areas is a must to provide a safe workspace and products.
• Work effectively and appropriately across plant and functional support to ensure best solutions and practices for company.
Primary Position Responsibilities:
I. Drive Improvements in Plant Manufacturing Operations
• Continually drive case output, cost per case, and downtime improvements to meet and sustain targets for the plant.
• Lead/manage improvements across all aspects for blending, packaging and logistics.
• Lead, drive, and use productivity resources and tools to drive out waste.
• Enforce standard work processes are followed and continually improved
• Complete Kaizens daily, weekly and ongoing to build skills and improve results.
• Ensure systems and processes are used to track and develop operational and technical skill improvement and utilization.
• Lead/own individual and team performance management and accountability systems.
II. Plant Safety and Quality
• Lead and ensure Safe, Quality production of products that add Value to the Customer.
• Personally lead and own appropriate Safety and Quality systems and behaviors.
• Coach, teach and develop Safety and Quality leaders as a member of Safety Committee.
• Ensure that all plant, legal and/or regulatory practices and procedures for Safety, Quality, and Production are properly followed and implemented.
• Maintain a clean and orderly work environment for self and throughout the plant.
III. Cost Responsibility
• Lead/manage in a way that continually focuses on cost reductions and efficiency.
• Drive out waste daily and coach/teach others to do the same.
• Own budgeting and cost center accountability for Make/Pack/Ship operations.
• Manage Cost to deliver the Budget. Budget is considered maximum spend.
IV. Organizational Development
• Continually assess and evaluate skills and contributions of employees to understand gaps vs required results.
• Develop, own, lead and manage robust people and skill development plans that focus on improving skills that will improve results
• Ensure appropriate people performance management that delivers improved results.
• Coach, lead and develop leaders to focus efforts on results improvement
• Develop and nurture productive working relationships with functional leaders and resources across the company and with 3rd party enterprises.
Position Qualifications:
• 8-10 years of experience in a consumer products manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of consumer packaging, chemical processing and manufacturing, preferably in Beverage or Food manufacturing.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in a management or supervisory role.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results through empowerment of people, change management and performance management
• Demonstrated ability to acquire and utilize technical skills to resolve issues and solve them to root cause.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of packaging equipment and formulation processing.
• Proven experience leading and driving results improvement using lean systems.
• Working knowledge of FDA regulations, SQF, HACCP and GMP manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of OSHA Safety regulations and requirements.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Science or Business Administration
• Or commensurate work and leadership experience with progressive and expanding roles and responsibilities
