What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Manager position at Jobleads-US?
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
The Director of Manufacturing will be accountable for leading an ambitious, change-oriented and forward-looking operational agenda focused on transformation and growth, responsive to a fast-changing world and becoming more consumer and customer centric through cost-efficient agile operations.
Reporting to the VP of Operations and working as part of the Beverage leadership team, you will be responsible for shaping the operational strategy which will focus on sustainable, profitable growth and performance while working closely with a broad cross-functional group of internal and external stakeholders.
Create a compelling vision and strategy for the Byesville, Ohio operation that aligns with the overall technology strategy and ensure that teams are highly engaged in delivery.
- Play a key leadership role on the Divisional Leadership Team, as a key contributor to the technology strategy development and business performance.
- Develop and execute an operational strategy that drives business performance and is fully aligned to growth and margin expansion priorities.
- Support the site leadership team to deliver excellent day-to-day operational performance across all key efficiency, service-level, safety, quality, and people indicators.
- Create a high performance, collaborative and empowered leadership culture, influencing and engaging at all levels across the organizational matrix.
- Ensure that the technology manufacturing footprint and capability is fit for purpose by proactively interpreting and planning timely response to changes in the market and in anticipating and responding to customer requirements.
- Lead key strategic forward-looking change initiatives and operational projects around capital investment, performance and cultural change.
- Key contributor to the development of an aligned approach to Operations best practice across the whole of Kerry Foods.
- Develop a pipeline of high performing & high potential talent within all functional areas of operations – with a positive, proactive and change oriented mind-set.
- Lead by demonstrating the behavioral prerequisites that support the Kerry Production System and the Kerry Foods Manufacturing Standard.
A BS Degree in Engineering is required / MS Degree is strongly preferred and 10 years leadership experience in a Food or Food related manufacturing facility is necessary. Commitment to operational excellence, where continuous improvement and cost-effective agility is key to driving success and natural market curiosity inspires strong partnerships with customers, suppliers and the broader business. Strong commercial acumen and a breadth of business perspective with demonstrated experience of contributing to successful cross-functional leadership teams and ability to flex strategically and tactically.
