What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Manager - Food Production position at Pinnacle Professional Services?
Operations Manager
Reports to (title) : Technical Director
No. of Direct Reports : 2
No. of Indirect Reports : 70
Budget Scope : Prepares and manages receiving, grading, and shipping area budgets.
Summary : The Operations Manager leads daily operations and production of high-quality food products and ensures the delivery of safe quality food products that meet customer specifications.
Position Responsibilities :
- Oversees that all aspects of the Food processing functions are within regulatory requirements and within the food safety and quality guidelines, as defined in company policy.
- Ensures that all produce received and shipped complies with company and customer specifications.
- Enforces all company GMP, food safety, quality, and employee safety procedures.
- Acts as a member of the Crisis Management Team as requested.
- In cooperation with the Vice President Operations, assures that root cause analysis and corrective actions, as defined by the HACCP team, are completed.
- Provides job-related training for Operations employees.
- In cooperation with VP Agriculture and Tank Yard Manager maintains production records to assure product traceability and control production costs.
- Covers in the absence of the Tank Farm Manager.
- Follows a budget sufficient for the manufacture of a safe quality product.
- The Operations Manager will represent the company in interactions with growers, ingredient and material suppliers, equipment manufacturers, maintenance, receiving, shipping, and tank farm employees, food safety and auditors.
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