What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Department - Plant position at The J. M. Smucker Company?
Your Opportunity as the Department Manager
Location: New Orleans, LA - Chef manufacturing plant
Work Arrangements: 100% on-site
- Willingness to work off shift (including nights, weekends, and/or holidays), extended hours, and flow to the work as needed
Reports to: Operations Manager
In this role you will:
- Lead a team of employees to deliver key business results through providing direction on production goals, technical improvement, and various projects related to the operation
- Primary responsibilities include (but are not limited to) developing scopes of work, people management and development, and managing the department’s budget and cost controls
- Develop & deliver Department Master plan and manage the daily results of the work – includes equipment layout, team design/staffing, results management
- Optimize the work in the department and drive toward zero defects
- Act as a coach and facilitator to the team in areas such as people management, problem solving and decision making
- People Management—including skill development. career development, performance management, and employee issue resolution
- Develop and implement improvement projects and drive completion through the team, ensuring Operational Excellence
- Set leadership standards for safety, quality, and sanitation - ensure department's compliance
- Ensures that essential business information and general expectations are clearly communicated and understood by all members of the team
- Can lead a multidisciplinary team to successfully execute departmental expectations
- Builds organizational capabilities and eliminates losses using Operational Excellence methodology
- Role model our Basic Beliefs, Our Commitment to Each Other, and Emotional Intelligence to build resonance
- Maintains a customer focused relationship with Technical Service Organization (TSO)
- Pillar ownership
The Right Place for You
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our
Basic Beliefs
, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
What we are looking for:
Minimum Requirements:
- A bachelor's degree
- A minimum of 3 years of prior manufacturing operational experience
- A minimum of 3 years of people management experience
Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:
- An Engineering degree
- Prior food or food safety experience
- Prior process, food process, or coffee experience
- Prior experience managing people and/or teams in a high-performance work environment
- Prior training experience
Learn more about working at Smucker:
- Our Total Rewards Benefits Program
- Our Thriving Together Philosophy Supporting All Impacted by Our Business
- Our Continued Progress on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity
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