What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Manager position at The J.M. Smucker Company?
Your Opportunity as the Production Manager
~internally this role will be titled 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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The J. M. Smucker Company (the “Company”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No person will be discriminated against in hiring or in any other aspect of their employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information, protected veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
