What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Performance Leader position at Trufood Manufacturing?
About the Role
The Plant Transformation Director will lead the development and implementation of TPM strategies that maximize operational effectiveness/performance while partnering with other divisions to develop actionable plans to improve overall operational effectiveness.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement strategies to drive continuous improvement in safety, productivity, product quality, customer service, quality of work life, and lowering manufacturing costs.
- Works closely with sales and finance teams to ensure seamless start-ups of new products on-time and at optimized costs.
- Role models ownership, collaboration, and disciplined execution.
- Provides support and guidance in the management of product quality and ensures compliance with quality and sanitation policies, procedures, and systems.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or manufacturing or related field of study.
- Experience with plant transformation including organizational design, facility enhancement, and upskilling and development of the workforce.
- Proven leadership skills to put employees first, ability to remove barriers and promote succession planning.
- Able to simply and effectively communicate complex issues up, down, and across the organization.
- High degree of financial acumen is required with the ability to perform plant-level financial analysis.
- Self-motivated with excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.