Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities :
- Continuously improve our Employee Safety systems, identify issues and solve them, and drive for a Zero mindset on employee injuries
- Assure our Food Safety and Quality systems are in place, and overdeliver customer expectations
- Work with our supply chain team to identify capacity constraints and make sure we can deliver our promise to our customer of 98.
5% level customer service every month.
- Implement our company Performance Systems, our Lean approach to Manufacturing and drive proactive communication throughout every level of the organization.
- Leverage our performance system approach to lead by example out on the floor and calibrating teams on performance where they work
- Deliver 3-5% cost savings annually through identifying and executing projects to improve OEE, reduce product waste, reduce unnecessary costs, etc.
- Create and drive annual business plans on People, Safety, Quality, Service and Costs
- Lead the Plant teams and make sure everyone has clear goals, objectives and expectations on performance, and calibrate the team on results regularly
- Monitoring daily operation schedules for all departments for accuracy and ensuring daily operational goals are realized
- Provide strategic guidance to the organization through participation in cross functional meetings and data analysis on sales trends and cost performance.
- Create a 3 5 year strategic plan for the facility that assures supply and maintains infrastructure needs, and can support the organizations growth strategy
- Improve the facility stewardship and asset maintenance
- Participate in new product development and planning by researching the cost and ability of producing the product
- Lead the implementation of new product implementation for the facility.
- Adhere to the approved operations annual budget and provide budget updates and adjustments as requested to Vice President
Minimum Job Requirements :
Education / Certifications :
Bachelors degree required; preference for degrees in Engineering and Food Science
Experience :
- Must have a minimum of ten years experience in a production facility; with a minimum of three years as a Plant Manager.
- Prefer experience in the food industry.
30+ days ago