The Plant Manager is responsible for providing strategic direction, management and support for all plant activities and procedures. Functions include quality, shrink, productivity, safety, building, grounds, equipment and personnel development.
- Ensuring compliance with company, regulatory, OSHA, industry, trade and jurisdictional standards, practices and codes.
- Reviewing quality issues with products or installations and making recommendations with QA, Engineering or Director support if needed.
- Reviewing monthly financial results to understand performance in relation to budgets.
- Ensuring controls are in place and working to ensure effective, economical and efficient practices.
- Managing talent for the purpose of developing bench strength and creating opportunities for employees to grow and advance.
- Responsible for providing a safe work environment for all plant employees.
- Ensuring plant compliance to all government and environmental laws, requirements and regulations.
- Ensuring that endeavors to reduce plant customer complaints are ongoing.
- Providing leadership through ongoing communications to plant employees and to corporate personnel.
- Managing plant processes and actions within accordance of the labor agreement. Also, responsible for directing plant advertisements during labor negotiations.
- Drive Capital expenditure projects by monitoring justification analysis and procedure compliance.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in food science, engineering, business, or related discipline is preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in a food or dairy manufacturing environment. 5+ years of leadership / plant management experience.
- Knowledge of accounting controls, financial analysis and budget planning.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate people & evaluate the performance of direct reports.
- Must show enthusiasm, initiative, pride in work and a commitment to the organization and its mission.