Dextrose Area Manager, Decatur

About the Role

Our plant leadership teams including area managers have a key part to play in shaping the future of the Primient business. You can drive impact on the performance of your facility by championing continuous improvement and embedding our values of Safety, Excellence, Integrity, and Growth into day-to-day operations.

Our Area Manager  role for Dextrose is key to the safety, efficiency, quality, production, cost, staffing and project management of our facility. You will become a go-to technical expert and a leader who is trusted to bring out the best in our people and technology.

Key responsibilities : Area Manager, Dextrose

Setting clearly defined goals and objectives for your area in collaboration with other site leaders.

Acting as the face of safety in the area and creating a strong safety culture.

Leading direct reports including Team Coordinators, Day Resources, Process Technicians, and other area stakeholders including Engineers.

Setting expectations for training timelines, process variances, performance, behavior, environmental variances, absenteeism etc.

Managing resources to improve efficiencies and offset additional costs

About You

You will combine technical expertise, strong planning and management skills, and a talent for motivating and developing colleagues. We are also looking for :

At least five years of technical and manufacturing experience, including leading high-performing teams.

Excellent computer skills : Word, Excel, SAP, Outlook, OSI PI

A customer-focused approach and excellent communication and organizational skills.

The ability to build good relationships across different functions.