Plant Manager

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas'® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann's® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!

More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development, and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.

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Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide!

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Salary Range : $131,100 - $183,500

Annual Bonus Eligibility

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Paid Time Off

401k & Company Match

Position Summary :

Plant Managers play an important role in helping BBU win as one team, bake with world-class practices, grow our people, and serve our customers. They embrace the consumer and serve our customers by leading the bakery team to produce world-class products on time, and in full. They ensure operational capabilities by leading all aspects of the bakery in setting strategic priorities, achieving goals, coaching other leaders, and support the training that is required for executing the Operations Excellence Playbook. Bakery Leaders empower and involve Department Leaders in helping their teams achieve key performance metrics, and coach each Department Leader individually towards continuous improvement and professional growth. They create a compelling bakery culture by engaging and developing their team through effective leadership and coaching strategies and expect ownership and accountability in their teams to achieve results across people, safety, quality, service, and cost.

Key Job Responsibilities :

• Lead as an Operations Excellence Vision Carrier, serves the frontline through pursuit of excellence, and drives accountability for running the playbook across all bakeries
• Engage and develop core competencies in Department Leaders through onboarding, training, coaching and consistent performance feedback, and coach Department Leaders towards an empowered, problem-solving mentality to consistently achieve world-class standards
• Build a culture of mutual respect, teamwork, and professionalism, demonstrating active pursuit for the company's culture
• Uphold and promote our E5 Leadership Behaviors : Embrace the Consumer, Ensure Operational Capabilities, Empower and Involve, Engage and Develop, and Expect Ownership and Accountability
• Operate with a One Team mentality by supporting Department Leaders in Production, Maintenance, Sanitation and Shipping to win the shift and ensure production is to schedule and shipment to order
• Partner with Business Unit leadership, other leaders in the bakery, and cross-functional teams to identify and implement profit-driving, quality-of-life-improving strategies and programs
• Leverage deep technical competence and partners with others to accelerate problem-solving and solution implementation
• Demonstrate full commitment to Quality and Food Safety principles by leading by example, actively participating in, and providing adequate resources to support the development, implementation, maintenance and ongoing improvement of the Quality and Food Safety Systems
• Deliver on Key Performance Indicators for People, Asset Reliability, Quality, Safety, Service, and Cost
• Lead the Safety Integrated Management System for the bakery and ensure every leader and associate is engaged in achieving world class safety performance.
• Utilize quantitative performance data to set strategic bakery priorities that drive results across all needs areas
• Oversee the financial and health of the bakery, creating and maintaining annual budgets

Key Behavioral Competencies :

Education and Work History :

The physical and mental demands described in each job posting are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of each job. Reasonable accommodation may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of each job.

Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law.

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