Job Title : Plant Manager
Location : Columbus, Ohio
Salary : $150-170K plus bonus
Job Summary of the Plant Manager : The Plant Manager oversees all daily operations of the plant from production and manufacturing while ensuring policies and procedures are followed.
This position has the responsibility reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensure that all policies, procedures, and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed, and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability.
Responsibilities of the Plant Manager :
- Provide overall leadership, direction, and coordination for plant operations.
- Ensure all plant personnel are operating in compliance with plant and corporate procedures as well as compliance with customer and regulatory regulations.
- Provide coaching and development of plant staff to ensure effective leadership, collaboration, and balance in achieving KPIs focused on safety, quality, customer service, and productivity.
- Assume personal responsibility for a safe and healthy workplace for all employees.
- Adhere to safe work practices and all safety policies and procedures.
- Adhere to Quality work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained.
- Responsible for Food Safety and Food Quality of products; identify and address conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
- Plan and supervise the design and progress of capital projects.
- Develop and implement financial and non-financial objectives including the annual budget that serves as the plant's operating plan.
- Identify and implement strategies to improve performance, meeting, and exceeding plant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Monitor and set standards for operations and help identify and correct bottlenecks.
- Increase production asset capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs.
Requirements
- 10+ years related experience / or training in a Plant or Operations Management role.
- Industry background in aseptic filling, dairy manufacturing or Tetra Pak Machinery , or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university, preferably a B.S. in Food Science, Engineering, or Management.
- 3+ years of experience in Aseptic processing is highly preferred.
- Dairy or beverage manufacturing experience is highly preferred.
- Tetra Pak machinery experience is highly preferred.
- Plant start-up experience or Acquisition experience a plus.
- A demonstrated knowledge of organizational effectiveness and operations management and a track record of achieving results against a comprehensive set of KPIs.
- Excellent problem-solving, and reasoning skills required.
- Ability to analyze downtime and financial variance trends, identifying actions to deliver expected performance.
- Working knowledge of budgets, forecasting, and metrics.
- Excellent interpersonal skills needed, including coaching, team building and training skills.
- Ability to effectively present information to all levels of the company; plant floor to executive leadership.
- Excellent time management, and strong attention to detail, verbal, and written communication skills, listening, decision-making, and organization skills required.
- Excellent computer skills required, including Microsoft Word and Excel skills.
30+ days ago