Plant Manager

Job Title

Plant Manager, Facility-Operations

Location

Brockton, MA

Department

Production

Reporting to

Director of Operations

Position Purpose

Plans, directs, monitors and or co-ordinates through department leads overall plant operations activities which include production, materials, quality assurance, and information systems to produce the highest quality product at the lowest possible cost.

Devises and implements processes that minimize production costs and waste while maximizing production output. Recommends methods to improve safety, productivity, quality, and efficiency of operations.

Scope / Complexity / Supervisory Responsibilities

Establishes operational objectives and assignments. Delegates assignments to leads. Involved in developing, modifying and executing company policies which affect immediate operation(s) and may also have company-wide effect.

Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

Ensures schedules, and performance requirements are met.

Key Accountabilities

• Oversee and manage day to day operations of the Production Floor.
• Lead staff to deliver and exceed performance metrics in areas of safety, quality, customer, service, costs, inventory management and production.
• Manage, analyse, create reports, and develop recommendations from the key metrics of Plant operations.
• Coordinate, control and schedule production to meet sales and marketing demand levels.
• Develop policies and procedures targeted to eliminate downtime and improve plant efficiencies.
• Ensure compliance with all safety, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and company policies.
• Perform production area walkthroughs, investigate problem areas, determine cause, mitigate to ensure policy conformance.
• Ensure plant is inspection ready at all times.
• Ensure Production team achieve to FIFO.
• Address and respond to new product review (PPR) questions.
• Evaluate Plant performance, monitor expenses and resolve internal and customer issues.
• Resolve variances (production reporting, ingredient usage, labor utilization).
• Hire, train, coach and manage Production Plant team
• Foster positive employee relations
• Measure employee and team performance.
• Review and approve timecard reports.
• Set forth standards for safety.
• Ensure accident / loss prevention and security policies are followed.
• Other duties as may be assigned or volunteered for

Education, Technical Qualifications, Experience and Competencies Proficiency Level

Required

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years food manufacturing experience, including managerial experience OR associate’s degree and 10 years of food manufacturing experience, including managerial experience
• Production, Quality, engineering or production background in food manufacturing
• Excellent leadership, communications and team building skills
• General knowledge of process equipment and regulatory compliance
• Good writing, mathematics, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Basic accounting knowledge
• Computer literate with proficiency in spreadsheet and word applications

Preferred

• Ability to take a global approach to business
• Work cross functionally across all department levels.
• Experience working in a union environment and knowledge of union contract administration

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds.
• Regularly required to stand, walk and climb for extended periods of time.
• Use a computer keyboard and monitor more than 25% of total work time.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions, and is occasionally exposed to traffic hazards, wet and / or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and extreme cold.
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is subject to a warehouse and walk-in freezer environment where temperatures can vary from extreme cold to very warm.
• The noise level in the work environment is often moderate to loud.

Food Safety / Quality

• Report any issues regarding food safety or quality to supervision and / or quality assurance.
• Report any risks or any evidence of unsafe or out-of-specification product, equipment, packaging or raw materials to a designated manager to enable the resolution of issues requiring immediate attention.

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