Plant Manager

Job title:

Plant Manager

Company

Food Management Search

Job description

Job Title: Plant ManagerLocation: Columbus, OhioSalary: $150-170K plus bonusJob 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.Qualifications of the Plant Manager:· 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.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.

Expected salary

$150000 – 170000 per year

Location

Columbus, OH

Job date

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 07:44:17 GMT

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