Assistant Plant Manager

Ardent Mills•Saginaw, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Assistant Plant Manager Your role: As Assistant Plant Manager, you will support the Plant Manager by guiding the successful completion of plant-wide programs and projects. You will be committed to fulfilling our Promise by supporting a consistent culture and experience, enabling your team members to take pride, aspire, and grow along with the rest of Ardent Mills. You will interpret and adapt policies by sharing best practices and refining the methods and techniques used. You will provide direction to your team based on general policies, management guidance, and recommend modifications to operating policies. As a leader and people manager, the Ardent Mills Values of trust, serving, simplicity, and safety will guide your decisions. You will listen, learn, and serve your team members. You will enable your team to deliver superior business results by constantly learning, reinventing, and challenging yourself to do better. You will inspire people to achieve things they never thought possible. To succeed, you must be able to: Deliver results in first-time situations by inspiring others and working to earn trust every day Serve others with understanding, respect, and care Operate with simplicity, clarity and transparency Deal with and drive change Organize, prioritize and own multiple tasks while meeting or exceeding deadlines Learn and apply new technology and share your knowledge with others Above all you will be expected to carry out all your activities with reliability, integrity, compliance and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with 2-4 years or High School diploma/GED with 6-8 years of experience in flour milling or related manufacturing industry
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in continuous improvement methodologies, tools, trends and best practices
Demonstrated ability to use metrics to drive change
Experience with assembly or process manufacturing
Experience with process optimization
Familiar with safety, environmental, and regulatory policies
Demonstrated success with project management, including developing capital plans and managing from planning to completion

Nice To Haves

Additional 2-4 years of experience with demonstrated increases in responsibility
Demonstrated ability to create, modify, and write specifications, training materials, and/or best practices
Willingness to continue to develop and broaden an extensive knowledge of relevant areas of expertise

Responsibilities

Manage operations, including food safety, plant quality, customer experience, employee and asset safety, plant security, plant environmental, cost savings, continuous improvement, adoption of initiatives and innovation that generate world class efficiencies, and competitive positioning
Lead a zero-loss culture, assuring a safe working environment and compliance with all EHS and Food Safety Standards
Formulate or approve short- and long-term operating objectives in areas such as cost reduction, quality improvement, new product development and/or integration
Drive customer execution to deliver results that meet quality and customer service objectives
Develop strong customer interaction and relationships
Collaborate across all functions to achieve optimal total business margin for the plant and the enterprise
Provide positive labor relations management, contract negotiation and/or union avoidance
Identify operational discrepancies and provide focused solutions with a timeline for corrective action
Work with the plant team to continuously improve maintenance and reliability program, the production process, improve safety, optimize production costs, and enhance product quality by implementing best and standard practices
Work with facility staff and corporate functional leads to plan and execute plant managed capital improvements
Communicate business results and identify gaps for improvement of key metrics
Lead a culture and drive activities that help to fulfill Our Promise
Maintain compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, quality specifications, safety standards, and sanitation practices