Bilingual Lamb Harvest Floor Manager

American Lamb•Denver, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position directs and coordinates activities of the harvest department in a meat processing facility, focusing on improving the efficiency of manpower, yields, materials, and machines, either personally or through subordinate supervisors. The manager provides leadership to employees through effective communication, coaching, training, and development, and acts as a member of the management team. Key responsibilities include managing production scheduling, setting work schedules, departmental goals, and employee and production expectations. Supervisory duties encompass managing employee performance, hiring, discipline, development, resource planning, and training. The role also involves developing, monitoring, and implementing department budgets and production forecasts, as well as developing, analyzing, and presenting reports on forecasts, productivity, and safety. The manager facilitates workflow management, workforce scheduling, and employee placement to ensure facility and company goals are met or exceeded. Technical expertise is required to resolve production issues and implement corrective actions. Additionally, the position manages departmental procurement of supplies and equipment, utilizes problem-solving techniques, teamwork building strategies, process control, and continuous process improvement tools to meet or exceed key operating statistics. Planning and monitoring departmental throughput and efficiencies, along with monitoring and taking timely improvement actions to meet production quality and quantity, are also critical. The manager is responsible for implementing and maintaining safety standards as required by law and company policy, and for managing compliance with all regulatory bodies including USDA, FDA, EPA, and OSHA.

Requirements

Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Minimal travel required.
Must be able to interface well with all employees of the Company and to represent the Company in a highly professional manner.
Must have high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations.
Must be multi-task oriented.
Must be Bilingual.
Ability to effectively read, speak and communicate in English and Spanish.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before small groups of customers or employees of organization.
Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or equivalent combination of education and experience.
3+ years related experience and/or training.
Must be HACCP Certified.
Proficient in Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP).

Responsibilities

Provides leadership to employees through effective communication, coaching, training and development.
Acts as a member of the management team and performs other duties as directed by position or required by Operations Manager and the General Manager.
Manages the scheduling of production and sets work schedules, departmental goals and employee and production expectations.
Supervisory responsibility includes management of employee performance, hiring, discipline, development, recourse planning and training.
Develops, monitors and implements department budgets and production forecasts.
Develops, analyzes, and presents reports, including but not limited to, forecasts, productivity and safety.
Facilitates workflow management, workforce scheduling, and employee placement to ensure the facility and company goals are successfully met or exceeded.
Provides technical expertise to resolve production issues and creates and ensures corrective actions are implemented.
Manages departmental procurement of supplies and equipment.
Utilizes problem solving techniques, teamwork building strategies, process control, and continuous process improvement tools to meet or exceed the facility key operating statistics.
Plans and monitors throughput and efficiencies for the department.
Monitors and takes appropriate timely improvement action to meet production quality and quantity.
Responsible for implementing and maintaining safety standards as required by law and company policy.
Manages compliance with all regulatory bodies including USDA, FDA, EPA, OSHA, etc.