Department Manager

The J.M. Smucker Co.•Emporia, KS

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department Manager is responsible for the day-to-day direction and oversight for the manufacturing of bakery products and teams. This individual will organize and lead production to ensure that products are produced consistently and efficiently to specified quality and operational standards to be shipped to customers on time. The Department Manager will lead the team to implement best practices and standards to continue to improve and manage to KPI’s.

Requirements

A High School Diploma or equivalent is required
At least 5 years of manufacturing operational experience managing people and teams
2+ years of manufacturing operational experience
Priority setting and Problem solving: Demonstrate ability to be decisive, proactive, and strategic in decision making

Nice To Haves

A bachelor’s degree is preferred (an engineering or technical degree is preferred)
Food processing or manufacturing experience
Experience in a high-performance work environment
Work effectively across organization boundaries and with diverse teams
Excellent communication (both written and verbal) and listening skills
Strong organization skills
Experience directing and managing vendors
Be available after hours/weekends

Responsibilities

Responsible for leading an operations department to support the business
Develop capability and leadership characteristics in Area Leaders, Process Engineers, Controls Leader, and Advanced Technical Leadership
Responsible for meeting Quality, Safety, Reliability, and Cost targets for plant operations
Ability to work with all plant functions to ensure all production needs are met
Coordinate activities to increase Autonomous Maintenance knowledge throughout the plant, utilizing Autonomous Maintenance to improve Operations measures
Lead and teach complete understanding of overall plant product flow including all inputs, product transformations, and outputs
Managing and leveraging relationships with R&D and corporate engineering
Identify and eliminate operations losses; Lead in solving issues to cause and implement improvements
Manage capital budget/projects to improve Operations measures in the areas of capacity growth, production efficiencies, Quality, and Safety
Attend FAT sessions to assist in the development of new processes and equipment to ensure it meets objective criteria.
Set plant direction by contributing to the Plant Leadership team
Administer any necessary discipline
Always manage with Basic Beliefs as a foundation and preserves Smucker culture
Executes effective communication to all levels of the organization