(USA) Director, Production - Manufacturing

Walmart • Valdosta, GA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Develops and leads the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs. Develops and communicates business plans and priorities. Removes barriers and obstacles that impact performance. Provides resources. Identifies performance standards. Measures progress and adjusts performance accordingly. Develops contingency plans. Demonstrates adaptability and supports continuous learning. Leads a team working across multiple functions. Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training, mentoring, assigning duties, and building a team-based work environment. Establishes performance expectations and conducts regular performance evaluations. Provides recognition and rewards. Coaches for success and improvement. Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to team members. Utilizes and supports the Open Door Policy. Ensures business needs are met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives. Consults with business partners, managers, coworkers, or other key stakeholders. Solicits, evaluates, and applies suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Participates in and supports community outreach events. Responsible for assigned financial aspects by monitoring and tracking expenses compared to budget. Monitors asset utilization. Prepares, reviews, and/or analyzes business reports. Serves as a community liaison by participating in local and community organizations and charitable activities. Promotes company-sponsored programs and events to associates, customers, and the local community. Leads associates and leaders in the area of responsibility by giving direction, communicating goals, monitoring performance, and providing feedback. Identifies training and development needs and provides opportunities for learning and growth. Teaches and supports Manufacturing and company policies and procedures. Participates in the hiring, promotion, coaching, teaching, and evaluation of associates facility-wide. Investigates and ensures associate, customer, and supplier concerns are resolved using own judgment or consulting others when needed. Leads, develops, and implements the business plan for the area of responsibility to achieve facility goals (e.g., production, quality, safety) and implements operational improvements. Monitors and ensures facility-wide compliance with all regulatory agencies, including environmental, health, and safety regulatory agencies, as well as all company quality and safety standards, policies, procedures, and directives by developing, distributing, and/or maintaining procedures and supporting documentation. Forecasts and follows up on staffing, workload, and performance results to meet business needs. Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs, developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices, analyzing costs and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans, determining and supporting resource requirements, evaluating operational processes, measuring outcomes to ensure desired results, identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities, promoting a customer environment, and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning. Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps, recruiting, selecting, and developing talent, supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning, and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent. Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices, developing consequences for violations or noncompliance, and supporting the Open Door Policy. Develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives, engaging key stakeholders in the development, execution, and evaluation of appropriate business plans and initiatives, and supporting associate efforts in these areas. Respect the Individual: Builds high-performing teams, embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences, creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging, creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform. Respect the Individual: Works collaboratively, builds strong and trusting relationships, communicates with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence. Respect the Individual: Attracts and retains the best talent, empowers and develops talent, and recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments. Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance, models the Walmart values to support and foster our culture, holds oneself and others accountable, supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving). Act with Integrity: Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent. Serve Our Customers and Members: Delivers results while putting the customer first, considers and adapts to how, where, and when customers shop, and applies the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans. Serve Our Customers and Members: Makes decisions based on data, insights, and analysis, balances short- and long-term priorities, and considers our customers, fellow associates, shareholders, suppliers, business partners, and communities when making plans. Strive for Excellence: Displays curiosity and a desire to learn, takes calculated risks, demonstrates courage and resilience, and encourages learning from mistakes. Strive for Excellence: Drives continuous improvements, adopts and encourages the use of new technologies and skills, and supports others through change.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business management, agriculture, food science, or manufacturing operations management and 2 years’ experience in a senior management role within a manufacturing/food science operations environment, with responsibility for supervising, evaluating, mentoring, and developing managers/supervisors; managing workloads; and participating in the hiring and promotion of employees facility-wide.
• 5 years’ experience in a senior management role in a manufacturing/food science operations environment, with responsibility for supervising, evaluating, mentoring, and developing managers/supervisors; managing workloads; and participating in the hiring and promotion of employees facility-wide.
• 2 years’ experience developing and managing budgets, managing profit-and-loss statements, developing manpower forecasts, monitoring regulatory compliance, and analyzing financial/operational data.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Agriculture, Food Science, or Manufacturing Operations Management and 3 years’ experience in a senior management role in a manufacturing/food science operations environment, with responsibility for supervising, evaluating, mentoring, and developing managers/supervisors; managing workloads; and participating in the hiring and promotion of employees facility-wide.
• Experience with Occupational Safety and health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines and representatives.
• Leadership experience in the Agricultural, Food Science, Manufacturing, or related industry.

Responsibilities

• Develops and leads the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs
• Develops and communicates business plans and priorities
• Removes barriers and obstacles that impact performance
• Provides resources
• Identifies performance standards
• Measures progress and adjusts performance accordingly
• Develops contingency plans
• Demonstrates adaptability and supports continuous learning
• Leads a team working across multiple functions
• Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training, mentoring, assigning duties, and building a team-based work environment
• Establishes performance expectations and conducts regular performance evaluations
• Provides recognition and rewards
• Coaches for success and improvement
• Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to team members
• Utilizes and supports the Open Door Policy
• Ensures business needs are met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives
• Consults with business partners, managers, coworkers, or other key stakeholders
• Solicits, evaluates, and applies suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness
• Participates in and supports community outreach events
• Responsible for assigned financial aspects by monitoring and tracking expenses compared to budget
• Monitors asset utilization
• Prepares, reviews, and/or analyzes business reports
• Serves as a community liaison by participating in local and community organizations and charitable activities
• Promotes company-sponsored programs and events to associates, customers, and the local community
• Leads associates and leaders in the area of responsibility by giving direction, communicating goals, monitoring performance, and providing feedback
• Identifies training and development needs and provides opportunities for learning and growth
• Teaches and supports Manufacturing and company policies and procedures
• Participates in the hiring, promotion, coaching, teaching, and evaluation of associates facility-wide
• Investigates and ensures associate, customer, and supplier concerns are resolved using own judgment or consulting others when needed
• Leads, develops, and implements the business plan for the area of responsibility to achieve facility goals (e.g., production, quality, safety) and implements operational improvements
• Monitors and ensures facility-wide compliance with all regulatory agencies, including environmental, health, and safety regulatory agencies, as well as all company quality and safety standards, policies, procedures, and directives by developing, distributing, and/or maintaining procedures and supporting documentation
• Forecasts and follows up on staffing, workload, and performance results to meet business needs
• Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs, developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices, analyzing costs and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans, determining and supporting resource requirements, evaluating operational processes, measuring outcomes to ensure desired results, identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities, promoting a customer environment, and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning
• Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps, recruiting, selecting, and developing talent, supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning, and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent
• Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices, developing consequences for violations or noncompliance, and supporting the Open Door Policy
• Develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives, engaging key stakeholders in the development, execution, and evaluation of appropriate business plans and initiatives, and supporting associate efforts in these areas
• Builds high-performing teams, embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences, creates a workplace where associates feel seen, supported, and connected through a culture of belonging, creates opportunities for all associates to thrive and perform
• Works collaboratively, builds strong and trusting relationships, communicates with impact, energy, and positivity to motivate and influence
• Attracts and retains the best talent, empowers and develops talent, and recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments
• Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance
• Models the Walmart values to support and foster our culture
• Holds oneself and others accountable
• Supports Walmart's goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving)
• Acts in a selfless manner and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, fair, and transparent
• Delivers results while putting the customer first
• Considers and adapts to how, where, and when customers shop
• Applies the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans
• Makes decisions based on data, insights, and analysis
• Balances short- and long-term priorities
• Considers our customers, fellow associates, shareholders, suppliers, business partners, and communities when making plans
• Displays curiosity and a desire to learn
• Takes calculated risks
• Demonstrates courage and resilience
• Encourages learning from mistakes
• Drives continuous improvements
• Adopts and encourages the use of new technologies and skills
• Supports others through change

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Vision coverage
• Dental coverage
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase
• Company-paid life insurance
• PTO (including sick leave)
• Parental leave
• Family care leave
• Bereavement
• Jury duty
• Voting
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• PTO/PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
• Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director