Plant Manager

Winland Foods•North East, PA

10d•$136,000 - $238,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Manager manages, directs and coordinates overall plant operations and budget while providing coaching and leadership to team members in the areas of employee engagement, human and food safety, continuous improvement, productivity, quality, cost, and equipment reliability. Success relies on the ability to build relationships and fully engage all employees in business improvement. Performance will be managed by the following critical metrics: successful retention of key certifications in food safety, quality and organics, reduced total recordable injury rates, employee retention and turnover, asset reliability, improved yields, case fill rate and on time delivery, which should deliver lower conversion cost year over year. This position manages non-union full-time employees and salaried personnel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Management or Engineering and five years related experience in progressively expanding roles, including in a Senior Plant Leadership role
Minimum 5-8 years manufacturing experience preferred in plant leadership

Nice To Haves

Experience in Food Manufacturing, Processing or Packaging industry preferred
Lean/Continuous Improvement experience strongly desired
Results-driven with a strong desire to grow and learn in a fast-paced environment
Demonstrated track record of meeting or exceeding targets goals

Responsibilities

Continually coach, direct and train employees utilizing Lean principles. Monitor employees' work performance and attitude and perform formal reviews as required by policy. Coach and counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job skill deficiencies.
Ensure adherence to all health and safety policies/protocols and promote a safety culture.
Lead the development, execution and monitoring of the operations strategy in line with the overall operational objectives to achieve performance, quality, and safety improvement and ensure achievement of manufacturing goals.
Lead the continuous improvement program to deliver opportunities in cost, quality, food safety and service.
Drive the development and execution of operational and capital budgets
Utilize available data including Operational Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), line speed target, and efficiency and process data to continuously improve productivity, uptime and reliability.
Ensure all plant personnel are operating in compliance with plant and corporate procedures as well as in compliance with all customer and governmental regulations.
Coordinates manufacturing activities with all other functions of the organization and suppliers to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines and equipment.
Conduct regular meetings with plant personnel to ensure operational issues are being communicated and addressed expediently with a common understanding of goals.
Drive employee engagement, training and development to maximize safety, quality, and productivity.