Plant Manager

Glanbia•Twin Falls, ID

22d•Onsite

About The Position

Glanbia Dairy Nutrition is seeking a Plant Manager to provide strategic direction and leadership for its Twin Falls, Idaho operations. The role leads the plant’s efforts to continuously improve safety, quality, productivity, cost and employee engagement, while developing the plant leadership team and sustaining effective daily management processes. This is a hands-on manufacturing leadership position that involves developing people, resolving complex operational problems and partnering across Production, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance and HR to improve sustainable plant performance. The position is based onsite and works across office and manufacturing environments, including regular presence in production areas. Minimal overnight travel, up to approximately 10%, may be required. After-hours response is required when plant outages or emergencies occur.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university and a minimum of seven years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong manufacturing operations and people leadership experience in a plant environment.
Understanding of TPM, continuous improvement or similar operational excellence methodologies.
Working knowledge of food safety, quality and manufacturing compliance requirements.
Ability to interpret technical information, financial reports and operational data to make sound business decisions.
Strong root-cause problem-solving, prioritization and decision-making skills.
Ability to effectively communicate and present information across all levels of the organization.
Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, coach others and build accountability across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership, coaching and direction to plant personnel and develop a high-performing plant leadership team.
Create and sustain plant communication and daily management processes that drive accountability and performance.
Ensure plant operations meet production schedules, throughput targets and facility standards.
Champion the Glanbia Performance System (GPS), TPM and continuous improvement efforts to eliminate losses and improve performance.
Ensure product quality and food safety through systems including HACCP, SQF, SOPs, GMPs and mock recalls.
Lead plant safety programs, injury and near-miss reviews, and a culture where safety is non-negotiable.
Manage plant financial performance and inventories to meet or exceed budget expectations.
Lead root-cause analysis, troubleshooting and problem-solving for operational, quality and customer issues.
Ensure compliance with environmental permits and applicable regulatory requirements.
Initiate and develop business justification for capital expenditure projects and manage selected projects from inception through completion.
Oversee the continued development of a progressive maintenance and reliability program.
Partner cross-functionally to strengthen employee engagement, site culture and overall operational performance.
Provide after-hours leadership response for plant outages and emergencies when required.