Plant Manager

Actus Nutrition•Adell, WI

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About The Position

The Plant Manager directs operations at the assigned facility to support overall business objectives. The role oversees production, sales, quality, customer service, inventory, maintenance, safety, and employee relations, with a focus on meeting budget, output, quality, and customer requirements. The Plant Manager also develops manufacturing strategies, manages plant assets and capital improvements, leads employees, and ensures facility compliance with applicable requirements for food-grade manufacturing.

Requirements

10 years of previous management experience in a food-grade operation.
Background in a packaging facility.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
Excellent knowledge of plant operating procedures and business-system software applications.
Strong analytical and organizational skills.
Previous supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

Develop manufacturing plans and programs to meet budgeted unit-cost and output objectives.
Develop strategies and programs to achieve long-term growth, short-term manufacturing cost, and product-quality goals.
Coordinate manufacturing functional areas to support plant goals and meet customer quality requirements; communicate priorities as needed.
Review and approve standard operating procedures for production processes.
Align production capacity with sales-volume requirements and develop contingency plans as needed.
Implement programs to minimize inventory levels.
Develop and track the annual operating budget.
Stay current on production methods, formulations, analytical techniques, and federal regulations relevant to company products; develop improvement plans as needed.
Maintain and improve current and fixed plant assets.
Plan and execute capital improvements to maintain or improve assets, increase operating efficiency, or support higher volume based on OEE.
Recruit, develop, coach, and lead personnel; establish employee training and development programs.
Foster a team-based environment that encourages open communication and employee input on production, safety, and quality issues.
Implement and manage safety and regulatory programs to support safe facility operations.
Work with Purchasing and Quality Assurance to establish incoming raw-material specifications and monitor compliance.
Assist Quality Assurance with developing new products and processes and improving existing ones.
Establish procedures for experimental and test runs, supervise them, and report results.
Manage off-spec material inventory, including scheduling and reworking products as needed.
Maintain and improve production-log data and implement an OEE system.
Work with operations to maximize OEE using World Class, Six Sigma, and other appropriate tools.
Maintain formulation data, including entering new product formulations.
Maintain product history files containing formulation, product standard, label, and packaging information.
Ensure facility compliance with state and federal requirements for food-grade manufacturing and maintain effective communication with government agencies.
Develop and maintain relationships with the surrounding community, individually and on behalf of the plant.