Plant Manager

Winland Foods•Saint Louis, MO

17d•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Manager manages, directs, and coordinates overall plant operations. Through subordinate supervisors and managers, the role ensures that safety, continuous improvement, quality, cost, customer service, and production objectives are met or exceeded. The Plant Manager provides coaching and leadership on safety, productivity, quality, cost, equipment reliability, continuous improvement, and employee engagement, and builds relationships to engage employees in business improvement. The position is responsible for the Manufacturing Operating Budget and directly and indirectly manages employees at a plant with union and non-union full-time employees and salaried personnel. Performance is measured by year-over-year conversion cost reduction, asset reliability, retention of food safety, quality, and organics certifications, reduced recordable injury rates, improved yields, employee retention and turnover, case fill rate, and on-time delivery. The role works Monday through Friday in a 24/7 manufacturing environment at 611 E. Marceau St., St. Louis, Missouri. Work takes place inside and outside the plant, with periodic travel to other sites potentially required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management or Engineering, and five years of related experience in progressively expanding roles, including a senior plant leadership role, or equivalent experience in the manufacturing, processing, or packaging industry.
Specific experience in food production.
Demonstrated track record of meeting or exceeding targets and goals.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and a strong desire to grow and learn.
Ability to comply with company safety policies and safe work procedures.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and perform frequent carrying, reaching, bending, crawling, standing, repetitive motion, and work at heights.
Ability to work in locations with temperature extremes, high noise levels, wetness, heights, dust, moving equipment, vibrations, and vapors.
Willingness to travel to other sites periodically.

Nice To Haves

Lean/continuous improvement experience is strongly desired.
At least five years of manufacturing experience in plant leadership is preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure adherence to health and safety policies and protocols, and promote a safety culture.
Lead development, execution, and monitoring of the operations strategy in line with operational objectives for performance, quality, and safety improvement and manufacturing goals.
Assist with developing operational and capital budgets, policies, and procedures, and execute them.
Use Operational Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), line-speed targets, efficiency data, and process data to improve productivity, uptime, and reliability.
Coach, direct, and train employees using Lean principles.
Monitor employee work performance and attitude, and conduct formal reviews as required by policy.
Coach and counsel employees on work-related issues and help correct job-skill deficiencies.
Ensure plant personnel comply with plant and corporate procedures and customer and governmental regulations.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives for cost, quality, food safety, and service.
Coordinate manufacturing activities with organizational functions and suppliers to optimize production and use of people, machines, and equipment.
Hold regular meetings with plant personnel to communicate and address operational issues and align on goals.
Drive employee engagement, training, and development to maximize safety, quality, and productivity.
Attend safety and GMP training, serve on the facility safety committee if requested, and participate in hazard analysis and resolution.
Perform additional duties as business needs require.