Production Manager

DEL REAL LLC•Jurupa Valley, CA

14h•Onsite

About The Position

Del Real Foods is a traditional Mexican food manufacturer seeking a dedicated Production Manager. The company was born out of a family farm and now produces tamales, carnitas, salsas, and other recipes inspired by Jalisco, made by hand with fresh, natural ingredients. Del Real Foods emphasizes family and food, inviting applicants to experience a company culture where teams are viewed as family. The Production Manager will be responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling production in a safe, efficient, and effective manner, consistently meeting or exceeding on-time, within-budget, and productivity standards. This role requires overall production coordination, scheduling, health and safety management, quality assurance, coaching and development, and continuous improvement activities. The Production Manager must consistently exceed safety standards, produce high-quality, defect-free products, and ensure the most efficient use of resources. Compliance with policies, regulations, and values for safety, quality, environmental, and financial stewardship is essential.

Requirements

Leadership - Self-motivated, hands-on department head; ability to lead, provide direction, and make sound decisions to move production to achieve excellence.
Demonstrates personal effectiveness - ability to make tough business and people decisions using influence rather than position power.
Teamwork Builder - promotes teamwork and is an example to others; ability to relate to all levels of the organization as well as to motivate and coach company employee base.
Organizational Abilities - strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize work for self and staff members.
Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations
“CUSTOMER-CENTRIC” MENTALITY – CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT CUSTOMERS DRIVE OUR BUSINESS AND ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON SATISFYING OUR CUSTOMERS (BOTH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL CUSTOMERS).

Nice To Haves

Excellent knowledge on USDA and FDA Regulations is a plus
Bachelor’s degree preferred
Bilingual English / Spanish is a plus, not required

Responsibilities

Takes ownership of workplace safety, occupational health, and food safety initiatives.
Ability to develop, analyze and maintain budgets.
Drivers of safety/environmental self-audits & visual checks, champions all safety or ergonomic activities for the department and helps to develop and meet plant safety goals.
Ensures understanding of and compliance with all food safety, USDA, HACCP, and Company policies, operating procedures, and regulatory requirements.
Champion safety and quality efforts with department leads and ensure appropriate relative training activities are completed as well as motivate others to be active in these areas.
Develop and implement best practices and procedures in areas of safety, environment, productivity and waste that support the organization's commitment to our employees and customers.
Analyze production and resource costs to develop and execute plant manufacturing budgets as well as workforce requirements.
Monitor and enhance plant performance. This includes reviewing operation expenses and researching ways to reduce costs while maintaining optimal levels of production and quality and may also include recommending improvements to production and inventory control programs to ensure efficient plant operations.
Provide high-level oversight to all aspects of daily operations to ensure operations remain on track to meet financial, production, quality, safety and environmental goals. This requires leading collaboration efforts between departments to ensure proper coordination of production, distribution and warehousing.
Create, set and manage daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals across all areas of production.
Develop and implement strategies to increase efficiency, maintain quality and ensure continuous improvement and administration of policies, systems, and procedures.
Possess the ability to lead and motivate a team of people to succeed by utilizing appropriate interpersonal styles including leading by example, setting objectives and defining responsibilities to give a clear sense of direction.
Work out and implement standard operating procedures for production operations.
Establish consistent execution of established staffing model and schedule by assuring team meets staffing requirements, and managing start, stop, and transition times for optimal productivity.