Senior Plant Manager

Coke Florida Careers•Hollywood, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Plant Manager serves as the operational leader for Coke Florida’s Hollywood-area manufacturing facility, operating as a business owner to lead the technological and cultural transformation of a large, complex, high-speed manufacturing center integrated with advanced automated warehouse systems. The role provides functional leadership across Production, Quality Assurance, and Maintenance, ensuring safe, efficient, compliant end-to-end operations and strong performance in personnel safety, quality and food safety, service, and cost. The Senior Plant Manager directs and monitors overall plant operations and financial P&L performance. The role builds team capability, promotes accountability and data-driven decision-making, improves process reliability and supply chain performance, and collaborates across departments and with customers and community stakeholders. The position is based in Hollywood and works Monday through Friday, with occasional nights and weekends.

Requirements

At least 10 years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, operations, or production environments.
Prior manufacturing leadership experience.
Demonstrated success leading Lean or continuous improvement initiatives.
Strong strategic thinking skills and ability to turn long-term vision into actionable operational plans.
Strong understanding of budget development, financial management, and cost-control strategies.
Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with a record of improving operational performance.
Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence at all organizational levels.
Collaborative, team-oriented leadership and a solutions-focused mindset.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced production environment.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trust, credibility, and alignment across teams.

Nice To Haves

Food and beverage industry experience.
Warehouse leadership experience; experience with Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (ASRS), Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV), and Vertique warehouse automation is highly desired.
Manufacturing, transportation warehousing, and distribution experience within the Coke system.
Engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Lead plant operations as a business owner, including Production, Quality Assurance, and Maintenance.
Integrate high-speed production with advanced automated warehouse systems, such as Vertique.
Achieve performance measures related to personnel safety, quality and food safety, service, and cost, while improving process reliability and supply chain performance.
Drive a culture of accountability, collaboration, and data-driven decision-making.
Develop initiatives to meet performance, quality, and safety standards and manufacturing goals.
Lead, develop, and motivate teams while fostering a high-performance culture.
Collaborate with Technology and Engineering on the design, construction, operation, improvement, and maintenance of manufacturing assets, warehouse automation, Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), technologies, and processes.
Work across departments to implement changes, resolve issues, and drive continuous improvement.
Work with Sales on planning and forecasting new business.
Optimize production capabilities to support customer satisfaction and operating cost goals.
Partner with Human Resources on succession planning, employee development and engagement, policy development, and retention.
Direct, manage, and monitor overall plant operations and financial P&L performance.
Meet regularly with customers and community stakeholders to monitor relationships, align strategies with needs, and steward business value for customers and the community.