I am a recruiter specializing in the food manufacturing industry. I’m contacting today because we have a client that has asked us to confidentially search for a full-time Multi-Site Plant Manager, for their facility south of Madison. This dairy company has been in business for 40 years and are growing significantly, adding a new position. They are looking for someone with significant plant management experience and maintenance management experience, and able to oversee 4 manufacturing facilities. This position is ideal for someone who prefers to manage from the floor, not an office, and enjoys mentoring personnel. They offer great benefits, advancement opportunities, and they are investing in and growing the business and the team.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Serve as a leader for 4 plants encompassing mentoring and accountability of other managers.
- Mentor managers and ensure accountability and compliance with all operations and regulations
- Accountable for production costs, labor utilization, yield, results of Operations Cost Improvement initiatives.
- Ensures adherence to the Company’s Food Safety requirements and Good Manufacturing Practices, including audit targets.
- Continuously improve the reduction of operating costs.
- Maintain and build a productive and po employee relations environment through effective implementation of positive employee relations initiatives.
- Develops, recommends, and implements Capital Improvement for plant, including the preparation and execution of a Capital Plant budget.
- Responsible for preparing and executing plant overhead budgets, and direct product cost targets.
- Meet or exceed customer service level targets through the synchronization of process/activities with all functional area processes, from demand planning through to the delivery to the customer.
- Manage the performance of the hourly and salaried team through effective implementation of Human Resources processes and policies and all initiatives.
- Set and meet all Health and Safety targets.
- Support Marketing and Product Development on new product initiatives.
- Maintains and applies knowledge through compliance with GFSI, FDA, and SQF.
- Assurance, Food Safety and customer specifications on a day-to-day basis.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5 years experience in plant management or company-wide operations management within the food manufacturing industry
- Experience training and mentoring management and staff
- Dairy/Cheese background preferred, food background required
- Knowledge of company products, production processes and product standards
- Ability to execute plans/projects through others
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and enterprises resource planning (ERP) program
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
What’s in it for you:
- Salary range - $90k to 140k
- Great Benefits
- Advancement Opportunities
- Join a company that is growing!
If you're interested in learning more about this opportunity, let's connect! I'd be happy to share additional details. Please contact me directly for more information or apply online for consideration.
Hillary Cooley Search Consultant • gpac Manufacturing Call/Text: (608) 405-7517 Email: hillary.cooley@gogpac.com gogpac.com
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.
GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.
