An established food manufacturing facility is in search of a Plant Manager to join their team and contribute to their advancement. In this role, you'll offer robust hands-on leadership and guidance to all department managers.
The Plant Manager holds accountability for the overall profitability of the facility. They will supervise the day-to-day operations of the organization, manage its resources, formulate and execute an operational strategy, and ensure the proper execution of procedures.
What will the company offer:
The company offers competitive pay, benefits, and opportunities for advancement. Become a part of a leading company now!
Who You Are and What You'll Do:
- Take a proactive, hands-on approach to managing plant operations across all areas of responsibility, including safety, health, environment (EHS), SQF, food safety programs, administration, production, quality, maintenance, and warehousing.
- Support SQF and other food safety programs. Take appropriate action to ensure the integrity and sustained certification of the SQF system.
- Drive plant-wide objectives by establishing production performance benchmarks and guiding the leadership team to meet these targets.
- Support SQF and other food safety programs. Take appropriate action to ensure the integrity and sustained certification of the SQF system.
- Oversee assessments and forecasts of operational goals.
- Ensure timely and precise communication of information to the finance department to guarantee accurate costing.
- Develop, oversee, and optimize budgets and planning processes to align with the plant's objectives.
- Foster a team-oriented environment centered around performance management, utilizing exceptional interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with all plant personnel.
- Demonstrate outstanding communication, conflict resolution, decision-making, motivational, and organizational skills.
What You'll Need to Succeed:
Experience:
- Essential requirement: Minimum of 5 years of experience in Food Manufacturing Plant Management.
- Proficient in operating all equipment essential for manufacturing operations.
- Engineering and Technical Maintenance Leadership Preferred.
- Must possess strong motivation, excellent communication abilities, and effective leadership skills.
- Proven track record of constructing and empowering high-performing teams, consistently achieving outstanding results.
- Proficiency in MS Office applications, including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree (B.S.), preferably in Food Science, Engineering, or Management.
- GMP, FSMA, Food Defense Awareness and Allergen Training.
If you are looking to take on your next challenge, please reach out to Toni Stevens at TONI.STEVENS@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.
