Plant Manager

Location: Columbus, Ohio

Salary: $150-170K plus bonus

Job Summary

The Plant Manager is responsible for overseeing all daily operations of the plant, including production and manufacturing, while ensuring that policies and procedures are followed. The Plant Manager plays a vital role in reinforcing Safety as a Core Value and ensuring the adherence to Food Safety & Quality policies and activities to reduce product and process variability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience or training in a Plant or Operations Management role.
• Industry background in aseptic filling, dairy manufacturing, Tetra Pak Machinery, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university, preferably a B.S. in Food Science, Engineering, or Management.
• 3+ years of experience in Aseptic processing is highly preferred.
• Dairy or beverage manufacturing experience is highly preferred.
• Tetra Pak machinery experience is highly preferred.
• Plant start-up experience or Acquisition experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated knowledge of organizational effectiveness and operations management with a proven track record of achieving results against a comprehensive set of KPIs.
• Excellent problem-solving and reasoning skills.
• Ability to analyze downtime and financial variance trends and identify actions to deliver expected performance.
• Working knowledge of budgets, forecasting, and metrics.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including coaching, team building, and training skills.
• Ability to effectively present information to all levels of the company, from the plant floor to executive leadership.
• Excellent time management, strong attention to detail, verbal and written communication skills, listening, decision-making, and organization skills.
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership, direction, and coordination for plant operations.
• Ensure all plant personnel are operating in compliance with plant and corporate procedures, as well as customer and regulatory regulations.
• Provide coaching and development of plant staff to ensure effective leadership, collaboration, and balance in achieving KPIs focused on safety, quality, customer service, and productivity.
• Assume personal responsibility for a safe and healthy workplace for all employees.
• Adhere to safe work practices and all safety policies and procedures.
• Adhere to quality work practices, follow GMPs, maintain sanitary conditions, and ensure that product quality is maintained.
• Responsible for Food Safety and Food Quality of products; identify and address conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality, or personnel safety.
• Plan and supervise the design and progress of capital projects.
• Develop and implement financial and non-financial objectives, including the annual budget that serves as the plant's operating plan.
• Identify and implement strategies to improve performance, meeting and exceeding plant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Monitor and set standards for operations and help identify and correct bottlenecks.
• Increase production asset capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs.