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Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Work Schedule
Standard Hours
Job Description
Our client is a leading food and beverage manufacturing company known for its commitment to quality, safety, and operational excellence. Operating a high-speed beverage production and packing facility, this company consistently delivers top-tier products to its customers while maintaining a strong focus on lean manufacturing principles to reduce waste and optimize processes. They prioritize employee development, sustainability, and innovation to ensure continued growth and customer satisfaction within the competitive food and beverage industry.
The position of Operations Manager at the TX Plant is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing and directing the daily functions of the Make/Pack/Ship operatio... Show More
The position of Operations Manager at the TX Plant is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing and directing the daily functions of the Make/Pack/Ship operatio... Show More
Job Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience in food and beverage industry
- Experience in project management
- Working knowledge of FDA, SQF, HACCP, OSHA, and GMP regulations
- Proficient in managing maintenance activities and execution focusing on high performance
- Experience in high-speed beverage production and automated packing equipment
- Ability to perform physical labor occasionally, including moving cases and carrying parts
- Willingness to travel periodically to other sites for kaizens or projects
- Experience with Rockwell and Wonderware programming software is a plus but not required
Job Qualifications
- Proven experience leading and driving results improvement using lean systems tools
- Working knowledge of FDA regulations, SQF, HACCP, and GMP manufacturing requirements
- Working knowledge of OSHA safety regulations and requirements
- Demonstrated ability in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other applicable software
- Experience managing and coordinating multiple complex projects
- Strong planning and organizational skills
- Experience as a lead change agent
- Ability to coach, lead, and develop leaders to ensure results improvement, focus, and contribution
- Continual assessment and evaluation of skills and contributions to identify gaps versus required results
- Six plus years of experience in manufacturing operations, warehouse, or technical roles with progressive leadership and successful track record
- Knowledge and application of Lean / Six Sigma methodologies across supply chain
- Food and beverage manufacturing experience preferred
- Bachelor's degree in related field is a plus but not required
Job Duties
- Set direction and drive results for the Make/Pack/Ship operations and all resources supporting the core operations, including inventory accuracy in transactions related to production of goods
- Clarify priorities and use appropriate lean processes and tools to drive out wastes and improve the cost structure for the site
- Ensure the right people are in the right roles with the right skills doing the right work with the right sense of urgency to improve results
- Ensure adequate scheduling of staff
- Ensure technicians are delivering maintenance expectations for the plant, including proactive maintenance
- Ensure appropriate communications throughout the organization that drive action and support organizational priorities
- Engage heavily in daily management activities with teams and individuals through hands-on leadership, coaching, and execution of work
- Use and implement adequate and regular review processes to track and reinforce progress vs plans to close gaps
- Be a champion and a role model for people development across the site
- Hold self, individual employees, and collective teams accountable to deliver continuously improving results
- Personally own and role model safety and quality systems and expectations with active leadership
- Work effectively across plant and functional boundaries to ensure best solutions and practices
- Lead and manage to ensure safe, quality production of valuable products to customers
- Coach, teach, and develop team safety and quality leaders
- Maintain a clean and orderly work environment
- Report immediately to site quality leader all conditions that may risk food safety or quality
- Responsible for maintenance safety and regulatory compliance including record keeping
- Drive improvements in plant manufacturing operations
- Continually drive OEE improvement to meet and sustain targets for each value stream
- Lead/manage improvements across all aspects of making, packaging, and shipping
- Lead, drive and use lean resources and tools to drive out wastes
- Ensure standard work processes are followed and continually improved
- Ensure kaizens are done to build skills and improve results
- Track and develop operational and technical skill improvement and utilization
- Serve as co-facilitator of the site leadership team
- Support and help drive overall plant results including productivity, quality, cost, delivery, safety, and morale
- Coordinate, prepare, and deliver site performance reports
- Make recommendations for positive change involving process redesign and supply chain effectiveness
- Be prepared to serve as backup to the plant manager in his absence
- Support day-to-day results by flowing to the work and medium and long-term project work
- Lead/own individual and team performance management and accountability systems for direct reports
- Other duties as assigned
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