Plant Manager

The Plant Manager Manages, directs and coordinates overall plant operations. Provides coaching and leadership to team members in the areas of safety, continuous improvement, productivity, quality, cost, equipment reliability, and employee engagement. Success relies on the ability to build relationships and fully engage all employees in business improvement.

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

AZ Tolleson

Job Type:

Production Operations

Job Posting Title:

Plant Manager

Job Description:

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Ensure adherence to all health and safety policies/protocols and promote a safety culture.

• Lead the development, execution and monitoring of the operations strategy in line with the overall operational objectives to achieve performance, quality, and safety improvement and ensure achievement of manufacturing goals.

• Assist in the development of operational and capital budgets, policies and procedures, and the execution of same.

• Utilize available data including Operational Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), line speed target, and efficiency and process data to continuously improve productivity, uptime and reliability.

• Continually coach, direct and train employees utilizing Lean principles. Monitor employees' work performance and attitude and perform formal reviews as required by policy. Coach and counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job skill deficiencies.

• Ensure all plant personnel are operating in compliance with plant and corporate procedures as well as in compliance with all customer and governmental regulations.

• Lead the continuous improvement program to deliver opportunities in cost, quality, food safety and service.

• Coordinates manufacturing activities with all other functions of the organization and suppliers to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines and equipment.

• Conduct regular meetings with plant personnel to ensure operational issues are being communicated and addressed expediently with a common understanding of goals.

• Drive employee engagement, training and development to maximize safety, quality, and productivity.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Operations Management or Engineering and five years related experience in progressively expanding roles, including in a Senior Plant Leadership role, or equivalent.

• Manufacturing, Processing or Packaging industry with specific experience in food production

• Lean/Continuous Improvement experience strongly desired

• Results-driven with a strong desire to grow and learn in a fast-paced environment

• Demonstrated track record of meeting or exceeding targets goals

• Minimum 5years manufacturing experience preferred in plant leadership.

EEO Statement:

Winland Foods believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Winland Foods is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Winland Foods is a leading private label food manufacturer of pasta, dry dinners, condiments, syrups, and more with nearly 3,000 employees operating out of 14 production facilities in US, Canada, and Italy.

As a 'newly' established company, we are creating the building blocks for an innovative and agile organization that is purpose driven - delivering high quality food to our customers and communities. We foster an environment that encourages all employees to be heard, and values their contributions and ideas.

By joining Winland Foods, you become a part of a new team that values passion, collaboration, and strives to prosper with our customers.

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