Plant Manager
Plant Manager
An industry leader in food manufacturing is looking to identify a Plant Manager to oversee operations at a large-scale production facility in Northwest Indiana! This individual will be responsible for driving operational performance, leading cross-functional teams, and ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, and productivity.
Responsibilities:
- Operations Management: Direct all aspects of daily plant performance, including manufacturing, maintenance, packaging, and quality functions to achieve operational and customer objectives.
- People Leadership: Coach, develop, and lead site leadership and hourly teams while promoting a culture of safety, accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence.
- Capacity & Production Planning: Oversee production scheduling and resource utilization to maximize throughput, efficiency, and service levels.
- Food Safety & Quality: Champion food safety, quality systems, and regulatory compliance while driving corrective actions and sustainable process improvements.
- Environmental Health & Safety: Ensure compliance with safety standards through active leadership, risk mitigation, employee engagement, and continuous safety improvement initiatives.
- Financial Performance: Drive plant profitability by managing expenses, improving productivity, and identifying opportunities for cost reduction and operational efficiencies.
- Stakeholder Management: Partner with internal teams, customers, suppliers, and key stakeholders to support business objectives and maintain high service standards.
- Operational Excellence: Lead continuous improvement efforts utilizing Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, and other best-practice methodologies to enhance plant performance.
- Performance Monitoring: Analyze operational, financial, quality, and safety metrics to identify trends, drive improvements, and communicate results to senior leadership.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Extensive leadership experience within food, beverage, bakery, snack, private label, or contract manufacturing environments.
- Demonstrated success leading large-scale manufacturing operations in a Plant Manager or comparable site leadership capacity.
- Comprehensive knowledge of food manufacturing processes, quality systems, regulatory requirements, and operational best practices.
- Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence, develop, and inspire teams across multiple functions.
- Proven history of driving productivity, efficiency, and cultural improvements through continuous improvement programs.
- Experience overseeing plant financials, capital investments, labor management, and key operational performance indicators.
- Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills with a focus on measurable business outcomes.
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or other operational excellence certifications preferred.
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