Operations Manager

Operations Manager

Hours: 7:00am-4:30pm M-F

Job Summary:

The Operations Manager oversees Production, Shipping & Receiving, and Sanitation teams across multiple shifts, ensuring efficient operations, compliance with food safety standards, and continuous process improvements. This role involves managing team performance, optimizing training, driving innovation, and coordinating production schedules to meet business goals.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Production, Shipping & Receiving and Sanitation Team Management (two/three shifts of production, two S&R and one sanitation)

Motivate and manage Production Superintendents to efficiently execute production schedules

Conduct daily production meetings to align leadership and manage exceptions

Create deadlines and schedules, and communicate changes/deviations to all key groups

Optimize training and development programs to foster continual learning within team

Continuously improve all aspects of production/sanitation process

Organize and communicate process changes within department, as well as external departments affected by modifications

Organize projects large enough to CapEx and present to leadership team

Prepare presentations with projected costs and ROI

Upon approval, collaborate with other departments on implementation

Establish annual and project-based budgets, plan and prioritize resources accordingly

Develop open lines of communication built on trust with plant employees to ensure their feedback/ideas are valued; leverage feedback to create and implement process improvements

Manage chemical supplier

Maintain and improve SOP/SSOP for the production and sanitation process

Proactively develop team and leadership opportunities

Conduct regular performance appraisals

Establish corrective actions for team members that are underperforming

Weekly reporting on KPI program and approval; development of new metrics as needed

Food Safety and Product Quality

Ensure production teams are following established FS/PQ policies and procedures

Effectively run the production department to produce safe, quality product

Participation in Food Safety Team meetings/discussions

Formal corrective action responses to FS/PQ leadership for production and sanitation nonconformances

Innovation, Product Development & Project Management

Participate in New Product Development/Launch committee

Review key documents and proactively provide feedback

Attend first production runs to guarantee products hit specifications and ensure that customer expectations are met/exceeded

Planning and Time Management

Lead weekly planning meetings

Conduct meetings with each team to assess schedules and plan for equipment and personnel needs

Hours of Work and Other Details

This position will be generally expected to work 40-50 hours per week (M-F 7:00am to 4:30pm office hours)

Biweekly visits to off shifts during major process changes and/or when onboarding new off shift leaders

This position is “hands-on” and regular line work should be expected

Direct and indirect reports

Admin staff including a Process Engineer and Master Scheduler

A Shipping & Receiving (S&R) team consisting of a S&R Supervisor, a S&R Lead, 2 S&R Clerks, 5-day shift Distribution Workers, 3 second shift Distribution Workers, and a part-time driver

Day shift currently consisting of 2 Production Superintendents, 2 Junior Superintendents, 12 Production Line Foremen and about 106 Production Staff

Second shift currently consisting of 1 Superintendent, 2 Junior Superintendents, 10 Foremen and about 72 Production Staff

Third shift currently consisting of 1 Supervisor, 1 Foreman, and 12 Sanitation Technicians

Required Skills/Abilities

Bachelorâ s degree

10 years or more experience managing in a manufacturing environment

Budgeting and presenting in manufacturing environment

Proven track record of successfully training employees in productivity and safety

Knowledge of OSHA regulations

Excellent organizational and time management skills

Experience in food packaging/manufacturing preferred

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, company-provided life insurance & more!

401(k) program

Referral program

Get paid every Friday!

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