Director, Plant Operations
Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Olathe • Kansas • United States
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Salary
💰 $127,931 - $150,506 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead all aspects of daily plant operations to achieve performance targets for safety, quality, service, and cost.
- Develop and implement manufacturing strategies to optimize throughput, efficiency, and resource utilization.
- Ensure effective coordination between departments to meet customer demands.
- Lead and motivate teams to ensure they meet their performance targets.
- Assist in the selection, supervision, and development of employees.
- Foster a culture of employee engagement, empowerment, and continuous learning.
- Manage operational cost performance to include staffing, turnover and monitoring over time.
- Oversee and manage the short- and long-term departmental operation budgets and capital project requests.
- Assist in the analysis and submission of annual departmental budgets.
- Lead a culture of safety and integrity that embeds proactive risk management, accountability, and continuous improvement into daily practices.
- Ensure collaboration of internal teams to strengthen audit readiness, mitigate operational risks, and uphold brand reputation.
- Identify, recommend and execute continuous improvement initiatives in production operations including process, machinery, method and material changes in support of plant goals.
- Develop and streamline procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of two years of work experience required, or minimum of six years of progressive job experience, including people management, multi-level communication, and leadership required.
- Master’s Degree preferred.
- Demonstrated experience of successful management practice, encompassing all facets of operations management.
- Prior experience in supply chain and financial management with the ability to interpret profit and loss statements.
- Effectively communicates and builds relationships at all organizational levels; ability to both present ideas and influence decisions at leadership level.
- Strong team player and motivated problem-solver.
- Ability to effectively network across functions to positively influence outcomes.
- Has a demonstrated understanding of Lean principles, such as Value Stream Mapping, Process Flow Mapping, Measles Mapping, Continuous Improvement Processes, Kaizen, TPM, Six Sigma.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- life insurance
- 401(k)
- paid time off
- wellness programs
- tuition reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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