Ferrara

Operations Manager

Ferrara

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Dekalb • Illinois • United States

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Salary

💰 $102,075 - $142,905 per year

About the role

  • Ensure team compliance with all safety policies, procedures and GMP’s.
  • Leads effectively through hands on support and visibility on the production floor.
  • Maintain product quality and sanitation standards.
  • Optimize operational efficiencies to support the production, warehouse, and shipping of products.
  • Identify and coordinate operational improvements necessary to deliver the site annual operating plan (AOP).
  • Ensure cost performance gaps are identified, action plans are developed, and resources are properly allocated.
  • Track operational output measures (i.e. efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy), anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets.
  • Develop and motivate teams to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals.
  • Deliver effective change leadership to drive business changes while minimizing people impact.
  • Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel.
  • Flex production plans on a shift-by-shift basis to prevent service issues and operational inefficiencies.
  • Optimize ingredient and packaging material usage to minimize scrap loss.
  • Coach teams to demonstrate continuous improvement in profitability margins, efficiencies and cost savings initiatives.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in manufacturing preferred.
  • Lean Six Sigma Experience preferred, demonstrated by successful completion of a major improvement project.
  • Experience developing/coaching hourly and supervisory staff.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications.
  • Occasional lifting up to 50 lbs. and operation of manufacturing equipment (including forklifts).
  • May require off shift/weekend work and limited travel.
Benefits
  • health insurance
  • dental insurance
  • 401(k)
  • paid time off (PTO)
  • annual bonus based on company performance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Lean Six Sigmamanufacturing equipment operationoperational efficienciesproduct quality standardssanitation standardscost performance analysisinventory accuracytransactional accuracycontinuous improvementcoaching
Soft Skills
leadershipteam developmentcommunicationemployee relationschange managementproblem-solvingmotivationflexibilitycollaborationvisibility
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeLean Six Sigma certification