Senior Plant Director
Ferrara
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Fairfield • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $170,000 - $225,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Manage facility production, packaging, and storage of quality food products including food safety, quality, employee and asset safety, and operational efficiencies
- Champion continuous improvement and TPM methodologies along with a Lean mindset across the facility and train/support managers and supervisors as necessary
- Oversee production planning to ensure efficient schedules are delivered that drive lowest cost and met customer demands
- Manage daily and long-term production activities to meet or exceed budgeted production goals and drive optimum equipment efficiency and productivity
- Directly manage and develop Production, Maintenance, and Factory Supply Chain Managers, providing developmental, coaching, and mentoring opportunities
- Lead and partner with the facility leadership team to ensure the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner
- Manage monthly plant reviews and management report-outs to accurately determine operational efficiency, financial performance, improvement plans, and safety
- Guide the plant floor data standardization, collection, utilization, and management to drive continuous improvement
- Implement effective systems and strategies of cost control over capital, operating expenditures, hourly wages, and salaries
- Establish and monitor overall plant performance for production and quality standards including compliance with established HACCP, BRC and GMP guidelines, preparing teams for customer and regulatory audits
- Partner cross functionally with other Sr. Plant Directors and leaders to share best practices
- Oversee and maintain preventative maintenance programs and related costs in partnership with Maintenance team
- Ensure efficient facility supply chain flow in and oversee inventory readiness, including raw materials, WIP, and packaging
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in an appropriate business or operations discipline required
- 10+ years of relevant and successful job experience leading a food manufacturing environment
- Knowledgeable in all aspects of food manufacturing, processing, and warehousing
- Strong interest and proven capabilities in taking full accountability for plant performance including management of team, process, reporting, and day-to-day execution of objectives
- Demonstrated Continuous Improvement experience
- Experience with TPM methodologies, with focus on AM and PM pillars
- Lean Manufacturing experience
- SAP experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
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
food manufacturingcontinuous improvementTPM methodologiesLean manufacturingproduction planningoperational efficiencyHACCPBRCGMPinventory management
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingmentoringcommunicationaccountabilityteam managementproblem-solvingcollaborationorganizational skillsstrategic thinking