Glanbia

Financial Planning and Analysis

• be a key member and business partner with the operations team
• responsible for review and monitoring of all activities with financial impact
• perform daily, weekly, and monthly operational reporting and analysis
• manage the control environment at the plants
• accountable for operational financial and accounting aspects
• coordinate with operations team for headcount, overhead, and quality testing costs
• prepare, coordinate, and report monthly Global Operations KPI
• lead and perform all aspects of product costing
• analyze monthly Production Order Settlement
• execute Testing cost program with Quality team support
• responsible for Inventory Management and Control functions
• identify and resolve inventory-related issues
• monitor compliance for internal controls relating to plant activity
• lead cost savings initiatives
• manage functions of the Plant Finance Operations department

Finance Manager

Software Engineer

• Complete approximately three 8-month rotations within their area of focus
• Work in their field of study and hold a leadership role as a Team or Project Leader
• Talent will be assessed and opportunities identified to ensure effective rotation match is made with the business
• Customized development experience to help participants reach their potential
• Attend training and development courses throughout the program

Early Careers Rotational Program Associate – Engineering/Operations

Manager

• Responsible for leading all maintenance operations across multi-shift powdered food production lines
• Ensure equipment reliability and adherence to preventive and predictive maintenance schedules
• Assemble, motivate and manage a high-performance team
• Promote a culture of safety, ownership, teamwork, and continuous improvement
• Develop and implement proactive maintenance strategies and schedules to maximize equipment reliability and OEE
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external contractors
• Provide technical support for troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and process optimization to reduce downtime
• Collaborate closely with Operations to align maintenance activities with production goals
• Respond to facility issues and emergencies on a 24/7 basis

Maintenance Manager

Producer

• Managing daily operations in a food manufacturing facility
• Ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency
• Overseeing staffing, production, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Reviewing production orders or schedules to ascertain product data
• Planning production operations, establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products
• Preparing operational schedules and coordinating manufacturing activities
• Reviewing production and operating reports and resolving operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems
• Inspecting machines and equipment
• Developing or revising standard operational and working practices
• Compiling, storing, and retrieving production data
• Resolving worker grievances or submitting to Senior Production Manager or Plant Manager
• Filling in on the floor to ensure production timelines and KPIs are achieved
• Complying with occupational safety and health standards and food safety regulations.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Production Manager

• Responsible for leading all maintenance operations across multi-shift food production lines
• Ensure equipment reliability and adherence to maintenance schedules
• Assemble, motivate and manage a high-performance team
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and manage capital projects
• Promote a culture of safety and compliance with relevant standards
• Develop and implement proactive maintenance strategies
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external contractors
• Provide technical support for troubleshooting and process optimization
• Collaborate closely with Operations to align maintenance activities with production goals
• Respond to facility issues and emergencies on a 24/7 basis

Learning and Development

• Assist in developing, delivering, and implementing the MWC training and learning curriculum for MWC team members in an organized and strategic approach
• Review and improve training practices and materials to increase effectiveness
• Coach and train new and recently promoted leaders through the leadership program
• Partner with site teams and Centers of Excellence (COEs) to design and implement strategic training plans for Vacation Reliefs, Assistant Team Leaders, Team Leaders, and other assigned roles
• Collaborate with other site Leadership Training Specialists and COEs to deliver annual corporate training initiatives and projects
• Assess training and development options and recommend the best approaches and tools
• Create, deliver, and facilitate monthly leadership training to strengthen coaching, development, legal knowledge, retention, engagement, and team culture
• Conduct audits to verify supervisors follow SOPs and use trained leadership tools
• Partner with Site Leadership and HR to support talent development, performance improvement, and individual development plans as needed
• Maintain training documentation, certification records, and related status reports/presentations
• Coordinate, schedule, and track New Employee Orientation, Next In Line Leadership Training, and New Leader Bootcamp
• Participate in interviews for MWC candidates as needed
• Support GPS processes, drive zero losses, and uphold Southwest Cheese non-negotiables
• Comply with all applicable safety, health, and food safety regulations and requirements

Leadership Training Specialist

Supply Chain

• Ensure customer orders are shipped as promised
• Analyze sales orders and balance competing demands
• Partner with production and warehouse teams for efficient workflows
• Maintain strong communication with Production and Procurement
• Provide accurate shipping dates to customer service
• Collaborate with central planning on cross-site planning

Supply Planner

Procurement

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies aligned to enterprise growth objectives.
• Build and manage value creation roadmaps (cost savings, avoidance, innovation, working capital, resilience).
• Embed procurement into the product development lifecycle.
• Enable rapid sourcing solutions for new product launches.
• Lead complex negotiations and contracting strategies.
• Act as Supplier Relationship Owner for strategic suppliers.
• Monitor global market trends and commodity risks.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing events (RFI/RFQ/RFP).
• Build alignment across Operations, Finance, R&D, Quality, and Commercial teams.
• Lead and develop a team of sourcing professionals.

Senior Commercial Procurement Category Manager – Direct Materials, Innovation

Human Resources

• Consults with business leaders to diagnose current and future HR needs and develop a strategy for resolution.
• Act as a change agent for optimizing organizational design.
• Collaborates with COE specialists to implement HR solutions and strategy.
• Analyze data to recommend solutions and drive continuous improvement of strategic talent priorities.
• Consult with business leaders to identify future leadership talent and develop succession plans.
• Responsible for ensuring business relevance of HR services offered.
• Directly supports business/function leaders with advice and counsel.
• Ensures compliance with company policies and regulations.

Senior HR Business Partner

• Provide leadership for the site project engineering department and all its functions to deliver annual business sustaining and strategic capex projects
• Manage site controlled budgeting, multi-year capex planning, and yearly capex site spend
• Develop graduate engineers in Dairy Processing, Project Management and Leadership
• Assure implementation of Early Management on projects to assure results
• Provide technical and tactical engineering support to the operations director, maintenance manager and director of engineering
• Complete preliminary engineering, oversee design and construction of capital projects
• Work directly with multiple departments and personnel to support resolution of production issues and process optimization
• Manage external contractors in accordance with work site specifications
• Responsible for development of engineering graduates, productivity of full time project engineers, and trouble shooting support for processes equipment to enhance operations
• Ensure EM process is followed and EM tools are utilized to achieve excellence in project delivery and minimize impact to daily operations
• Maintain and influence $1MM or more in annual site capital planning and $6-8 MM or more of annual budget for all capital projects at the plant
• Work with finance director of engineering, and VP of engineering to coordinate budget and cash flow
• Work with operations to assure Operational Readiness for projects to achieve vertical startup
• Ensure projects delivered meet all applicable standards i.e. USDA compliancy, Grade A and/or PMO requirements
• Responsible for understanding and complying with EPA, DEQ, OSHA and other regulatory requirements for the plants
• Lead activities and reviews between General Contractor, Engineering firm and project team
• Lead in the development of startup and commissioning documents and training of plant staff
• Research and analyze data, such as engineering documents, design proposals, specifications, and manuals to determine acceptability for project team goals
• Develop scope and criteria for the design of systems, such as instruments, machines, pneumatic, mechanical, thermal, hydraulic, or heat transfer systems
• Directs and coordinates installation activities to ensure products and systems conform to engineering design and specifications
• Evaluates field installations and recommends design modifications to align systems with project design criteria and goals
• Maintain equipment, project, and construction documents and plans utilizing Vault
• Review supply and installation of mechanical and utility systems and insure compliance with design documents and company standards
• On Call for Emergencies

Site Capital Projects Manager

Analyst

• Support the Head of Performance, Reward & Mobility in design and delivery of Reward Programs
• Manage operational delivery of Reward strategy, programs, and services
• Play a key role in the annual reward cycle globally
• Provide independent job evaluation and benchmarking service to HRBPs
• Perform reward benchmarking activities including market analysis & pay positioning
• Support development of global job architecture and salary structures
• Prepare regular and ad hoc Reward reports and analysis

Senior Analyst, Reward

Director

• Provide strategic direction and leadership to engage entire plant operations in continuously improving Engagement, Safety, Quality, Productivity, Operational Excellence and Costs
• Develop a leadership team that ensures all plant employees can improve and sustain a zero loss work culture that drives out injuries and ensures products are safe and meet quality specifications
• Responsible for all aspects of site operations ensuring budget, output, and continuous improvement by engaging all employees
• Directs, administers, and coordinates the activities of the organization in support of policies, goals, and objectives established by the company
• Lead safe operations at the facility developing a strong safety culture and fully supporting the EH&S team
• Ensure the plant staff are aware of their responsibility to report safety problems to plant or corporate personnel, including EHS, with authority to initiate action, including evaluation of the potentially impacted product or process
• Review, implement, and support training programs and Plant Safety Team
• Strategic development of operations and manufacturing plans in a 24 Hour 7 Day a week facility
• Ability to take responsibility in all aspects of plant operations across all shifts and in all owned departments
• Develops and implements plans to assure product quality meets established standards, costs are within budget, production and shipping schedules meet customer requirements, inventories of raw materials and finished goods are accurately tracked and maintained at effective levels, safety standards are met, and all regulatory compliance is achieved
• Provide operational leadership to build a strong site team to deliver sustainable results through clear talent management, succession planning, including training and development of team
• Determine the resources, skill and structure needed for the production organization to achieve business objectives and goals
• Ensure food safety processes are followed and continue to develop those responsible for food safety have defined or designated alternates and/or provisions to cover key food safety activities in the event of absences
• Support food and product quality processes and ensure SOP’s are followed and enforced along with addressing customer concerns and resolving customer complaints in a timely manner
• Establishes clear goals and accountability to direct reports and provides performance feedback on a regular basis
• Defines and directs compliance with the plant’s policies and procedures
• Contributes to the development of company-wide strategic plans
• Leads and supports continuous improvement/lean efforts at facility including capital projects and efficiency upgrades
• Develop cost effective production plans and identify continuous improvement projects with defined goals
• Understands and plans around ingredient market dynamics – seasonality, commodity pricing, customer trends
• Participate in customer facing teams and visits and creates plant capabilities valued by our customers
• Ensure inventory controls are in place and processes are followed
• Ensure sustainable environmental stewardship in wastewater, air permitting, and solid waste reduction
• Monitors P&L and budget requirements meeting expected cost structures
• Complete monthly reports to leadership team
• Develops, tracks, and implements KPI dashboards to describe plant performance across all shifts and in each operational location to meet deliverables for safety, quality, service delivery, and efficiency/throughput
• Works closely with cross functional teams on companywide projects in operations and other projects aligned with company goals
• Daily cross functional communications with, QC, production, distribution and logistics, engineering, maintenance, customer service and sales/marketing and other functional areas as required
• Directly works with internal and external customers as needed to support sales and marketing on product development and customer specific requests
• Other duties as required

Site Director

Administration

• Oversee all outbound customer orders and 3PL inbound shipments
• Coordinate tracking, tracing, and tender acceptance to ensure 95%+ On-Time Delivery (OTD) and On-Time Pickup (OTP)
• Maintain logistics master data with high accuracy
• Manage the flow of TMS transactions and ensure SAP ERP data integrity via API links
• Manage TMS DTO (Freight Pay & Audit) processing
• Provide monthly freight reconciliations to Finance/Accounting to establish landed cost activities
• Prepare and audit critical export documents and HTS classifications with a zero-error target
• Resolve 3PL cargo claims within a 30-day cycle and manage carrier payment discrepancies
• Develop and maintain departmental training manuals
• Maintain 90% + SRG Strategic Routing Guide Adherence on FTL and develop a streamline approach to LCP Methodology on LTL Shipments
• Responsible under the Senior Logistics Manager to help develop monthly new FTL SRG guides and carriers to support the routes to market structure

Logistics Transportation Administrator II

• Lead and perform all aspects of product costing, including responsibility for the technical and financial knowledge of the Product Costing
• Lead overhead analysis by material to include cost of manufacture changes and validation of operational times for each routing group and its impact on the overall absorption rates
• Support the obsolete inventory process across sites, including preparing the reports, setting up and running of the bi weekly meetings, as well as following up on open action items
• Support inventory management and control functions
• Identify and resolve inventory-related issues by analyzing data, defining problems, and providing valid conclusions
• Prepare, coordinate, and report monthly Operations KPI
• Measure the performance against the targets and provide detailed commentary on the variances
• Support monthly financial operations close and reporting cycle, manufacturing labor and overhead variances, and production reports including overhead analysis
• Support operational financial and accounting aspects including financial planning of annual budget and quarterly forecast for flavors plants
• Coordinate with the operations team members to determine direct and indirect headcount requirements and non-labor overhead costs
• Develop and maintain a close working relationship with the production, quality, R&D, supply chain and other support departments by providing analytical support and data in a timely manner
• Participate in operational decision making
• Support the integration of other flavors plants to SAP and company reporting requirements

Senior Financial Analyst

• Develop and maintain accurate demand forecasts based on historical data, market trends, and business strategies
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and production teams to gather relevant information for demand planning
• Conduct regular analysis of forecast accuracy and adjust strategies as needed
• Coordinate with US supply site to ensure availability of supplies to support demand
• Monitor inventory levels and production schedules to meet customer demand while minimizing excess inventory
• Identify potential supply chain risks and develop strategies for risk mitigation
• Foster effective communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams, including sales, marketing, customer service and logistics
• Provide regular updates on demand and supply trends, potential issues, and recommendations for improvement
• Utilize statistical modeling and analysis tools to enhance forecasting accuracy
• Analyze historical sales data and market trends to identify patterns and potential opportunities
• Identify areas for process improvement within the demand and supply planning functions

Finance Manager

Early Careers Rotational Program Associate – Engineering/Operations

Maintenance Manager

Production Manager

Maintenance Manager

Leadership Training Specialist

Supply Planner

Senior Commercial Procurement Category Manager – Direct Materials, Innovation

Senior HR Business Partner

Site Capital Projects Manager

Senior Analyst, Reward

Site Director

Logistics Transportation Administrator II

Senior Financial Analyst

Supply & Demand Planner, SEA