Division Manager

About the role

AMPI owns six Midwest-based manufacturing plants where 10 percent of the nation's American-type cheese and processed cheese is produced. The cooperative's award-winning cheese and powdered dairy products are marketed to foodservice, retail and food ingredient customers. In 2019, the co-op launched its Dinner Bell Creamery brand and accompanying Co-op Crafted promise, highlighting more than 50 years of dairy farm families partnering with skilled Cheesemakers.

Responsibilities

• Administers, plans and directs plant operations while continually striving for improvements to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
• Fosters a "safety first" atmosphere and leads safety with employee engagement and participation, instilling behavior based safety observations.
• Identify and investigate safety concerns and implement corrective plan of action.
• Responsible for active involvement with dairy producer relationships, working directly with member services.
• Works within approved budget while developing and implementing cost saving measures while contributing to overall profits and revenue of the organization.
• Manages direct reports who supervise employees in production, quality, maintenance, human resources, and office while responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the reports.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws, including interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals and adapts strategy to changing conditions.
• Manages competing demands and changes approach or method to best fit the situation.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner by gathering and analyzing information skillfully.
• Works well in group problem solving situations and develops alternative solutions.
• Works together to create a positive team environment focusing on employee morale while working together to drive results and exceed divisional goals.
• Ability to manage projects by creating workable plans; communicates changes effectively.

Qualifications

All AMPI employees have an obligation to report employee safety, food safety and food quality issues to personnel of authority. This position has a heightened food safety and food quality responsibilities.