Feed Mill Manager

JOB SUMMARY

This position is responsible for managing the production and delivery of high-quality feed at the lowest cost possible while ensuring compliance with all local state and federal regulations. This requires keeping a daily ingredient inventory and FDA Compliance, obtaining daily driver reports to ensure DOT Compliance, and managing team members in Production, Housekeeping, and Preventative Maintenance.

• Cooking and feeding the team
• Coordinating production schedules, ingredient ordering, feed recovery scheduling, preventive maintenance, parts ordering, and keeping within tolerances on parts and ingredient inventories
• Utilizing continuous improvement tools and methods to maximize crumble and pellet quality, tons per hour, weeks manufactured, tons per load hauled, and delivery turn times
• Leading the safety culture, providing adequate training, and effectively communicating with the team to address any opportunities within the mill and trucking
• Taking the lead on customer concerns related to feed quality, feed deliveries, and feed recovery
• Managing the operation according to budget development, capital plans, including the preparation of capital requests
• Keeping in close communication with their manager, driving key metric improvements, being the key liaison with the complex toll-milling partner, and performing other responsibilities as needed

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree preferred in a related Agriculture Business or equivalent management experience
• 5+ years experience in feed mill and feed delivery management
• Valid driver license and good driving record in accordance with Fleet Safety Manual
• Some travel required but minimal
• Proficient computer skills such as generating letters, spreadsheets, or creating queries