Plant Manager

Job Purpose and Impact

The Plant Manager will provide strategic operational oversight for all production and operating processes for a single plant or multiple plants with moderate complexity. In this role, you will oversee safety, quality, operational effectiveness, and financial performance.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensures employee, food and feed safety and environmental compliance program standards and goals are implemented.
• Accountable for all internal and external operating and regulatory procedures on employee, food and feed safety, including strategic and tactical execution in alignment with corporate environment, health and safety, and food safety, quality and regulatory functions, as well as government regulations.
• Establish and deploy operational priorities for a single plant or multiple plants with moderate complexity.
• Leads strategic and tactical operations and quality management deliverables to ensure customer, product, and quality standard requirements are met within specifications.
• Leads, directs, and controls capital and operating budgets for a single plant or multiple plants with moderate complexity to achieve medium-term outlook financial performance objectives set by the business.
• Ensure and hold direct reports accountable for meeting and controlling operating expenses and established targets.
• Oversee the overall operational management and implement operational efficiency improvements, which may include standardization of plant information manufacturing systems, quality control, safety, production reliability excellence, maintenance, and operators' best practices.
• Lead and develop a team, coach, and make decisions related to talent management, hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Preferred: Lean Six Sigma
• Preferred: Two years of supervisory experience

Position Details

Location: Vinton, VA; Relocation support may be provided