Assistant General Manager

Florida Crystals / ASR Group; Crockett (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) with match

Life Insurance

AD&D

Disability

Paid Time Off

Job summary

ASR Group in Crockett, CA seeks an experienced Assistant General Manager to lead a 250–500+ person site workforce. You will drive safety, quality, cost and service targets, and implement continuous improvement across manufacturing and packaging operations.

Reporting to the site VP/GM, you will shape operating procedures, develop talent, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with SQF/ISO standards while coordinating with cross-functional teams and union leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related discipline; MBA preferred.
• 10–20+ years of total professional experience with progressive responsibility.
• 5+ years in production management with 100+ direct/indirect reports and $15–20M annual budget.
• Food, beverage, pharmaceutical or CPG manufacturing experience.
• Continuous improvement experience with Lean, 5-S, or Six Sigma.
• Safety responsibility and quality-management experience.
• Unionized workforce experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety and regulatory compliance.
• Lead manufacturing facility focused on continuous improvement and delivering world class sustainable performance.
• Provide guidance to site leadership for continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide adequate support, training and development of plant staff.
• Direct supervision and evaluation of site leadership for refining and packaging activities, materials, and warehousing.
• Create reports for manufacturing cost controls, cost estimates, capacity planning, manpower and facility requirements.
• Monitor manufacturing and financial performance and implement corrective actions.
• Implements Food Safety Quality Control functions to meet quality system requirements.
• Develop and build capability of plant personnel, including talent management.
• Ensure safety, customer focus and quality across staff.

Skills

Leadership

Continuous Improvement

Lean Manufacturing

Safety Management

Union Experience

Strategic Planning

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

MBA preferred

Job description

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The ASR Group® family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, foodservice and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group® companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group® companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy. The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group® portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle's®, Sidul® and Whitworths®. ASR Group® companies also produce and market Tellus®, a single-use, compostable tableware and foodservice product made from plant fibers, including sugarcane.

Overview

The role is accountable for site operations facility with 250-500+ union employees who refine, package and distribute a high quality food product. Reporting to the site VP/GM role, the Assistant General Manager must ensure operations meet safety, food safety, quality, cost, volume and service criteria. Executes strategy to achieve short and long-term operating and profit goals. Directs administration of policies for site within context of companywide policies. Implements and drives execution of continuous improvement principles. Helps to formulate short and long-term operating procedures in areas such as quality improvement, cost reduction and manufacturing/processing efficiency. Develops and implements plans to achieve appropriate production volumes and profit projections. Ensures that product quality and safety standards are met within budgetary limits. Develops future talent and leadership. Provides reports to VP/GM to review progress against goals.

Detailed Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensures safety and regulatory compliance.
• Leads manufacturing facility focused on continuous improvement and delivering world class sustainable performance.
• Provides guidance to site leadership team for continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provides adequate support, training and development of plant staff.
• Directly supervises, motivates and evaluates site leadership responsible for refining and packaging activities, materials, and warehousing.
• Creates reports for manufacturing cost controls, cost estimates, capacity plan, manpower and facility requirements.
• Monitors manufacturing and financial performance and implements corrective action planning when needed to meet company objectives.
• Implements Food Safety Quality Control functions to meet the Company’s Quality System requirements.
• Assures continuously updated line standards, the identification of bottlenecks and the proposals to eliminate.
• Helps develop, review, modify and implement operating systems in sanitation, safety, quality, preventative maintenance, general manufacturing practices and best management practices.
• Develops and builds capability of plant personnel, including support of performance and talent management activities
• Ensures that entire staff has the safety, customer, and quality as the overall focus.
• Develops plans for implementing continuous improvement manufacturing principles.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

• Assistant General Manager could have responsibility for 250-500+ direct and indirect reports.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Related Discipline.
• Masters or MBA highly preferred.

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Professional Experience– 10-20+ years’ total professional experience with progressively responsible and growth.
• Production Management Experience– 5+ years’ experience in production management having had responsibility for managing departments and a minimum of 100+ direct and indirect reports with budgetary responsibility of at least 15M-20M/ annually.
• Food or Similar Industry Experience – Food, beverage, pharmaceutical or CPG industry experience in a manufacturing environment preferred or a combination of food manufacturing with manufacturing experience in other similar industries preferred.
• Continuous Improvement– Demonstrated track record of understanding and applying continuous improvement principles and practices including Lean Manufacturing, 5-S, and/or Six Sigma.
• Safety – Responsibility for managing safety and environmental performance.
• Quality– Ideal candidate must have had a track record of responsibility for managing to high-quality standards including SQF in Food Industry or ISO in non-food industry.
• Unionized Workforce– Experience with unionized workforce strongly preferred.

LEADERSHIP/ MOTIVATIONAL FIT

The candidate who will be a strong motivational/cultural fit should demonstrate a high degree of the following leadership traits:

• Adaptability– Ability to read and adapt to their environment and flex their style and approach based on the context. Bring change in a steady, managed way vs. a forced manner.
• Organizational/ Political Savvy– Understand and leverage organization networks and build alliances with key stakeholders throughout the journey. Have a strong sense of organization politics and ability to avoid political pitfalls.
• Teamwork/ Collaboration– Ability to partner with colleagues and teams in a collaborative fashion to deliver work output.
• Strategic Perspective– Ability to maintain a strategic perspective, yet roll-up the sleeves and do work when necessary. Build the strategic framework from which s/he will manage from and leverage key experts to utilize their talents to deliver within that framework.
• Problem-Solving– Sharp and analytical problem-solving skills; Ability to break down issues/ problems methodically and develop sustainable solutions.
• Communication/ Interpersonal Skills– Ability to be a comfortable and open communicator including proactively sharing information, bringing issues/ concerns to the table early and collaboratively working through solutions. Candidate will also demonstrate level of comfort

MOBILITY

• Candidate must be mobile for future assignments across ASR Group locations in 2-5 years. The length of time in the initial assignment will be dependent on the scope and responsibility of the vacancies that emerge across ASR Group.

Location of Role

• Crockett, CA

SALARY PAY RANGE

• The pay rate for the successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s qualifications and prior experience.
• Benefits include healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs) available the first of the month following 30 days of employment, 401(k) with match, life insurance, AD&D, short-term disability, vacation, holiday and sick time.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, genderidentity, age,nationalorigin, disability, veteranstatusorany other category protected under federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Nearest Major Market: San Francisco
Nearest Secondary Market: Oakland