Assistant General Manager

ASR Group; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Assistant General Manager to oversee site operations at a major manufacturing facility. This role is crucial in ensuring that safety, quality, and efficiency standards are met while managing a large team of union employees. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in production management, particularly within the food or similar industries, and a proven track record of implementing continuous improvement strategies. Join a forward-thinking company where your leadership will directly impact operational success and contribute to the development of future talent.

Qualifications

• 10-20+ years of professional experience with growth in production management.
• Experience managing a unionized workforce and ensuring safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing facility with a focus on continuous improvement and safety.
• Develop and implement plans for production and quality standards.

Skills

Continuous Improvement

Production Management

Safety Management

Quality Control

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Organizational Savvy

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Master's or MBA

Job description

ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In the European Union, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England and Portugal. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino, C&H, Redpath, Tate & Lyle, Lyle’s and Sidul.

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.

POSITION 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.

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

• 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.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

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

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

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

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.

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