Cheese Plant Leader – Twin Falls, ID (Safety & Growth)

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc.; Twin Falls (ID); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Glanbia Dairy Nutrition seeks a Plant Manager - Cheese to lead the Twin Falls, ID facility. You will direct safety, quality, productivity, costs and employee engagement while building a strong leadership team and ensuring daily management excellence.

The role collaborates across Production, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance and HR to drive sustainable plant performance. A hands-on manufacturing leader with a passion for people development and problem solving is ideal.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong manufacturing operations and people leadership experience in a plant environment.
• Understanding of TPM, continuous improvement or similar operational excellence methodologies.
• Working knowledge of food safety, quality and manufacturing compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to plant personnel and develop a high-performing plant leadership team.
• Create and sustain robust plant communication and daily management processes that drive accountability and performance.
• Ensure plant operations meet production schedules, throughput targets and facility standards.
• Champion GPS, TPM and continuous improvement efforts to eliminate losses and improve performance.
• Ensure product quality and food safety through HACCP, SQF, SOPs, GMPs and mock recalls.
• Lead plant safety programs and foster a safety-first culture.
• Manage plant financial performance and inventories to meet budget expectations.
• Lead root-cause analysis and problem-solving for operational, quality and customer issues.
• Ensure compliance with environmental permits and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Develop business justification for CAPEX projects and manage projects to completion.
• Oversee maintenance and reliability programs; strengthen employee engagement and site culture.

Skills

People leadership

Operations management

Root-cause problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree (4-year)

Job description

Glanbia Dairy Nutrition seeks a Plant Manager - Cheese to lead the Twin Falls, ID facility. You will direct safety, quality, productivity, costs and employee engagement while building a strong leadership team and ensuring daily management excellence.

The role collaborates across Production, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance and HR to drive sustainable plant performance. A hands-on manufacturing leader with a passion for people development and problem solving is ideal.