Finished Product Manager

Darling Ingredients Inc.; Grapeland (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Darling Ingredients is seeking a Finished Product Manager to oversee the sale, distribution, and inventory management of finished goods at the Grapeland facility. You will coordinate logistics, supervise drivers, and manage on-hand inventory to support plant operations.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of management experience in manufacturing or a related setting, strong data-review skills, and a commitment to cGMP and safety policies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of management experience in an industrial, manufacturing or laboratory setting.
• Demonstrated ability to review qualitative data to verify product specifications.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates logistics of finished product and load-out operations.
• Manages drivers that load finished product and daily on-hand finished product inventory.
• Ensures compliance with cGMP and Food Safety plans; maintains plant safety and housekeeping.

Skills

Management

cGMP knowledge

Data review

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

Job Description

The Finished Product Manager is responsible for managing the sale and distribution of finished products at the facility. This role will include, but not be limited to, coordinating logistics of finished product, managing drivers that load finished product and managing our daily on hand finished product inventory.

Reviews daily process paperwork, cooker charts, cGMP forms and performs/observes activities as outlined in the Food Safety plans, performs data entry and helps in the plant daily operations under management supervision.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

• Completes profiles on meat and bone meal, poultry meal, feather meal, and yellow and brown grease production.
• Completes profiles on all grease purchases and shipments.
• Follows plant cGMP and Food Safety policies.
• Certified PCQI holds the plant employees accountable for daily activities, reports to plant management.
• Assist with training of all plant and fleet personnel on cGMP policies.
• Reviews and evaluates qualitative data reports to verify that product meets Company specifications.
• Serves as plant liaison with Central Lab & Corporate Sales Office with respect to quality.
• Submits results for all testing to appropriate management staff.
• Responsible for moving product from one location to another.
• Operates heavy equipment to load materials.
• Maintains housekeeping for safe and neat work area.
• Knowledgeable of plant products and specifications.
• Responsible for Loadout Operations.
• All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Management experience, 3+ years, in an industrial, manufacturing or laboratory setting.
• Demonstrated experience in reviewing & comprehending qualitative data reports to verify product meets specifications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior laboratory experience preferred.
• Experience working in a rendering operation preferred.
• Work well with others in a team, management, and regulatory environment.
• Highly organized and safety-conscious.
• Superior time management skills; detail oriented and able to multi-task.
• Ability to deal with minor problems involving equipment or various situations.
• Exceptional communication skills both written and oral.
• Basic math skills; ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers.
• Good oral and written skills.

About Us

We’re one of the world’s leading practitioners of circularity, transforming materials from the animal agriculture and food industries into valuable ingredients. Ingredients that nourish people, feed animals and crops, and fuel the world with renewable energy.

About The Team

Darling Ingredients is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military service, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state and local law. Know Your Rights: If you would like more information, please click on the link and paste into your browser: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster of this job.