Food Plant Manager - Operational Excellence & Safety

Reily Foods Company; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10 Paid Company Holidays

Generous Paid Vacation & Sick Time

Health Savings Account (HSA) with公司Con

Job summary

Reily Foods Company is seeking a Plant Manager to lead a high-performing manufacturing facility in New Orleans, LA. You will drive safety, quality, efficiency and cost initiatives while mentoring a talented operations team.

You will partner with cross-functional groups to align site objectives with corporate goals, develop capital plans, and deliver KPI-driven performance. The role requires a hands-on leader who can foster a culture of continuous improvement and employee engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations or related field.
• 10+ years of production experience in food/beverage manufacturing.
• 5+ years of operational leadership with a demonstrated ability to successfully build and mentor high performance teams.

Responsibilities

• Champions and drives continuous improvements in key areas, such as: Safety, Quality, Productivity, Cost and Customer Service.
• Fosters a Safety First, Quality Always culture focused on operational excellence while developing direct reports.
• Develops a highly effective leadership team by applying high standards for selection, communicating, and delegating key responsibilities, establishing clear vision and stretch goals, and actively utilizing all performance, development and career tools to their full potential.
• Leads facility to achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and uses performance data to drive improvement and provide optimal production performance.
• Maintains KPI scorecard within the key plant areas. Conducts KPI review meetings with the plant leadership team.
• Implements cost-effective control systems over capital assets, operating expenditures, and labor costs.
• Continuously improves site processes and technologies. Develops and executes upon a site capital plan, addressing both short-term and long-term opportunities.
• Controls and minimizes overtime labor costs, maintenance/repair costs, downtime and product re-work.
• Identifies and eliminates potential sources of food safety risk. Responsible for delivering site environmental, health, & safety performance.
• Works to exceed expectations for all internal & external audits, i.e., BRC.
• Act as liaison between plant personnel and corporate functions building solid relationships between these teams.
• Effectively communicates urgent issues both internal and external to VP of Operations and the site leadership team, as needed.
• Identifies issues quickly, develop action plans and coordinate team member activities, so that these issues are communicated upward, and dealt with quickly & effectively.
• Identifies root causes of issues and adept at developing and implementing corrective actions to prevent repeat problems.
• Follow all safety procedures and actively participate in safety training and safety system ownership initiatives.
• Maintains safe and efficient use of equipment, tools, and person.
• Reports any injury or accident immediately to supervisory and/or any unsafe condition.
• Supports and complies with GMP’s.
• Understands and follows emergency action plan.
• Supports food safety, quality, and legality.
• Ensures the operation is providing food-safe, quality products which meet or exceed all product specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

PMP

TPM

Operational leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations or related field

Tools

MS Office Programs

Job description

Reily Foods Company is seeking a Plant Manager to lead a high-performing manufacturing facility in New Orleans, LA. You will drive safety, quality, efficiency and cost initiatives while mentoring a talented operations team.

You will partner with cross-functional groups to align site objectives with corporate goals, develop capital plans, and deliver KPI-driven performance. The role requires a hands-on leader who can foster a culture of continuous improvement and employee engagement.