Las Vegas Plant Manager - Lean Ops Leader

Ken’s Foods, Inc.; Las Vegas (NV); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ken's Foods, Inc. seeks an experienced Plant Manager to lead our Las Vegas manufacturing operation. You will guide safety, quality, service, and cost while developing a high-performing team across operations, engineering, maintenance, quality, and EHS.

Responsibilities include championing Lean, TPM, MES, and WMS, ensuring SQF certification, and delivering safe, high-quality products at optimal cost. You will partner with corporate leaders to advance company goals and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field; MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant food manufacturing experience.
• Proven leadership across complex plant operations and multiple functional teams.
• Working knowledge of SQF requirements and experience implementing SQF Level III certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead all plant operations to achieve safety, quality, service, cost, and performance goals.
• Build an engaged, respectful workplace where employees are supported, accountable, and focused on results.
• Champion world-class manufacturing practices, including Lean, TPM, continuous improvement, MES, and warehouse management systems.
• Direct engineering and maintenance to keep facilities and equipment reliable and ready to meet demand.
• Guide processing and packaging operations to deliver quality products safely and at the lowest practical cost.
• Oversee materials, scheduling, warehousing, and distribution to support efficient production and on-time customer delivery.
• Strengthen food safety, product integrity, GMP compliance, sanitation, and SQF systems.
• Create and sustain a strong safety culture while ensuring compliance with corporate environmental health and safety programs.
• Lead, coach, and develop managers across operations, quality, engineering, maintenance, continuous improvement, and EHS.
• Partner with corporate leaders and Human Resources to advance company goals, core values, employee relations, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

TPM

Continuous improvement

MES

Warehouse operations

Food safety systems

SQF certification

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

MBA preferred

Tools

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)

Job description

Ken's Foods, Inc. seeks an experienced Plant Manager to lead our Las Vegas manufacturing operation. You will guide safety, quality, service, and cost while developing a high-performing team across operations, engineering, maintenance, quality, and EHS.

Responsibilities include championing Lean, TPM, MES, and WMS, ensuring SQF certification, and delivering safe, high-quality products at optimal cost. You will partner with corporate leaders to advance company goals and regulatory compliance.