Manager - Manufacturing Operations

Post Holdings Inc.; Rigby (ID); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Bob Evans Farms, a division of Post Holdings, Inc., is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead plant production, enforce safety and food quality, and coordinate schedules and staff across the Rigby, Idaho facility. The role emphasizes safeguarding workers, optimizing processes, and driving continuous improvement to meet KPIs.

Strong leadership and experience in food manufacturing are required. The position involves coordinating production, supervising staff, and ensuring documentation and GMP

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience.
• Experience working in the production department of a food manufacturing company.
• Bilingual Spanish is preferred.
• HACCP 101, Lean Manufacturing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe and healthy workplace; enforce safety policies.
• Provide overall leadership and direction for plant production.
• Implement continuous improvement to meet KPIs and CI meetings.
• Coach supervisors to meet productivity and financial KPIs.
• Coordinate production schedule with maintenance and ensure effectiveness.

Skills

Leadership

Safety compliance

Production planning

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP/Oracle

Job description

Brand: Bob Evans Farms

Categories: General Management

Locations: Rigby, Idaho

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 31931

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

About Bob Evans Farms, Inc.

For over 75 years, Bob Evans Farms has delivered delicious, quick-to-table, farm-inspired food that makes mealtime a little bit easier and a lot more delicious. We're proud to be the No. 1-selling refrigerated dinner sides*, including many varieties of wholesome, feel-good favorites such as mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese, sold in grocery stores across the country. We're also a leading producer and distributor of sausage and egg products including liquid eggs. In addition to our flagship Bob Evans ® brand, our product portfolio includes Simply Potatoes ® , Egg Beaters ® and Owens ® Sausage. Bob Evans Farms is based in Columbus, Ohio, and is owned by Post Holdings, Inc., a consumer-packaged goods holding company. For more information about Bob Evans Farms, Inc., visit www.bobevansgrocery.com .

Responsibilities

POSITION SUMMARY :

This position has the responsibility to always comply with Safety work rules as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures, and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed, and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability. Ensures regulatory Compliance. Lock out tag out enforcement, SRMP element teams’ enforcement and ownership of all production exempt leaders. In absence of Plant Manager assume duties as required in his/her absence.

In charge of handling manufacturing processes and coordinating production supervisors and production line workers. Planning orders, implementing quality standards, developing production schedules, recruiting and training staff, and managing supervisors.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

1. Assumes personal responsibility to insure safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks. Ensures regulatory compliance. Team Captain of PSRMP Element 5B Lock Out/ Tagout.
2. Provide overall leadership and direction for plant production.
3. Implement continuous improvement strategies to meet & exceed plant KPIs. Ensure monthly CI meetings are being held and reviewed.
4. Encourage, motivate, and coach production supervisors to meet and exceed productivity & financial KPIs
5. Monitor and set standards for production and help identify and correct bottlenecks.
6. Prepares budgets and monitor expenses for production.
7. Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions & ensure product quality is maintained.
8. Supervise and manage employees by ensuring all company policies and procedures are followed,
9. Train and coach supervisors to initiate disciplinary action and evaluate employee performance.
10. Conduct frequent line tours and adhere to standard work.
11. Ensure that all paperwork is accurate, complete, and on time.
12. Communicate with managers and other supervisors about status of employees and production.
13. Coordinate production schedule with required maintenance and follow up to ensure maintenance is effective.
14. Lead and conduct safety training and make sure all employees have required safety equipment.
15. Promote team environment and facilitate cross functional teams to drive Safety, Quality, and Productivity improvements.
16. Responsible for Food Safety and Food Quality of all BEF and private label products.
17. Report any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
18. Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
19. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures.
20. Perform other duties as assigned.
21. Routinely work an off-shift, i.e., second shift or third shift at least once a quarter to validate expectations are being met with off-shift leaders that report to this position.

POSITION SUMMARY :

This position has the responsibility to always comply with Safety work rules as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures, and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed, and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability. Ensures regulatory Compliance. Lock out tag out enforcement, SRMP element teams’ enforcement and ownership of all production exempt leaders. In absence of Plant Manager assume duties as required in his/her absence.

In charge of handling manufacturing processes and coordinating production supervisors and production line workers. Planning orders, implementing quality standards, developing production schedules, recruiting and training staff, and managing supervisors.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

1. Assumes personal responsibility to insure safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks. Ensures regulatory compliance. Team Captain of PSRMP Element 5B Lock Out/ Tagout.
2. Provide overall leadership and direction for plant production.
3. Implement continuous improvement strategies to meet & exceed plant KPIs. Ensure monthly CI meetings are being held and reviewed.
4. Encourage, motivate, and coach production supervisors to meet and exceed productivity & financial KPIs
5. Monitor and set standards for production and help identify and correct bottlenecks.
6. Prepares budgets and monitor expenses for production.
7. Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions & ensure product quality is maintained.
8. Supervise and manage employees by ensuring all company policies and procedures are followed,
9. Train and coach supervisors to initiate disciplinary action and evaluate employee performance.
10. Conduct frequent line tours and adhere to standard work.
11. Ensure that all paperwork is accurate, complete, and on time.
12. Communicate with managers and other supervisors about status of employees and production.
13. Coordinate production schedule with required maintenance and follow up to ensure maintenance is effective.
14. Lead and conduct safety training and make sure all employees have required safety equipment.
15. Promote team environment and facilitate cross functional teams to drive Safety, Quality, and Productivity improvements.
16. Responsible for Food Safety and Food Quality of all BEF and private label products.
17. Report any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
18. Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
19. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures.
20. Perform other duties as assigned.
21. Routinely work an off-shift, i.e., second shift or third shift at least once a quarter to validate expectations are being met with off-shift leaders that report to this position.

Qualifications

JOB QUALIFICATIONS :

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience.

EXPERIENCE : Experience working in the production department of a food manufacturing company.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and in group situations. Ability to respond to questions from internal/external customers/vendors at all levels including management. Bilingual Spanish is preferred.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, fractions, ratios. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Ability to deal with non-verbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, musical notes, etc.) in its most difficult phases. Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS:

HACCP 101, Lean Manufacturing preferred.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES :

Specific skills and abilities required that are not included in other sections:

1. Ability to meet production timelines.
2. Computer literacy, including MS Word and Excel, SAP/Oracle software.
3. Ability to effectively facilitate Work Team meetings.
4. Foster the Continuous Improvement philosophy.
5. Ability to identify and implement solutions using the team process.
6. Effective communication and interpersonal skills including verbal and written.

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)