Manufacturing Plant Senior Operations Leader

Kroger; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger Manufacturing is seeking a seasoned Production Supervisor to lead planning, coordination and direction of daily production activities at our Georgia plant. You will drive efficiency, quality, and safety while aligning with our Customer 1st strategy and high performance work system principles.

You will develop operations leaders, manage budgets, coordinate with maintenance, sanitation, quality control and sales, and ensure policies are implemented effectively.

Qualifications

• Supervise and coordinate daily production activities with focus on safety and quality.
• Develop and mentor operations leaders to improve plant performance.
• Drive adherence to budgets and company policies while optimizing efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and control planning, coordination and direction of production activities.
• Maintain and improve plant performance in Safety, Quality, Reliability (SQR).
• Develop department leaders to achieve production goals while engaging staff.
• Prepare production portion of operating budgets and manage approved budgets.
• Coordinate with maintenance, sanitation, quality control and plant office.

Skills

Leadership

Production planning

Safety compliance

Budgeting

Communication

Team development

Job description

Supervise and control all planning, coordination and direction of production activities, ensuring maximum operating efficiency and product quality. Develop operations resource leaders to maintain and improve plant performance. Perform all jobs safely, efficiently and accurately to maintain and improve the performance of the entire plant in the areas of Safety, Quality, Reliability (SQR) and our Customer 1st strategy. Provide leadership that embodies our 7 Kroger Manufacturing High Performance Work System principles. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

• Maintain and communicate awareness of industry trends, including new developments in equipment, ingredients and customer needs
• Support and participate in the plant safety process
• Apply analysis and knowledge of plant processing and operations to develop and maintain department structure to satisfy production needs and objectives
• Advance recommendations on policies, procedures, techniques, facilities, production planning and all other matters related to effective plant and department operations
• Prepare production portion of operating budgets; implement and control approved budgets
• Communicate effectively with plant leadership to ensure efficient and timely policy implementation
• Communicate and coordinate responsibilities with all plant supervisory staff, including maintenance, sanitation, quality control and the plant office
• Maintain close contact with sales and marketing activity, keeping abreast of all sales and marketing activities that may affect production distribution
• Develop and implement methods for enabling all employees to achieve plant production goals
• Develop department managers and associates to the fullest extent of their ability, while maintaining positive engagement
• Follow established programs, policies and practices to produce safe, quality foods that meet regulatory and company requirements
• Accountable to the Kroger Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Principles
• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
• Must be able to work around ingredients and/or finished products known to contain food allergens