Plant Manager

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc.; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts

Health & dental plan

401K

Generous family leave policy

Job summary

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc. in Valencia, CA seeks an experienced production leader to optimize a 24/7 facility. You will drive safety culture, manufacturing plans, quality control, inventory management and continuous improvement across shifts while supporting ERP implementations and capital projects.

The role emphasizes developing staff, managing budgets, and delivering cost-effective production aligned with company goals; a strong cross-functional team is essential.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree or equivalent with an engineering or operations management background.
• 10+ years of production managerial experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with liquids flavors production, dry blending, spray drying is a plus.
• ERP/MRP experience; SAP and/or SAGE familiarity is a plus.
• Knowledge of PLC systems, automation and production processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead safe operations and developing a strong safety culture; support EH&S.
• Develop operations plans for a 24/7 facility across all shifts and departments.
• Ensure product quality, pricing within budget and on-time schedules.
• Provide leadership to build the site team and mentor future leaders.
• Complete monthly KPI dashboards and report to leadership on safety, quality and efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on company projects and CAPEX efforts.
• Ensure food safety processes and regulatory compliance are followed.

Skills

Production management

Safety leadership

Cross-functional leadership

ERP SAP

Continuous improvement

Cost control

Automation/PLC interaction

Operations planning

Education

Engineering or operations management degree

Food chemistry/biology/chemistry background

Tools

SAP

SAGE

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life's journey

The Opportunity

Lead the production facility in the efficient, safe, effective, productive and profitable process of meeting and exceeding customer expectations through continuously improving systems, materials, processes, products and in development of employees to assure consistent availability of high-quality products at competitive costs. Provide leadership to all plant personnel focusing on safety culture, supply chain/planning, inventory management, efficient production operations and personnel support. Create an operational environment where individuals feel able to challenge the status quo, and embrace change consistent with company values and culture.

Essential Functions

• Lead safe operations at the facility developing a strong safety culture and fully supporting the EH&S team.Ensure the plant staff are aware of their responsibility to report safety problems to plant or corporate personnel, including EHS, with authority to initiate action, including evaluation of the potentially impacted product or process. Review, implement, and support training programs and Plant Safety Team.
• Strategic development of operations and manufacturing plans in a 24 Hour 7 Day a week facility.Ability to take responsibility in all aspects of plant operations across all shifts and in all owned departs
• Develops and implements plans to assure product quality meets established standards, costs are within budget, production and shipping schedules meet customer requirements, inventories of raw materials and finished goods are accurately tracked and maintained at effective levels, safety standards are met, and all regulatory compliance is achieved.
• Provide operational leadership to build a strong site team to deliver sustainable results through clear talent management, succession planning, including training and development of team. Determine the resources, skill and structure needed for the production organization to achieve business objectives and goals. Review job ladders program and update as needed and work closely with People Managers to support and train future leaders.
• Ensure food safety processes are followed and continue to develop those responsible for food safety have defined or designated alternates and/or provisions to cover key food safety activities in the event of absences.
• Support food and product quality processes and ensure SOP’s are followed and enforced along with addressing customer concerns and resolving customer complaints in a timely manner.
• Establishes clear goals and accountability to direct reports and provides performance feedback on a regular basis.
• Defines and directs compliance with the plant’s policies and procedures. Contributes to the development of company-wide strategic plans.
• Leads and supports continuous improvement/lean efforts at facility including capital projects and efficiency upgrades. Develop cost effective production plans and identify continuous improvement projects with defined goals.
• Understands and plans around ingredient market dynamics – seasonality, commodity pricing, customer trends
• Participate in customer facing teams and visits and creates plant capabilities valued by our customers.
• Ensure inventory controls are in place and processes are followed.
• Ensure sustainable environmental stewardship in wastewater, air permitting, and solid waste reduction.
• Monitors P&L and budget requirements meeting expected cost structures. Complete monthly reports to leadership team. Develops, tracks, and implements KPI dashboards to describe plant performance across all shifts and in each operational location to meet deliverables for safety, quality, service delivery, and efficiency/throughput.
• Works closely with cross functional teams on companywide projects in operations and other projects aligned with company goals.
• Other duties as required.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Daily cross functional communications with, QC, production, distribution and logistics, engineering, maintenance, customer service and sales/marketing and other functional areas as required.
• Directly works with internal and external customers as needed to support sales and marketing on product development and customer specific requests.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree or equivalent with a background in engineering or operations management preferred. Degrees in food chemistry, biology and/or chemistry are also acceptable educational backgrounds.
• 10+ years Production managerial experience in a manufacturing environment with continuouslyincreasing levels of responsibility. Deep understanding of manufacturing technology in liquids flavors production, dry powder blending, and spray drying Experience with process extractions in food related industries a plus.
• ERP/MRP experience. Experience in SAP and/or SAGE programs a plus.
• Equipment & automation proficiency – ability to interact with PLC systems (via functional descriptions), automated batching, and production processes.
• Experience managing a 24/5 or 24/7 production facility
• Proven track record of developing staff and leadership
• Maintenance strategy leadership (preventive, predictive, reliability-centered maintenance).
• Experience leading and developing operational readiness plans to support large-scale CAPEX implementations and ERP implementations.
• Capital management – Experience developing long-term site planning and justifying capital spend.
• Computer skills to include Microsoft Office applications, ERP & analytics utilities, with emphasis in database and spreadsheet software.

Where and how you will work

The opportunity will be based in Valencia, CA.

What we would like to offer you!

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K.

Compensation

Compensation for roles at Glanbia varies depending on a wide range of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in CA. This range may not be applicable to other locations. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. The annual salary for CA based employees for this role is $140,00-$155,000k with an annual bonus.

About Glanbia

Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.