Plant Manager

Protenergy Natural Foods, Inc.; Cambridge (MD); In loco; USD 155.000 - 232.000; Tempo pieno

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Competitive compensation

401(k) match

PTO: 4 weeks vacation + 5 sick days +

Holidays

Tuition reimbursement

DevelopU training platform

Inclusive environment

Descrizione del lavoro

TreeHouse Foods is seeking a Plant Manager for our Cambridge, MD facility. The role leads plant operations, drives safety, quality, and production performance, and partners with site leadership to meet business objectives.

The ideal candidate aligns with our continuous improvement culture and delivers results through an engaged, high-performing team. The position requires strong leadership, lean expertise, and a track record in food manufacturing.

Competenze

• High school diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Minimum of five years of leadership in production/food manufacturing.
• Strong leadership and team management skills; Lean manufacturing knowledge.
• Experience in a union environment preferred; knowledge of safety and quality controls.
• Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, and decision-making; proficient in MS Office.

Mansioni

• Coach and lead team in engagement, safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Promote safety culture and ensure health and safety policies are followed.
• Develop, execute, and monitor operations strategy to achieve safety, quality and performance goals.
• Lead continuous improvement programs to reduce cost and improve service.
• Use data (OEE, line speed, efficiency) to drive productivity and reliability.
• Coordinate with other functions and suppliers to optimize resources and output.
• Contribute to plant-wide strategic initiatives.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Team management

Lean manufacturing

Safety regulations

Problem solving

Union experience

Inventory management

Formazione

Bachelor's degree

High school diploma

Strumenti

Microsoft Office

Descrizione del lavoro

Employee Type: Full time Location: MD Cambridge Job Type: Production Operations Job Posting Title: Plant Manager

About Us

TreeHouse Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future. Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values—Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You Gain

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!
• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.
• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).
• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.
• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals.
• Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.
• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

Job Description

About the Role: We are seeking a Plant Manager for our Cambridge, MD, facility, a leading manufacturer of quality aseptic products. This role is responsible for providing overall leadership and accountability for plant operations with a strong focus on delivering results. In partnership with the site leadership team, the Plant Manager will drive employee engagement, safety, quality, customer service, continuous improvement, cost management, and production performance to meet or exceed business objectives. The successful candidate will identify and implement strategic opportunities to improve operational efficiency, safety, throughput, productivity, schedule attainment, cost reduction, and product quality while fostering a positive and high performing work environment.

Responsibilities

• Providing coaching and leadership to team members in the areas of employee engagement, safety, quality, customer service, continuous improvement, cost, and equipment reliability to elevate the team’s performance.
• Promoting a safety culture and ensuring adherence to all health and safety policies/protocols.
• Leading the development, execution, and monitoring of the operations strategy in line with the overall operational objectives to achieve safety, quality and performance improvement and ensure achievement of manufacturing goals.
• Leading the continuous improvement program to deliver opportunities in cost, quality, food safety and service.
• Utilizing available data including OEE, line speed target, and efficiency and process data to continuously improve productivity, uptime, and reliability.
• Coordinating manufacturing activities with all other functions of the organization and suppliers to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines, and equipment.
• Contribute to the development and execution of strategic plant-wide initiatives.

Important Details

This is a full‑time, on‑site role on first shift. Occasional flexibility is required to support alternate shifts. The anticipated compensation for this position ranges from $154,700.00 - 232,100.00 USD annually. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue‑based metrics and business or organizational needs. For certain roles, the successful candidate may be eligible for annual discretionary merit compensation award, bonus and equity pay.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required; Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, industrial technology, or related field is preferred.
• Minimum of five years of leadership experience in a production or food manufacturing environment.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Experience leading in a union environment is preferred.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing Principles.
• Knowledge of safety regulations, quality control procedures, and inventory management.
• Excellent problem‑solving, troubleshooting, and decision‑making skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

TreeHouse Foods is a private label food and beverage leader focused on customer brands and custom products. When customers partner with TreeHouse they can expect access to an industry‑leading portfolio, strategic vision, on‑trend innovation and insights, world‑class supply chain, operational excellence and flexibility, collaborative approaches, and dedicated customer service. Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality and cost to our customers. We engage with retail grocery, food away from home, and industrial and export customers, including most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada. Our portfolio includes a variety of shelf‑stable, refrigerated, and snack products. Customers can expect comprehensive flavor profiles including natural, organic, and preservative‑free ingredients in many categories and packaging formats. TreeHouse Foods is best known for food and beverages produced by our two largest businesses Bay Valley Foods, LLC (including E.D. Smith and Sturm Foods) and TreeHouse Private Brands. With more than 10,000 employees in over 26 plants across the United States and Canada, TreeHouse Foods is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Values and Diversity

At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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