Plant Manager

Job Juncture; New Ulm (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Job Juncture is seeking a Plant Manager to direct daily plant operations in a safe, professional environment and balance costs with meeting customer demand. You will lead a high-performing team, develop succession plans, and own the plant capacity and production schedules while driving continuous improvement and sustainability.

The role requires a technical bachelor's degree and 8+ years in production/plant leadership, with strong change management and coaching capabilities to align

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, chemistry, food manufacturing, microbiology/food science or closely related field.
• 8+ years Production/Plant Management leadership in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to coach, mentor, develop and train a strong facility team and drive sustained change.

Responsibilities

• Lead continual safety and food safety culture improvements and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and maintain a capacity plan and align with Demand Planning and S&OP processes.
• Maintain production schedules to meet sales and customer commitments.
• Drive performance metrics and improvement plans for gaps.
• Develop individuals for succession planning and organizational development.
• Lead sustainability efforts, waste reduction, and value enhancement site-wide.

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Communication

Team development

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

APICS

Lean

Six Sigma

Job description

The Plant Manager directs daily plant operations while maintaining a safe, professional, and positive work environment. They are expected to make the most effective use of available work force and equipment, ensuring an efficient and coordinated work effort among all personnel. This position will be challenged to balance costs versus what is necessary to safely and reliability meet customer demand.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Lead continuous improvement in the safety and food safety culture throughout the local site. Maintain high standards of performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and facilitate corrective action and preventive action plans at the site. Establish and continually improve a procedures-based culture.
• Facilitate an agile, effective, and engaged work force through strong change management, communication, and training efforts.
• Cultivate a high performing team with a customer-focused mindset.
• Develop key individuals for succession planning and organizational development.
• Maintain production at desired level while adhering to strict safety, food safety, and quality standards.
• Own the plant capacity plan and continually update operating plans based on inputs from Demand Planning and the Sales and Operating Planning Process.
• Ensure adherence to the production schedule to meet sales and commercial commitments to customers.
• Maintain goal alignment between the plant, the manufacturing function, the business, and the corporation. Maintain key performance indicators and metrics scorecards to monitor performance against established goals. Continually review and ensure improvement plans are in place for all performance gaps.
• Conduct periodic informal & annual formal employee evaluations.
• Create & maintain a positive work environment where success is celebrated, along with communicating company policies and directives to employees.
• Develop and adhere to an annual operating & capital implementation plan.
• Lead and own sustainability including waste reduction and value enhancement initiatives for the site.
• Effectively utilize communicate with regional, corporate, and approved outside expertise to drive learning and continuous improvement into the plant organization.

Qualifications:

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in a technical field of study such as engineering, chemistry, food manufacturing, microbiology/food science or a closely related field.
• 8 + years Production / Plant Management Leadership; experience in a fast paced manufacturing environment is highly recommended.
• Ability to Facilitate & Lead in a Team Environment. Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, develop and train a strong facility team. Demonstrated strong execution capacity. Ability to create sustained change to more effective systems.
• Production logistics & scheduling, GMP systems. APICS, Lean, or Six Sigma training is a plus. US citizen or permanent resident

Why is This a Great Opportunity:

Why we're a great company Great visibility and opportunity to make a difference while working with a great team. 17 Manufacturing sites in the US, so opportunity for growth.