Plant Operations Leader — Strategy & Excellence

QLM Search; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

QLM Search seeks a Plant Leader to drive world-class operations for a growing food ingredients unit, reporting to the CEO and serving on the senior leadership team at HQ with travel to an Illinois facility required.

You will lead operations, engineering and operational excellence, develop site procedures, and push standardization through technology and innovative methods to improve performance across the unit.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a small to mid-size food/beverage manufacturing facility.
• Proven ability to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement.
• Strong leadership and change-management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and planning for the Plant improving operations, engineering, operational excellence.
• Lead and guide the operational remit of the business unit strategic/operational plans.
• Manage and develop all site operations procedures.
• Drive simplification of processes through standardization, technology and innovation, and the implementation of methodologies for the unit.

Skills

Leadership

Operations management

Strategic planning

Team motivation

Travel willingness

Job description

QLM Search seeks a Plant Leader to drive world-class operations for a growing food ingredients unit, reporting to the CEO and serving on the senior leadership team at HQ with travel to an Illinois facility required.

You will lead operations, engineering and operational excellence, develop site procedures, and push standardization through technology and innovative methods to improve performance across the unit.