Plant Operations Manager - Lean, Safety & Quality

Kalmbach Feeds Inc; Carey (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits

401(K) with company match

3 Weeks PTO

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Competitive Compensation

On Staff Life Coach

Care/Dependent Care Reimbursement

Job summary

Kalmbach Feeds is seeking a Plant Manager to oversee all daily plant operations from production to policy compliance. You will develop processes to maximize safety, quality and productivity, and lead initiatives to improve labor utilization, equipment effectiveness and on-time shipping.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of manufacturing management experience (or 10+ years in a feed mill), a bachelor’s degree, and proven leadership.

Qualifications

• 3+ years manufacturing management experience or extensive feed mill experience (10+ years).
• Ability to multi-task and push forward multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent leadership skills with evidence of developing team members.

Responsibilities

• Ideate and implement strategic improvements for production, quality, and labor utilization throughout the facility.
• Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations.
• Increase production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards.
• Be responsible for production output, product quality and on-time shipping.
• Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results.
• Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus.
• Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions if needed.
• Share a trusting relationship with workgroup and recruit, manage and develop plant team members.
• Collect and analyze data to find places of waste or overtime.
• Commit to and prioritize plant safety procedures.
• Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets.
• Address employees’ issues or grievances.
• Apply lean manufacturing principles in designing, specifying, and validating world-class manufacturing processes that achieve organizational goals.

Skills

Leadership

Multi-tasking

Communication

Problem solving

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/business/agriculture

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Kalmbach Feeds is seeking a Plant Manager to oversee all daily plant operations from production to policy compliance. You will develop processes to maximize safety, quality and productivity, and lead initiatives to improve labor utilization, equipment effectiveness and on-time shipping.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of manufacturing management experience (or 10+ years in a feed mill), a bachelor’s degree, and proven leadership.