Process Improvement Coordinator - Demopolis

Foster Farms; Demopolis (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Foster Poultry Farms in Alabama seeks a Process Improvement Coordinator to drive lean initiatives across the processing department. You will collaborate with supervisors and team members to identify waste and standardize best practices, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient operations aligned with our values.

The role emphasizes training, monitoring performance, and implementing continuous improvement projects, with focus on quality, yield, and safety across production lines.

Qualifications

• A degree (A.S./A.B.S.) or technical training preferred; 3+ years manufacturing experience preferred.
• Must read and write English.
• Must be able to work weekends, holidays, overtime.
• Must pass background check, drug screen, and E-verify.
• Knowledge of production equipment fundamentals.
• Ability to communicate with all levels including management.
• Must be able to operate forklift and/or pallet jack.
• Must wear PPE.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Directs the department supervisors and trains leadership.
• Develops supervisors through training programs to meet goals.
• Oversees processing/production to meet quality, yield, productivity, cost, and safety.
• Monitors standards and indexes for responsibility area.
• Leads safety orientations and safety meetings to minimize risk.
• Participates in planning and development of techniques; other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Reading and writing English

Math skills

Problem solving

Teamwork

Safety awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or technical training

Tools

Forklift operation

Job description

About Foster Poultry Farms

Foster Poultry Farms has been serving families since 1939. At Foster Poultry Farms, our mission is creating great food and serving great moments. Our vision is to be the best and most trusted food company, empowering and nourishing the lives of those we serve. We measure our success by how well we protect and care for our team, our consumers, our animals, and our environment, while delivering operational excellence and exceptional value to our customers. Foster Poultry Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Poultry Farms Team.

Position Summary

The Process Improvement Coordinator is responsible for identifying, analyzing, and implementing process optimization initiatives to enhance operational efficiency, quality, and overall performance. This role collaborates cross-functionally with departments to evaluate current workflows, eliminate waste, and standardize best practices using continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or similar frameworks. This role works closely with the department supervisors, other department leads, and processing team members, in order to accomplish accuracy within the processing department and to ensure that our customers receive quality products. This position executes processes that ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations, supporting Foster Poultry Farms' mission, vision, and ACTION guiding principles: Accountability, Collaboration, Truth-Seeking, Initiative, Ownership, and Nimbleness.

Essential Functions

• Provides overall direction and supervision of the department supervisors.
• Responsible for the development of all supervisors through training programs and to ensure that the plant has a trained and proficient work force that accomplishes meeting department goals on quality, yield, productivity, cost, and safety.
• Responsible for processing/production department(s) and for meeting department and company goals and standards on quality, yield, productivity, cost, and safety.
• Responsible for processing/production department(s) and for meeting department and company goals and standards on quality, yield, productivity, cost, and safety.
• Responsible to superintendent on all exceptions in regard to productivity, downtime, quality, yield, cost, and safety.
• Responsible for monitoring standards and indexes needed to control area of responsibility.
• Administer to ensure that safety orientations and safety meeting are held as required to keep frequency and severity to a minimum.
• Participates at department meeting in the planning processes and to the testing and development of techniques/processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

All personnel employed or associated with Foster Poultry Farms are responsible for the quality and food safety of company products. The food safety and quality policies are summarized and communicated in a company handbook and at training sessions. Each new hire is provided a handbook and attends a food safety training session before beginning work. All employees attend a refresher training session at least once per year. Records are maintained reflecting the distribution of employee handbooks and attendance at the training sessions.

Physical Requirements

Qualified applicants must be able to perform the following physical job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation:

• Must be able to stand for up to 10 hours on a wet concrete floor
• Must be able to withstand a cold (40-48 degree) environment.
• Must be able to withstand a hot (80+ degree) environment.
• Must be able to safely lift up to 50 lbs.
• Must be able to work in a fast pace work environment.

Qualifications

• Must be able to work weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.
• Must be able to submit and pass a criminal background check, drug screen, and E-verify.
• Must be able to read and write English.
• Must have basic math skills.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• A. /B.S. degree or AA/B.S. degree or technical school graduate or a minimum of 3 years experience in the manufacturing industry is preferred.
• Must have knowledge of production equipment fundamentals.
• Ability to communicate with all levels including management.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision.
• Decision making ability for the flagging of deviation from procedures.
• Basic knowledge of sanitation and clean up preferred.
• Good leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Able to work safely and set an example of safe working habits for their coworkers.
• Must be able to safely operate forklift and/or pallet jack.
• Must wear company provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Foster Poultry Farms ACTION Guiding Principles

• Accountability: Deliver on commitments.
• Collaboration: Achieve more by working as a team.
• Truth-Seeking: Be open-minded and act with humility.
• Initiative: Be proactive and lead with a growth mindset.
• Ownership: Take responsibility for results.
• Nimble: Operate with speed and agility.

Why Join Foster Poultry Farms?

This is a high-impact opportunity to shape the future of maintenance and reliability at a leading food company, directly supporting our mission, vision, and values. You will play a critical role in delivering safe, high-quality food and great moments for millions of families.

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