Production Manager

Production Manager

As a Production Manager, you will lead and inspire a team of production partners in a food manufacturing setting to ensure efficient, safe, and high-quality production processes. This role ensures that all food products meet the company's quality standards and comply with regulatory guidelines, while maximizing productivity.

What you'll do :

• Lead, mentor, and coach a diverse team of production supervisors to drive performance, accountability, and engagement. Foster a positive work environment focused on teamwork, open communication, and continuous learning.
• Set clear production goals and create plans to achieve them. Communicate expectations to partners, ensuring that everyone understands their role in achieving business objectives.
• Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between departments to ensure smooth production processes, including but not limited to quality, sanitation, R&D, supply chain, distribution, and Human Resources.
• Organize and lead regular team meetings to discuss safety, performance, key performance indicators, and any challenges or opportunities in the production process.
• Champion a culture of food safety and quality across the plant, ensuring compliance with OSHA, USDA, FDA, EPA, EEOC, OFCCP, and other regulatory standards.
• Establish and monitor production metrics and KPIs (key performance indicators) related to production efficiency, safety, and partner performance.
• Identify and communicate customer requirements. Make sure that customer orders are scheduled in a timely manner taking into consideration production efficiencies.
• Identify potential capital improvements going through the analysis, justification, and approval process. Manage or assist in the management of capital projects.
• Lead and manage change initiatives to introduce new technology or processes that enhance overall performance.
• Encourage a culture of continuous improvement by involving team members in problem solving and process optimization initiatives.
• Track and maintain control of variable and fixed budgets.
• Administer various company, plant, or department processes in pay systems, performance management, interview processes, etc.

What you need to succeed :

Eligible partners will receive :