Plant Operations Lead

Job Purpose and Impact

The Plant Operations Lead will provide strategic operational oversight for all production operating facilities with moderate presence in multiple regions or moderate degree of complexity. In this role, you will oversee and hold operating facilities accountable to standards for safety, quality, operational effectiveness and financial performance.

Key Accountabilities

• Execute routine operations of assigned area, ensuring direct reports are following policies and procedures related to employee, food and feed safety and environmental compliance.
• Monitor production outcomes, quantity, and quality to ensure customer and food safety requirements are within specifications.
• Partner with production supervisors to meet customer specifications and timeline.
• Administer production budget for a department, process, or shift and executes purchase orders and ensures timely payment of invoices
• Develop operational plans and monitors routine operations for all production processes for multiple departments, processes and shifts.
• Develop, supervise and provide coaching to direct reports including coaching company core values and guiding principles for assigned facilities or region.
• Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports. You will also spend time completing the same tasks as employees on your team.
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Excellent leadership and communication skills and the ability to communicate with all levels in the plant
• Lean six sigma
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience with 2 years in a supervisory role
• Other minimum qualifications may apply

• Secure and deploy resources effectively and efficiently.
• Build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions.
• Plan and prioritize work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

• Accountable for implementation of base capital investments for a major area, multiple departments, processes or shifts.
• Oversee all operations for multiple departments, processes and shifts, ensuring direct reports are following policies and procedures related to employee, food and feed safety and environmental compliance.
• Oversee production outcomes, quantity and quality to ensure customer and food safety requirements are within specifications.