Plant Director

The Plant Director is responsible for managing the safety, quality, productivity, and financial objectives of the plant. The Plant Director shall advise, control, and support operations by working closely with plant management and plant employees to guarantee compliance with the Production Schedule, Standard Operating Procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices, Regulatory Laws, and corporate specifications, policies, and procedures.

Client Details

Founded ten years ago, our client manufactures and produces nutritional products through their commitment to top quality ingredients and highly regulated R&D practices.

Description

• Contributes to the strategic direction of the facility as a member of the Operations Team.
• Ensure manufacturing team is staffed appropriately to meet business requirements.
• Mentor, train, and coach facility leadership team members to understand the organization and their roles within the organization, ensuring that each team member is developing for their next role.
• Demonstrate leadership through participation in core leadership processes such as development of division and manufacturing facility operating, capital and expense budgets, leader standard work, employee onboarding, succession planning and horizon planning.
• Deeply root an atmosphere of collaboration across manufacturing and shared service business partners that is characterized by inclusion, precision, learning and purpose.
• Lead the establishment of Key Performance Indicators to measure performance of the division and manufacturing facilities.
• Facilitate communication between facility and corporate to assure we are properly implementing customer requests, response to complaints and providing excellent customer service.
• Champion a culture of cross-functional ownership for food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance across all levels of the plant to proactively identify and mitigate risks.
• Cultivate an innovative, data driven, team-oriented culture that embraces continuous improvement within an environment of learning.
• Support leaders focused on optimizing the use of business integration systems to drive productivity through defining business integration requirements, managing organizational transformation, and coordinating end-user utilization for business systems.
• Support effective stakeholder collaboration to standardize common functions in areas of quality, safety, maintenance, sustainability, environmental, SAP, Safe Quality Foods (SQF), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), Auditing, and Abatement activities.
• Enable team members focused on increasing productivity through the application of a standardized Continuous Improvement program.

Profile

• Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent YOE
• 8-10 years of progressive experience in manufacturing management with multi plant experience desired
• Supervisory experience or demonstrated people leadership attributes.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Must have experience with FDA Regulated products (Food or Pharma)
• • High level hygiene manufacturing experience desired
  • Continuous Improvement knowledge with Six Sigma preferred
  • PMP certification or equivalent a plus
  • Lean Manufacturing formal certification desired

Job Offer

• Base Salary Range of $180-200K
• 20% Annual Bonus (based on company performance)
• Stock Options
• 401K with 6% Employer Match - fully vested immediately! available to enroll after 60 days of employment.
• Employer covers 100% of healthcare for employee and 90% of healthcare for any dependents
• 3 weeks PTO + company holidays
• FSA & HSA
• STD & LTD + employer sponsored life insurance program

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