Plant Manager

Naurpak. is a rapidly growing manufacturer that has been designing and distributing high quality retort products. We offer a rewarding work environment with advancement opportunities while maintaining a small company, employee-focused atmosphere. We are currently searching for a Plant Manager to join our manufacturing team.

Plant Manager Focus Area

Takes complete ownership and accountability for overall plant operations with a All-In mindset in order to meet business objectives. Through subordinates, supervisors, and managers, manage all manufacturing related functions such as employee engagement, safety, quality, customer service, continuous improvement, cost, and production objectives. Provides leadership and coaching to team members in the areas of employee engagement, safety, quality, customer service, continuous improvement, cost, and equipment reliability to elevate the team's performance. Success relies on the ability to build relationships and fully engage all employees in business improvement. This role will reports to the VP of Operations.

Description and Responsibilities:

• Builds a strong culture of continuous product and process improvements through the application of appropriate problem solving.
• Guides, develops, implements, and promotes Company goals and objectives.
• Develop annual budget with input from cross functional teams.
• Reviews production orders and schedules to establish product data.
• Analyze production and other operational reports to identify concerns, reacting quickly and effectively to mitigate problems to ensure minimum delays.
• Ensures optimum equipment utilization and maintenance to maximize productivity and efficiency.
• Carries out managerial responsibilities including interviewing, hiring, training, planning, and assigning work, and evaluating performance.
• Manage plant costs to ensure spend is in alignment with set budget.
• Be a change agent for the facility by influencing and inspiring all team members.
• Create team engagement to find and resolve production limiters.
• Lead continuous improvement program to deliver opportunities in cost, quality, food safety and service.
• Conduct regular meetings with plant employees to ensure operational issues are being communicated and addressed expediently with a common understanding of goals.
• Manage inventory levels to ensure working capital, quality, and fill rate targets are met.
• Enable growth opportunities through building project justifications for capacity and capability upgrades.
• Build a strong team through setting clear objectives and expectations with measurable success criteria and provide development, coaching and resource support as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years’ experience as a plant/operations manager
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills (oral, written, listening) to engage effectively with all levels of the manufacturing operation
• Proven planning and/or project management capability to deal with concurrent issues and projects
• Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to build strong collaborative teams that are empowered, capable and driving successful results
• Must be able to work in a facility that handles allergens including but not limited to; wheat, soy, egg, milk, and tree nut.
• Ability to work in open environments, exposed to pungent odors and varying climates.
• Must be able to read, write, and speak in english.

Physical Demands of the Position: While performing the duties of this position, the employee must be able to see, speak, hear, read, walk, and stand, walk, reach with hands and arms. for long periods. The employee must be able to pull, push, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, balance, and lift in excess of 50 lbs. There is extensive walking required.