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Director of Manufacturing (Food)
Operations | American Canyon, CA, United States
Role and Responsibilities:
- Organizational Development -
develop human capital and organizational capability through direct,
objective feedback and challenging employees to excel. This will include
leveraging the Company’s performance management plan (PMP) and the 4
Disciplines of Execution to ensure alignment with corporate objectives
and to drive operational excellence.
- Profit Management Identify
processing improvements and cost saving opportunities to increase the
efficiency and profitability of the plant. Coordinates and recommends
equipment upgrades/ enhancements to increase production uptime/
efficiency.
- Manufacturing Strategy –
Develop operations strategy that supports long-term growth initiatives.
- World Class Manufacturing –
Implement lean manufacturing practices and other techniques to improve
quality and lower costs.
Professional & Personal Qualifications
- Strategic/Analytical Thinking:
Understands plant facilities strengths & weaknesses; Analyzes the operation and makes recommendations for
improvements. Synthesizes complex or diverse information to generate
creative solutions to emerging problems and challenges.
- Business Acumen/Judgment:
Develops and implements cost saving measures; conserves organizational
resources; Displays willingness to make decisions; Exhibits sound and
accurate judgment; Supports and explains reasoning for decision-making
process; Makes timely decisions.
- Ethics/Teamwork: Works with
integrity and ethics. Supports the Organization’s goals and values.
Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and
openness to others’ views. Gives and welcomes feedback, contributes to
building a positive team spirit, puts the success of team above one’s
own interests. Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and
objectives; Supports everyone’s efforts to succeed.
- Planning/Organizing:
Prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently; plans for
additional resources, sets goals and objectives and develops realistic
action plans.
- Oral/Written Communication:
Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive and negative situations.
Listens and gets clarification and demonstrates group presentation
skills. Writes clearly and informatively. Able to read and interpret
written information.
- Quality - ensure product is
produced according to specifications and that GMP’s are followed.
- Operational Excellence –
Ensures production deadlines and budgets are achieved.
Other Responsibilities
- Monitors safety program and
results to ensure personnel are working in safe environment.
- Reviews and approves plans for
the control of production, capital and operating budgets.
- Directs planning and
operational activities to ensure capacity is optimized and inventories
are aligned to ensure competitive costs and service goals are met.
- Directs team in identifying
opportunities for continuous improvement in all areas of Operations.
- Researches and establishes
capital requirements to support the business needs.
- Aligns maintenance, engineering
and operations to ensure successful implementation of all new products
and processes.
Required Technical Skills
- 15+ years’ experience in the
food business.
- Minimum 10 years
experience in managing operations (QA, Engineering, Operations)
at a Director level or higher
- Food Processing experience
required
- Leader in TPM, Lean and Six
Sigma implementation in factory and office environments.
- Strong skills of influence,
persuasion, and business partnering.
- Broad business acumen and
end-to-end supply chain knowledge.
- Visionary leader able to
inspire and grow technical professionals.
- Strong analytical and problem
solving abilities.
- Excellent written and verbal
communication skills.
Education
- Minimum BS degree in business,
science or engineering fields.
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