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Operations Department Manager - Food Manufacturing-1104069
Job Posting
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Dec 27, 2011
Primary Location
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NY-Gates-360 Wegmans
Market St,Rochester,NY,14624
Job
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Manufacturing
Area
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CIC departmental labor
Schedule
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Full-time
Age Requirement
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Must be 18 years or older.
Days/Hours Requirement
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Must have an Open Availability Mon - Sun
Description
What is my job:
The job of the Culinary Innovation Center (CIC) Department
Manager is to oversee the daily operation of the food manufacturing
facility by maintaining regulatory compliance and ensuring each
employee is given the opportunity to be successful while using
continuous improvement principles to identify, develop, and implement
best practices in order to continuously improve CIC efficiency and
produce the highest quality foods for our customers.
How do I make a difference?
Managing CIC Operations
Overseeing the daily food manufacturing operation, responsible for
service levels, product transfers, contribution (profit), retention,
diversity and development as well as interviewing, selecting and
arranging training of new team members
Ensuring product is produced to meet finished specifications
Making quality and timely decisions based on analysis of data,
wisdom, experience, and judgment
Actively contributing to an injury-free work environment for self and
peers by demonstrating human safety as the first consideration with all
activities
Building relationships with resource partners and business partners
(Buyers, Distribution, QA, HR, Maintenance, Merchants, Risk Management,
Security)
Making scheduling adjustments as needed to maintain service levels in
department; accounting for unexpected circumstances (e.g. weather,
packaging or ingredient issues, equipment failure, labor)
Sharing key metrics with all employees and setting departmental and
individual goals
Maintaining Regulatory Compliance & Good Manufacturing
Practices
Ensuring regulations that are applicable are being followed
Using knowledge of regulations governing operations including USDA,
State Ag and Markets, FDA, HAACP, SQF (Safe Quality Foods), OSHA to
monitor and address compliance and quality issues
Ability to handle complex product/GMP issues, independently with
effective results
Holding employees accountable to Wegmans
company manufacturing policies and work rules
Ensuring others are following all safety procedures, including the
use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), LOTO (Lock Out Tag Out),
HACCP, and GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices)
Demonstrating Good Manufacturing Practices to others and
exercising due diligence in protecting CIC products
Continuously Improving Efficiency
Uses knowledge of continuous improvement principles to make sound
operational decisions that yield the greatest return
Executing action plans to continuously improve the CIC including;
planning ahead, prioritizing workload
Ensuring department tasks are prioritized and completed efficiently
to meet production needs and departmental goals
Making recommendations for improvements to the products, production
process or production area
Ensuring the success of others
Ensuring each employee is given the opportunity to be successful by
making sure employees have the resources necessary to be successful
including utilizing the Who We Are values to provide timely feedback
including annual performance evaluations; ensuring employees
continuously improve and enjoy working for Wegmans
Leading by example; using Who We Are philosophy to foster a safe and
empowering work environment
Maintaining and encouraging two-way communication by reaching out and
getting to know each employee on the team
Recognizing diversity of people and thought; leveraging differences
to make the department stronger by listening to others perspectives
and including them in decision making processes
Sharing results with employees being sure to recognize both
individual and team achievements
Actions demonstrate a working knowledge of labor relations, fosters
relationships enabling us to live our Who We Are Values
Qualifications
What skills & experiences are required?
- 3 or more years experience leading in a perishable food
manufacturing/packaging facility.Subject
matter expert on cutting edge manufacturing practices.
- Regulatory Compliance
Experience-uses knowledge of with FDA, USDA, HAACP, SQF, and OSHA,
etc. to monitor and ensure compliance and quality
Efficiency & Equipment- Uses knowledge of Continuous
Improvement to make sound operational decisions that yield the
greatest return
Advanced working knowledge of systems including ERP system (ROSS
preferred) and Time and Attendance (Kronos
preferred)
Strong PC skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Product Quality & Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
ability to handle complex product/GMP issues independently with
effective results
Use personal experience and passion to act as a source of
culinary knowledge to educate customers and employees while
evaluating financials to ensure quality and maximize results
Use available resources to pursue goals and challenges with the
intent of achieving results, striving for continued excellence and
taking appropriate risks (Managing the 5 Measures)
Demonstrate teambuilding by communicating a common purpose,
empowering team members to contribute their best and selecting
candidates with a variety of skills and styles for inclusion on
the team
Exhibit organizational agility identifying and establishing
relationships with people in the company who can get things done
and use formal and informal channels effectively
Cross-functional collaboration: initiate dialogue around
different points-of-view to find a common ground; lead interdepartmental
teams, facilitating organizational consensus and creating
synergies to arrive at the best business outcome
Effectively deal with ambiguity, handling risk and uncertainty
with comfort, maintaining effectiveness in the face of change and
acting on decisions without having the total picture
Use multiple resources to analyze data for abnormal findings,
further investigating where warranted and identifying cause-effect
relationships impacting the data
Possess strong listening skills and hear many points of view
without bias, asking clarifying questions to check for
understanding
Use critical thinking to solve complex and difficult problems
with effective solutions skillfully questioning multiple sources
for answers, seeing the underlying and hidden problems and
patterns beyond obvious symptoms to address root causes
Use available resources to pursue goals and challenges with the
intent of achieving results, striving for continued excellence and
taking appropriate risks (Managing the 5 Measures)
Use action planning techniques associated with completing tasks
including scoping out the length and difficulty of projects,
breaking down work into processed steps, managing deadlines and
making adjustments for multiple demands.
Experience with risk evaluation: proactively identifying areas
of potential risk exposure, thoroughly analyzing the situation to
ensure the financial investment of a solution makes sense and
implementing cost-effective controls to mitigate risk.
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What skills, learnings, and
experiences are preferred and will set me apart?
Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Food
Manufacturing/Processing/Packaging, Food Science
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification. Mass manufacturing of
prepared foods experience preferred.
Conduct accurate cost benefit analysis in order to invest where most
the value is added.
Easily build relationships with others, gaining trust and support,
finding common ground and using team-based approaches to solve problems
and achieve goals
Possess strategic business planning skills seizing opportunities for
continuous improvement to shape the future direction of a department;
facilitating others through the development of long-term goals;
creating competitive and breakthrough strategic plans
Ability to influence or cause change in thought or actions through
verbal and written communications Exhibit enthusiasm & knowledge,
leveraging available resources to seek out the best quality products
and solutions that we are proud of and meet our high standards
Show a customer solutions focus, listening to customers and making
decisions with their current and future needs in mind, focusing efforts
on building customer relationships and providing incredible service
· Other:
· Employment at Wegmans may be contingent upon your completion and
our evaluation of a drug screen physical and/or criminal background
check
All Applicants will be screened; only those closely matching the job
posting will be interviewed
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