Plant Director

Company: ITech Consulting Partners
Location: Columbus
Posted on: October 23, 2024

Job Description:

Job Summary of the Plant Director : The Plant Manager oversees all daily operations of the plant from production and manufacturing while ensuring policies and procedures are followed. -This position has the responsibility reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensure that all policies, procedures, and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed, and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability. Qualifications of the Plant Director: - 10+ -years related experience/or training in a Plant or Operations Management role. - Industry background in aseptic filling, dairy manufacturing or Tetra Pak Machinery, or equivalent combination of education and experience. - Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university, preferably a B.S. in Food Science, Engineering, or Management. - 3+ years of experience in Aseptic processing is highly preferred. - Dairy or beverage manufacturing experience is highly preferred. - Tetra Pak machinery experience is highly preferred. - Plant start-up experience or Acquisition experience a plus. - A demonstrated knowledge of organizational effectiveness and operations management and a track record of achieving results against a comprehensive set of KPIs. - Excellent problem-solving, and reasoning skills required. - Ability to analyze downtime and financial variance trends, identifying actions to deliver expected performance. - Working knowledge of budgets, forecasting, and metrics. - Excellent interpersonal skills needed, including coaching, team building and training skills. - Ability to effectively present information to all levels of the company; plant floor to executive leadership. - Excellent time management, and strong attention to detail, verbal, and written communication skills, listening, decision-making, and organization skills required. Responsibilities of the Plant Director:

• Provide overall leadership, direction, and coordination for plant operations; including multi-site.
• Ensure all plant personnel are operating in compliance with plant and corporate procedures as well as compliance with customer and regulatory regulations.
• Provide coaching and development of plant staff to ensure effective leadership, collaboration, and balance in achieving KPIs focused on safety, quality, customer service, and productivity.
• Assume personal responsibility for a safe and healthy workplace for all employees.
• Adhere to safe work practices and all safety policies and procedures.
• Adhere to Quality work practices, follow GMP's, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. -
• Responsible for Food Safety and Food Quality of products; identify and address conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
• Plan and supervise the design and progress of capital projects.
• Develop and implement financial and non-financial objectives including the annual budget that serves as the plant's operating plan.
• Identify and implement strategies to improve performance, meeting, and exceeding plant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Monitor and set standards for operations and help identify and correct bottlenecks.
• Increase production asset capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs.
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