Plant Manager

General Summary: Provides team leadership, management, and direction for production activities in a food manufacturing plant.

 

Benefits and Culture 

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to help employees live a healthier life, build rewarding careers and save for the future.

Reser's offers choices whenever possible, because we recognize the diverse and ever changing needs of our employees.

Full-time employee benefits include medical, dental, vision, AD&D, life, 401(k) with discretionary match, wellness programs, paid time off, company paid holidays and a variety of voluntary benefit options.

We strive to be your Employer of Choice.

As one of our five cornerstones, this means that we go all-out to create an environment that shows we are committed to investing in employee growth and creating a culture of belonging where employees want to build a lasting career.

Visit our website to learn more about our competitive benefit programs - https://www.resers.com/careers/#benefits

 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

1.

Provides leadership for the production activities for a facility, ensuring focus is maintained on employee safety and creating and employer of choice culture.

2.

Establishes goals and standards of performance for direct reports, and monitors progress to hold self and others accountable. 

3.

Reviews, analyzes and plans production strategies to optimize manufacturing capabilities, increasing accuracy, efficiency, quality and responsiveness of production operations, systems, and equipment.

4.

Develops and implements production plant policies, procedures, operations, and standardization.

5.

Builds relationships with and regularly communicates with complimentary departments (Quality Assurance; Research and Development, Safety, HR, Distribution Center, Purchasing, Sales, Customer Service). 

6.

Ensures that the plant has proper staffing plans, and that team members have the resources, training, information, and support needed to perform duties effectively and achieve objectives. 

7.

Stays current with Sales and Marketing teams to support successful completion of new initiatives.

8.

Operates the plant within established budgets and controls costs to meet company goals, regularly auditing accounts payable information with responsible managers.

9.

Attends and participates in all plant audits with accountability for audit outcomes.

Understands audit requirements and keeps plant in compliance with audit standards. 

10.

In conjunction with production management and Quality Assurance (QA)  develops and implements programs to meet federal, state, internal and customer mandated food safety and process control programs. 

11.

Coordinates with QA to respond to customer complaints and evaluates complaints for trends, partnering with QA team to identity and address root causes

12.

Supports the development and career growth of team members by providing regular feedback, coaching and development opp...