Operations Manager

OPERATIONS MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage, grain, milling and production line operations, including food safety, plant quality, customer experience, employee and asset safety, operation efficiencies, plant security, plant environmental, cost savings, budgets, continuous improvement, and drive initiatives and innovation that generate new opportunities. As well as coaching and mentoring management team by utilizing lean manufacturing practices.
• Be a leader for our Plant Team and cross functionally throughout the company.
• Mandate adherence to all safety guidelines and work to provide a safe work environment for all employees.
• Champion continuous improvement across all operational disciplines.
• Utilize LEAN, statistical and data-visualization tools.
• Manage daily and long-term production activities to meet or exceed budgeted quality, yield, and operating cost targets by managing equipment efficiency and productivity.
• Manage the physical facilities, production equipment and all associated maintenance in accordance with best practices, statutory regulations and all company policies and procedures.
• Determine appropriate actions with respect to changing situations resulting from manpower or material changes and formulates appropriate action plans.
• Develop and mentor professional growth & advancement of department managers.
• Create an empowered culture to ensure that organization and its people understand the goals and objectives of the business and that they have the resources and leadership support to accomplish them. Provide an environment which ensures and provides for open and healthy communications.
• Team with Engineering and Technical Milling groups to develop improved processes and/or materials.
• Lead cost control and productivity objectives though department managers – maintaining necessary controls to insure that stated objective are met.

OPERATIONS MANAGER QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ideally, Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years relevant job experience (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years’ manufacturing leadership experience as a Operations Manager.
• Strong leadership behaviors and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated safety and food safety champion behaviors.
• Grain management experience a plus.
• Strong interpersonal skills (communication, coaching, setting expectations, providing feedback).
• Demonstrated problem solving/decision making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and lead others to work as a team.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, access, etc.
• Demonstrated Lean Manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrated Continuous Improvement processes.
• Manufacturing and warehousing optimization processes.
• Demonstrated scheduling and process optimization for bulk loading/unloading, warehouse and/or packaging operation.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Extreme climate or climate variation.
• Heat up to 100 degrees and lows of 40 degrees.
• Changes of >30 degrees within a shift.
• Exposure to manufacturing equipment hazards, especially forklifts.
• Standing and walking on concrete floor.
• Climbing of ladders.