Manage daily production activities to ensure efficient, cost-effective, and profitable manufacturing operations. Provide leadership, work direction, and supervision to production supervisors and employees while ensuring compliance with established work rules, applicable union contract provisions, and company employment policies. Oversee daily operations across assigned departments to ensure company standards, regulatory requirements, safety programs, quality standards, and production initiatives are consistently understood and followed.
Assist in developing plant objectives, policies, and operational plans while identifying opportunities to improve productivity, control costs, and strengthen overall manufacturing performance. Resolve operational and employee-related issues in a timely manner. Manage personnel activities, including recruitment, hiring, scheduling, performance evaluations, employee development, and compensation recommendations, exercising sound judgment within established human resources policies and practices.
Principal / Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage daily operational activities of production supervisors and staff to ensure customer orders are received, scheduled, and produced efficiently and cost-effectively while meeting customer requirements and established safety and quality standards.
- Analyze production operations, performance metrics, and key performance indicators to maintain high standards of quality and safety while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and control operating costs.
- Ensure Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are developed, implemented, maintained, and followed for all operational activities.
- Identify operational deficiencies, communicate concerns to plant leadership, and implement timely corrective actions to resolve issues.
- Assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance of plant safety programs and initiatives.
- Ensure supervisors and production employees understand and comply with company policies, applicable regulations, and established operating procedures. Provide guidance on the proper interpretation and application of policies as needed.
- Conduct meetings with department management to communicate operational plans, policies, performance issues, employee relations matters, and other information affecting plant operations.
- Coordinate preparation for and participation in plant inspections conducted by authorized regulatory agencies, utilizing appropriate personnel and resources.
- Monitor inventory levels of production supplies and equipment and initiate or approve purchases as appropriate.
- Prepare and maintain operational reports, records, and performance documentation for management review.
- Manage assigned employees, including recruitment, hiring, supervision, scheduling, training, development, performance evaluations, and ongoing performance management.
- Apply work rules, applicable union contract provisions, and employment policies consistently and fairly. Administer disciplinary actions as appropriate and partner with Human Resources and plant leadership to address and resolve employee grievances.
- Maintain regular communication with employees through shift meetings and informal interactions to communicate expectations, address concerns, and promote positive employee relations.
- Maintain safe working conditions and ensure compliance with applicable company policies and local, state, and federal health and safety regulations.
- Ensure compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), food safety standards, quality requirements, sanitation procedures, and other applicable regulatory and company requirements.