Plant Manager – Food Industry

Job title:

Plant Manager – Food Industry

Company

Smart Staff

Job description

Our Client, a leading Food Company, is currently seeking a driven and ambitious Plant Manager to join their team. This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated professional looking for a Company that is expanding. Position: Plant ManagerPosition Summary: This Plant Manager is accountable for managing the overall results of the plant from a manufacturing perspective, while strictly adhering to Food Safety and Quality requirements and providing superior customer satisfaction as a lowest cost producer.
The Plant Manager is charged to ensure the plant operates using good manufacturing practices, in an environment that is in compliance with health & safety and human resources standards. Roles and Responsibilities:

• Accountable for production costs, labour utilization, yield, results of Operations Cost Improvement initiatives.
• Ensures adherence to the Company’s Food Safety requirements and Good Manufacturing Practices, including audit targets.
• Continuously improve the reduction of operating costs.
• Maintain and build a productive and positive employee relations environment through effective implementation of positive employee relations initiatives.
• Develops, recommends, and implements Capital Improvement for plant, including the preparation and execution of a Capital Plant budget.
• Responsible for preparing and executing the plant overhead budget, and direct product cost targets.
• Meet or exceed customer service level targets through the synchronization of process/activities with all functional area processes, from demand planning through to the delivery to the customer.
• Manage the performance of the hourly and salaried team through effective implementation of Human Resources processes and policies and all Leadership Edge initiatives.
• Set and meet all Health and Safety targets.
• Support Marketing and Product Development on new product initiatives
• Maintains and applies knowledge through compliance with CFIA, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Environment, Health and
• Safety, Collective Agreements, and other legislative bodies that impact plant performance.
• Responsible for adherence to all policies and procedures for Quality Assurance, Food Safety and customer specifications on a day to day basis.
• Recognize, support and commit to the facility food safety and quality assurance promise

Preferred Hiring Criteria: The successful candidate will be results-oriented, thrive in a fast paced, demanding Food Industry environment, and have the ability to develop positive working relationships with associates and employees. Candidates must have:

• Post secondary education in one of the following disciplines: food science, business, engineering, or operations management.
• 5-10 years of production experience in a food processing industry.
• 5-7 years’ experience in a management role.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proven decision making ability

By applying to this position you are confirming you possess either a Canadian citizenship, permanent resident status or work permit, along with the required degrees, licenses or certificates listed in the job description.

Expected salary

Location

Canada

Job date

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 01:08:36 GMT

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