Plant Manager

The Plant Manager is accountable for leading the overall operations at our plant located in Union City, CA. The Plant Manager will build capability throughout the plant team to ensure the sustainable performance and growth of the site through capacity, resource, and talent planning in close partnership with relevant functional leaders. The Plant Manager will ensure strong collaboration with our various leaders throughout Irca Group and our commercial colleagues to connect with our overall manufacturing planning and performance. The Plant Manager will work to ensure that our plant teams are clear on our vision and our purpose, including clearly understanding how their roles and collective plant performance help contribute to us being our customers’ most valued partner.

Responsibilities

Development of plant strategy, underpinned by a master schedule in line with growth plans and relevant manufacturing strategy; Lead a performance management and measurement discipline across the plant, with focused analysis of plan performance data, recognizing individual/team achievements, setting clear plans to address performance gaps, understanding trends and proactively identifying opportunities for improvement; Working with our manufacturing and broader functional leadership to ensure a connected view of plant priorities and connectivity to our EUM/commercial strategy, in line with customer segmentation criteria; Work with manufacturing leadership to ensure that all plants are sharing best practice across the plant network, participating in our Plant Leadership community; Driving proactive resolution for areas that do/could potentially impact plant performance through partnering with the relevant function in IO; Leading out on improvement of plant Organizational Health targets; Lead plant level productivity across areas of asset management, performance, and efficiencies in line with agreed business terms; Lead and embed a CI mindset across the plant, actively seeking improvements and efficiency of operations; Lead key change initiatives across the plant with required functional support; Play an active part in New Product Development processes in line with agreed ways of working, partnering with RDA and commercial as required

Requirements

8+ years of progressive experience in food manufacturing and plant operations at a leadership level; Demonstrated success as a change agent & developing/implementing continuous improvement initiatives and accountability programs; Strong hands-on leader who leads by example and actively engages in day-to-day operational challenges; Demonstrated success assessing, developing, and retaining top talent; Proven ability to drive process improvements, adhere to budgets, and maintain regulatory compliance; Financial analysis acumen and experience maintaining budgets or capital spend; Ability to deliver business result; Fluent in verbal and written English required; Ability to verbally communicate in Spanish is required; Proven ability to lead direct and indirect reports; Strategic Thinking, Managing Change, Critical Thinking, Continuous Cost Focus, Technical Expertise, Influence and Delivery of Sustainable Results; Develop strong working relationships with colleagues across various departments, including financial, supply chain, sales and commercial entities, and seniority level leaders; Strong People leadership skills; Ability to coach and develop the work force; Multi-tasking, organizational and time management expertise

Nice to have

BA/BS/MS in Engineering, Business, Food Science preferred

Benefits

Medical, Dental, & Vision; 401(k) matching; Paid Vacation and Holidays; Employee Education Tuition Reimbursement Program