The Marzetti Company · 8 hours ago
Production Manager - weekend shift
Horse Cave, KY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expThe Marzetti Company manufactures and sells specialty food products, and they are seeking a Production Manager for the weekend shift. This role involves overseeing production schedules and activities, ensuring safety and quality standards, and driving operational excellence through team engagement and development.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingWholesale
Responsibilities
Directly manages processing and packaging supervisors on all shifts
Responsible for meeting established objectives pertaining to production department and controls and minimizes the shift’s overtime labor costs, maintenance/repair costs, and equipment downtime
Ensuring the right resources are in place to execute against the Operational Master Plan (OMP)
Partners with HR for hiring, training, and scheduling of work force
Coordinates with other department managers to ensure proper purchasing, processing, packaging, accounting and inventory control activities and procedures are in place and being followed
Responsible for ensuring meeting goals and systems in place to meet plant KPI’s. Use modern management techniques to promote team building and to allow decision making at the lowest level
Ensures the required production reporting is accurate and timely
Maintains close working relationships with all departments and responds to deviations from standards immediately
Provides training, direction, development, evaluation, coaching and leadership to subordinates
Promotes a culture of accountability and continuous improvement mindset among the supervisory team. Maintains good employee, corporate and community relations
A Champion of the Marzetti culture staying in compliance with quality, food safety, 5S, OSHA and HACCP support programs; assures conformity to all company, customer, and government standards. Foster a safe workplace to minimize risk of injury and ensures a disciplined and safe work environment
Participates in engagement activities, complete required safety training and aid in identifying hazards within the facility utilizing BBS and Safety Monitor programs
Participates in activities related to Marzetti Operational Excellence
Reviews budgets for production departments
Identify opportunities for process improvements and leads focus improvement events, utilizing root cause analysis to implement solutions that can be sustained
Performs other duties / responsibilities as required by Management
Qualification
Required
5-7 years Management experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in a food-related industry
Working knowledge of scheduling, budgets, ERP systems, and production processes
high school diploma, GED or equivalent required
Demonstrated process improvement experience specifically in driving up OEE
Demonstrated multi shift leadership experience with groups of over 100 people
Preferred
Experience with Lean Manufacturing Principles and Processes Preferred
Bachelor's or associate degree in a related field preferred
Company
The Marzetti Company
The Marzetti Company is a food and beverage company that manufactures and sells sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2020 (4)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Steven Hill
Chief Science Officer and Vice President R&D, Quality, Food Safety, Regulatory, Engineering
Angie Burchfield
HR Business Partner
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