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Richelieu Foods · 3 weeks ago

Production Manager (2nd Shift - 3pm to 1am)

Beaver Dam, WI

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$95K/yr - $110K/yr

5+ years exp

Richelieu Foods is a private brand and contract packing food company with a rich history in the food and supermarket industry. They are seeking a 2nd Shift Production Manager responsible for overseeing safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale associated with multiple lines within a factory. The role involves leading operations, ensuring compliance, and driving continuous improvement in production processes.

Food and BeverageFood Processing

Responsibilities

Be a Safety role model for the Operations Team with a Safety-First mindset and lead with a relentless drive to eliminate risk in every aspect of the operation. This leadership should be visible by demonstration in action and not merely in word

Lead as a Champion of Quality ensuring that the principles of Quality Assurance are never compromised by other priorities. This includes being an active participant to prepare and participate in any Quality audits including, but not limited to SQF, USDA, FDA, Organic, or customer audits

Work closely with the Manufacturing Manager to develop and execute an operations strategy that will meet or exceed business goals. This includes leading the development of a weekly plan to improve line performance and/or close gaps in performance through focused activities

Develop and execute a plan to bring spending inside budget ranges

Provide effective leadership coordination and communication to ensure alignment of employees across multiple shift operations

Lead Root Cause Analysis of opportunities and assign responsibility for corrective actions

Identifies and leads projects to deliver specific improvements to key company metrics

Actively work with the Manufacturing Manager to ensure that assets are properly managed and maintained

Provide leadership in the event of a facility emergency. Assess the situation and ensure appropriate measures are being implemented to control the emergency. In crisis situations, initiate the appropriate contact with upper management

Support the training and development of employees to ensure continued factory growth, effective operation and to minimize need for direct supervision. Promotes cross-training by driving the internal transfer process

Maintain a positive work environment to promote safety, housekeeping, and human relations

Ensure adherence to federal, state, and local laws, corporate policies, and facility policies

Drive change through a Daily DDS/Tier process on their shift

Participate in 'Skip levels' to ensure engagement and retainment of our members. This will also allow to verify the effectiveness of the Supervisor(s) coaching and development of members

Qualification

Leadership capabilitiesRoot Cause AnalysisEngineering process controlsFactory metrics trackingLEAN ManufacturingTeam developmentProject facilitationCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations or like industry, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years' experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations or like industry

Demonstrated leadership capabilities including a willingness to listen to others and include others' ideas in their plan, an eagerness to learn, grow, and take on new challenges, and is self-aware and knows how their actions impact others around them

Experience with Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action in a manufacturing environment

Experience with Engineering process controls including Statistical Process Controls and line integration techniques

Experience in tracking and reporting Factory metrics, budgets, and estimates

Experience facilitating projects/programs in a team environment while providing team leadership

Strong capabilities in developing team members through coaching and feedback

Strong communication and presentation skills