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The Marzetti Company · 2 days ago

Sr. Director Operations

Columbus, OH

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

The Marzetti Company manufactures and sells specialty food products, including various dressings and sauces. The Senior Director of Operations will lead manufacturing facilities, ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency while driving value creation and continuous improvement across the organization.

Food and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingWholesale

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Ensures all manufacturing operations comply with safety, quality, and GMP requirements

Ensures all facilities maintain a safe and clean work environment supporting the safety and risk management process

Partner with the Food Safety Quality departments to ensure compliance with all quality SOP's, maintaining audit ready status

Establishes and communicates a vision, purpose and strategic direction for manufacturing operations

Establishes and communicates a culture of employee engagement, safety and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) efforts for assigned facilities, leading their teams through this journey to deliver results

Champions and actively drives Marzetti Operational Excellence, process standardization and best practices

Develops standards, establishes expectations and maintains technical knowledge of plant manufacturing

Ensures manufacturing objectives and productivity commitments are achieved through each of the facilities within their area(s) of responsibility

Coordinates with the cross functional business teams to identify and implement enhancements to products and systems to maximize profitability and product quality goals

Develops cost-effective control systems over capital expenditures and assets, operating expenditures, manpower and labor Scales initiatives based on future needs

Monitors system wide performance for compliance to production, quality and safety

Coaches and holds Plant Manger accountable for exhibiting fiscal responsibility

Controls and minimizes overtime labor costs, maintenance/repair costs, downtime and product re-

Provides leadership to achieve near and long-term schedule attainment targets

Oversees capital investments, recommending replacement or refurbishment

Anticipates future capital needs based on projected business volumes

Ensures all locations are complying to all federal, state and local laws and company

Provides direction, development, evaluation, coaching and leadership to plant managers and management

Supports succession planning and maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training Identifies and develops personal growth opportunities for plant managers and next level middle managers

Selects and retains qualified operations leaders/subordinates

Maintains strong employee engagement, corporate and community

Ensures facilities/co-packers maintain company standards for cleanliness, productivity, and

Ensures compliance to quality, food safety and HAACP support programs; assures conformity to all company, customer and government standards

Gains alignment and partnership with commercial teams, ensuring key customer satisfaction

Drives productivity and improvements across facilities

Maintains a broad view of the business and accelerates continuous improvement across all platforms to support incremental business

Develops next level leaders

Performs other duties as requested

Qualification

Plant management experienceSAP systemsManufacturing methodsFood safety knowledgeQuality controlProcess improvementStrategic thinkingAnalytical reasoningInterpersonal skillsPresentation skills

Required

10+ years plant/general management experience in a food related manufacturing environment

Bachelor's degree (B.A.) in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Experience with SAP systems

Solid knowledge of company operations and objectives; experience working with co-packers

Background in manufacturing methods, quality control and process improvement

Manufacturing knowledge and understanding of yields, plant efficiencies, and operations

Solid understanding of OSHA, USDA and Food Safety

Ability to work with, and lead, a diverse team

Strong strategic and critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Capable of communicating and expressing ideas clearly and concisely, in both written and verbal forms

High level of strategic thinking, organizational planning, teamwork, analytical reasoning, and decision-making

Strong interpersonal, technical and presentation skills

Company

The Marzetti Company

The Marzetti Company is a food and beverage company that manufactures and sells sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta.

Founded in 1896

Westerville, Ohio, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.marzetticompany.com

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