SunOpta · 1 day ago
Production Manager
Omak, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expSunOpta delivers customized supply chain solutions and innovation for top brands, retailers, and foodservice providers. The Production Manager is responsible for ensuring that manufacturing processes run safely, reliably, and efficiently while collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet production targets.
BiotechnologyFood and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingPlant-Based FoodsWeb Design
Responsibilities
Manages production employees to ensure safety, quality, and productivity
Motivating and supporting current staff
Supporting strategic objectives
Strong decision-making skills and a result-driven approach
Conducts new hire onboarding and training and conducts performance evaluations as needed
Ensures we are meeting retention KPIs
Planning and organizing employee schedules, to align with demand requirements
Achieves budgeted targets for raw material yield, labor, and packaging materials usage across all shifts meeting KPI’s
Schedule and conduct production meetings with direct reports
Meet or exceed schedule attainment and adherence KPIs
Audits workstations to ensure SOPS are readily available and are being followed routinely – initiates creation of SOPs and other instructional tools as needed
Collaborate with the warehouse and quality assurance personnel to ensure prompt shipment of the product
Meet or exceed OTIF KPI’s
Maintain GMP/Housekeeping to the highest standards within the department through the involvement of all team members. Adheres to company GMP’s, food safety procedures and all other quality processes
Always maintain an audit ready shop floor
Develops and recommends improvements of facilities, equipment, or procedures to improve safety, quality, and efficiency
Drives productivity, quality, and safety initiatives throughout production to impact productivity and the cost structure
Establish and support a work environment of continuous improvement that supports the companies Quality policy, Quality System & the appropriate regulations for the area
Ensures production follows SunOpta QA standards, SOPs, HACCP, and GMPs
Committed to ensure that the products produced meet all food safety and quality requirements
Collaborate with cross-functional groups including Human Resources, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Warehousing, and Finance to meet production targets
Communicate and execute the production schedule
Manage labor and material resources to maximize efficiency and yields
Protect company assets by the direct intervention of any condition resulting in the abuse of equipment or buildings
Works with management to ensure effective organizational design and that roles are correctly organized, defined, documented, and communicated to all employees
Responsible for Food Safety and reporting any non-compliance issues to their immediate supervisor and Quality leadership
Certified member of the Health & Safety Committee
Wear PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) when required
All other duties as assigned
Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of all Production Supervisors, and indirectly for all hourly production personnel
Qualification
Required
Certificate and/or bachelor's degree in related fields of study preferred
Minimum of five consecutive years of related work experience required
Strong working knowledge of systems including a prominent level of instrumentation and automation experience
MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Excel
Outstanding verbal, written, multi-tasking and presentation skills
Ability to create momentum and foster organizational change
Possess strong technical skills
Project Management skills
Skills related to leadership, people, and teamwork
Confident, organized, efficient
Ability to think critically, communicate effectively, and make decisions
Preferred
Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing practices
Experience with Oracle or similar ERP system
Benefits
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Paid Family leave
Paid maternity leave
401(k) with Match
Voluntary Life, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital indemnity
Paid Holidays
Tuition assistance
Short-term and Long-term Disability insurance
Company
SunOpta
SunOpta specializes in the design, construction, ownership, and operation of biomass conversion equipment and facilities. It is a sub-organization of SunOpta.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (2)
2022 (1)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$393.45MKey Investors
Oaktree Capital Management
2023-12-13Post Ipo Debt· $196.15M
2023-03-17Post Ipo Equity· $52.31M
2022-10-13Acquired
Leadership Team
Scott Huckins
Chief Financial Officer
Chad Hagen
Chief Customer Officer
Recent News
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