Operations Manager Jobs

McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full-time Operations Manager . This new hire will work in our manufacturing plant in Atlanta, GA. The Operations Manager will report to the Plant Manager.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor with approximately 14,000 employees worldwide. With over $6 billion in annual sales across 160 countries and territories, we manufacture, market, and distribute spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including e-commerce, retail,food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands include McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, Stubb's, OLD BAY, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane, and Gourmet Garden. Every day, no matter where or what you eat or drink, you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick. Our Purpose is "To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor and our Vision is "A World United by Flavor—where healthy, sustainable and delicious go hand in hand."
As a company recognized for its exceptional commitment to employees, McCormick offers a wide variety of benefits, programs, and services. Benefits include, but are not limited to, tuition assistance, medical, dental, vision, disability, group life insurance, 401(k), profit sharing, paid holidays, and vacations.
Under the general supervision of the Plant Manager, the Operations Manager is responsible for managing and directing all activities and processes related to a designated team within the plant. This Operations Manager is accountable for quality, safety, productivity, sanitation, continuous improvement and all aspects of people management. The goal of the Operations Manager is to meet the needs of the customer 100% of the time while achieving key indicator results that support the departments’ strategic objectives, goals, strategies and measures (OGSMs).
RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide team leadership, direction and oversight to the multiple operations of the Plant through the high-performance work systems and TPM methodologies, systems and tools to build a high-performance culture of continuous improvement and enhance organizational capability.
Partner with Site and Regional Leaders to develop and execute strategic plans to deliver short- and long-term plans for our People, Performance and Growth objectives.
Create and execute the site AM Pillar Plan and Strategy in line with Journey to Excellence (JTE, McCormick term for Continuous Improvement) Masterplan.
Develop and deploy objectives, goals, strategies and measures to meet or exceed established performance goals in the areas of safety, quality, reliability, cost, service, staffing and engagement.
Build and support linkage into strategic agenda: capital, loss analysis, people development, workforce planning, change management, inclusive of Employee Relations strategy
Drive the organization to a culture of total employee ownership by effectively managing systems to drive empowerment and engagement for all employees and promoting active participation in learning and continuous improvement activities.
Leveraging TPM methodologies, systems and tools to establish and maintain comprehensive continuous improvement processes that maximize Employee capabilities and contributions to drive improvements in the areas of productivity, reliability, costs, quality and safety.
Develop, collaborate and engage strong cross functional relationships (QA, Safety, Commercial, etc). to eliminate loss and enable growth, to include new and existing products are manufactured on time and in specifications to meet customer demand and with key vendors as they relate to the operations function to include fit for use materials and products
Ownership of operating budget and input into capital budget for area(s).
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Management or related field
Significant experience working and leading in production / operations roles in a manufacturing plant environment
Experience leading multiple teams and/or departments to include direct and indirect reports
Experience in achieving project goals and objectives by applying the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about successful project completion
Experience working in TPM or other lean manufacturing environment
Experience in the food and/or pharmaceutical manufacturing industry preferred.
FDA / GMP knowledge preferred.
Ability to be an influencer of change initiatives
Ability to understand implications of commercial strategies and to make operational changes to support organizational performance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience working in food manufacturing
Strong mechanical ability and understanding of packaging/processing equipment
McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.