Production Manager Jobs

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Employment Type: Regular

Location: MATTOON,IL

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!
More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.
Description
Position Summary:
Coordinates the activities of the Production Department and monitors procedures and standards to achieve consistent high-quality products produced in an efficient manner. Provides leadership for, and develops the abilities of, production management personnel in the Production Department. Responsible for ensuring the best quality products, excellent customer service by maintaining regular quality audits (American Institute of Baking), good manufacturing practices, compliance with federal/state/local regulations (FDA, OSHA, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health, etc.), HACCP, meet or exceed Global Food Safety Standards (BRC), environmental compliance.
Key Job Responsibilities

• Lead the achievement of a zero injury workplace by ensuring safe working conditions for employees and compliance with all state and federal regulations on environmental, health and safety issues.
• Maintains records for all phases of production relative to the quality of the product, including plant formulation records, and those records necessary for auditing purposes to include order completion and scheduling of holiday production.
• Responsible for reporting and taking any necessary action to prevent food safety and food quality problems from occurring.
• Understand, coach and teach the principles of the BBU Manufacturing Transformation, including lean tools, process capability and operational discipline.
• Develops, implements and manages all production procedures to ensure all plant goals are met.
• Supervises, trains and coaches manufacturing management to include responsibility for personnel and labor issues throughout the plant.
• Responsible for following and enforcing procedures outlined in the Food Safety Plan and the Food Quality Plan and any other programs that support the food safety and quality systems and other 3rd party audits.
• Conduct performance appraisals of the management team and recommends and/or implements appropriate training programs to address developmental needs.
• Build a culture of mutual respect, teamwork, and professionalism, demonstrating active support for the Company’s culture.
• Responsible for achieving budgets for capital investments, pan glazing, downtime, and damages.
• Take appropriate action to ensure the integrity and sustained certification of the Food Safety and Quality systems.
• Analyzes results of bakery operations, determines variances from standard, and takes corrective action as needed.
• Clearly understands structure of teams, acts as a resource and ensures that the Integrated Process Management structure is maintained and that facts and data are used in all decisions related to product quality, cost savings improvements, etc.
• Supports General Plant Safety, Food Safety, Food Defense initiatives and Good Manufacturing Practices with an understanding that these are absolutes and are Priority #1. Ensuring that General safety and Food Safety are absolute priorities by setting an example to others.
• Ensures that Product Quality is an absolute priority by utilizing Integrated Process Management (IPM), plant teams, and outside resources.

Position Requirements
Key Behavioral Competencies:

• Demonstrated experience building a strong leadership team.
• Labor Relations experience
• Knowledge of safety related issues including compliance with State, Federal and Local regulations.
• The ability to work closely in a team based environment with all associates.
• Knowledge of commonly used process control and improvement tools.
• Demonstrated track record of leading the improvement of operations while delivering day to day performance.
• Familiarity with the operations of all plant departments: production, quality, maintenance, materials management, and food safety.
• Computer literate. The ability to analyze data using various operating systems and programs.

Education And Work History

• 5-7 years of hands-on management experience and direct manufacturing experience with a consumer baked goods company.
• Extensive knowledge of bakery operations/processing/formulations.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred. A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted.
• Computer Literate.
• Knowledge of safety related issues including compliance with State, Federal and Local regulations.
• Strong technical skills and working knowledge of bakery equipment.