Regional Bakery Assistant Plant Manager

At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.

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Job Title: Assistant Plant Manager

Department: Bakery

FLSA : Non-Exempt

General Function :

The assistant plant manager responsibilities include: All job activities relating to the operation of the plant including but not limited to: HACCP, and all related food safety aspects. Quality checks and all other profit and loss activities. Implementing and maintaining a Lean culture with focus on waste management, quick change over, and efficiency based operations. Responsible for placement and management of entire work crew. Works with maintenance to create and maintain equipment with proper preventative maintenance programs resulting in little to no downtime. Works with retail team and Q.A. to assure the best quality product is produced for stores.

Core Competencies

• Customer focused
• Results oriented
• Partnerships
• Professionalism
• Growth mindset

Reporting Relations:

Accountable and Reports to: Vice President, Bakery; Plant Manager

Positions that Report to you: Room Production supervisors, Line Leads, Maintenance personnel, QC, Production Personnel

Primary Duties and Responsibilities :

• Supervise, train, schedule and evaluate personnel.
• Works with Q.C and FDA. assuring all monitoring and verification activities are performed and all food safety issues and concerns are addressed and maintained.
• Implements and drives, Lean culture with special focus on SMED, quick change over studies and implementation, and waste management.
• Responsible to meet recipe, and build standards to assure the best quality product are produced.
• Will need to understand and use Process software needed to run the plant.
• Work with stores on promotions, new products and concerns.
• Implement security and safety plans/procedures.
• Oversee waste control, inventory and production processes

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities :

• Ensure OSHA standards are followed.
• Oversees plant and grounds.
• Works closely with Human Resources.
• Assist with store openings and promotional activities.
• Informs maintenance of needed repairs.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Worker Characteristics:

• Understand the need for and maintain confidentiality.
• Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma green belt, Quick Changeover experience qualifications highly helpful.
• Experience with managing people.
• Ability to adapt to changes throughout daily operation.
• HACCP certification, and experience working with USDA highly helpful.
• Must have the ability to do arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals and percentages and have basic computer skills.

Education and Experience:

High School or equivalent experience. Requirement of three or more years’ experience in management along with production facility experience.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to physically perform light work exerting up to 20-pounds of force occasionally.
• Visual requirements include vision from less than 20-inches to more than 20-feet with or without correction, depth perception, color vision, and field of vision.
• Must be able to perform the following physical activities: Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pulling, pushing, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing and repetitive motions.

Working Conditions :

• Work environment will be mostly in refrigerated areas working with perishable products.
• Frequent deadlines exist while handling multiple tasks.
• Daily contact with Governmental regulatory agencies including USDA, and FDA.
• The duties of this position are performed mostly on the plant floor with some office duties.
• Daily contact occurs with employees and office personnel.

Equipment Used to Perform Job:

Personal Computer, photo copier, fax machine and office phone system. Occasional use of tools, knives, machinery to help on the production floor.

Are you ready to smile, apply today.