Assistant Plant Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Shearer’s Foods, founded in 1974 and headquartered in Massillon, OH, is a leading manufacturer of salty snacks, cookies, and crackers. Specializing in private label and co-manufacturing, Shearer’s is the largest supplier of private brand salty snacks and second-largest supplier of private brand cookies and crackers.

With a strong focus on innovation, service, quality, and sustainability, Shearer’s has been awarded the food industry’s highest award for environmental sustainability, as well as multiple Supplier of the Year awards.

Operating 16 locations across North America and employing more than 5000 team members, Shearer’s is driven by its core values of People, Grow, Impact and Win. The company mission is to deliver exceptional products and services that make snacking a time to celebrate for our customers, colleagues, and community.

At Shearer’s Foods, we believe in a skills-first approach to recruitment and employment. This means focusing on what you can do and how you can grow, rather than traditional metrics alone. We are committed to adhering to anti-exclusion practices, removing barriers to access, and enhancing opportunities for all individuals based on merit and potential. Your skills, experience, and perspective are valuable—and we want to empower you to make your mark here with us. 

Responsibilities

ASSISTANT PLANT MANAGER

Dayton, OH

The Assistant Plant Manager is an integral member of the leadership team as they work together with the pillar leaders to build and sustain the plant’s High Performing Work culture. The Assistant Plant Manager reports directly to the Plant Director and receives guidance from the Vice President of Operations.

Your seat at the table:

The Assistant Plant Manager coaches and leads the continuous improvement mindset, creating a learning organization and zero loss mindset by engaging the site in creating a high performing work culture.

Facilitates/Trains/Coaches the following:

• Development and execution of SPS site master plan

• Assess pillar leads capability and provide constructive feedback to site leadership and corporate pillar leader to prepare capability development plan

• Drive behavioral change across the plant, including support functions, through coaching and influencing the plant leadership team to ensure successful delivery of pillar objectives across the site including the mitigation of issues before / as they arise

• Ensure alignment of plant pillars with corporate pillar direction

• Facilitate internal and external benchmarking and replication activities.

• Communicates effectively at all levels of the organization through both oral and written means

• Guide and mentor employees involved in SPS/TPM activities

• Builds rapport and collaborative relationships across cross-functional teams

Qualifications

What you bring to the table:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in a manufacturing leadership role

• Minimum 2 years’ experience working in a TPM/HPWS strategy

• Ability to work within an integrated operating enterprise

• Ability to coach peers and teams in executing complex programs

• Understanding of financials and budgeting process

• Dealing with ambiguity and conflict management

• Motivation others, building effective teams

• Cultural alignment and organizational agility

• Organized, priority setting, managing and measuring work

• High Learning Agility

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.