Assistant Production Manager - 12-hour nights (6:00pm-6:30am)

About LiDestri Foods

LiDestri Foods has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and producing innovative food products for our national and retailer brand partners. A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs over 1,000 people across three U.S. locations. We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and the most highly inventive retailer brands.

Excellent Pay and Benefits:

• Great career-pathing
• Professional development, including unlimited online training courses
• Health insurance with premium contributions
• Dental, vision, HSA
• 100% company paid life insurance and long-term disability
• 401k – with employer match
• Paid time off to include- vacation, sick pay, wellness time off, and 10 holidays
• Company bonuses
• And many more….

POSITION SUMMARY:

Under direction of the Production Manager, provide leadership primarily to the afternoon/nights Production Departments in support of achieving established Key Performance Goals. Position has the potential to be on days should business needs change.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for all aspects of the manufacturing operation on the non-day shifts, under the direction of the Production Manager. This includes the meeting of established safety, quality, line efficiency, and production yields, cost per case, schedule attainment, and customer service standards and plant capacities
• Work with HR and Production Manager to recruit and retain personnel to achieve fore-mentioned standards
• Coordinate and support training activities and develop staff to achieve established company goals / standards
• Support the Plant Manager/Production Manager in achievement of site KPI’s in support of company goals and improvement initiatives
• Collaborate with corresponding departments to achieve company objectives
• Improve safety culture at assigned site/shifts; increase employee engagement in identification and resolution of safety hazards
• Actively organize and review processes for continuous improvement/operations excellence (safety, cost, quality, delivery) on assigned shifts
• Responsible for Food Safety on assigned shifts and support responsibilities under the HACCP Plan
• Coach, mentor and develop staff, including preparing and conducting employee performance appraisals, coaching on leadership competencies and ensuring IDP’s are in place
• Maintain employee work schedules including timecard approval, work assignments, job rotation, training, vacations and paid time off, and disciplinary action
• May be responsible for coordinating and directing sanitation personnel in absence of Sanitation Manager
• Develop and execute a viable productivity funnel of projects and executable plans
• Report food safety & quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Associates degree preferred and/or 3-5 years’ experience supervising hourly personnel in a manufacturing environment
• Experience in a food, beverage or pharmaceutical industry and/or high-speed manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated experience in managing to a budget, department cost control
• Previous experience with Oracle or a similar ERP Business module
• Effective communication skills
• Collaborative work style
• Proficient in software along with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Red Zone
• Passion for continuous improvement/operations excellence
• Self-motivated
• Ability to motivate and influence others while motivating a team
• Demonstrated ability to assist in development of leadership competencies

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Ability to work off shifts (afternoons/nights) continuously
• Regularly required to stand, walk the manufacturing floor, use hands;
• Occasionally need to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, with a potential of up to 25 pounds;
• Constant exposure to manufacturing plant floor requiring the use of personal protective equipment (ear plugs, safety glasses, bump cap, skid-resistant leather shoes, etc.);
• Must follow Good Manufacturing Practice (hair net, no jewelry, no fake nails or eyelashes, no food/drink, gum, etc. in manufacturing Plant).

DISCLAIMER: The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed and is not an inclusive summary of job duties and responsibilities. The omission of specific statements of duties or responsibilities does not exclude them from the position. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and the employee and is subject to change by the Company as the needs of the Company and requirements of the job change.