Shift Manager

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Shift Manager will provide strategic operational oversight for all production operating facilities with moderate presence in multiple regions or moderate degree of complexity. In this role, you will oversee and hold operating facilities accountable to standards for safety, quality, operational effectiveness and financial performance.

Key Accountabilities

• Execute routine operations of assigned area, ensuring direct reports are following policies and procedures related to employee, food and feed safety and environmental compliance.

• Monitor production outcomes, quantity, and quality to ensure customer and food safety requirements are within specifications.

• Partner with production supervisors to meet customer specifications and timeline.

• Administer production budget for a department, process, or shift and executes purchase orders and ensures timely payment of invoices

• Develop operational plans and monitors routine operations for all production processes for multiple departments, processes and shifts.

• Develop, supervise and provide coaching to direct reports including coaching company core values and guiding principles for assigned facilities or region.

• Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports. You will also spend time completing the same tasks as employees on your team.

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

• Excellent leadership and communication skills and the ability to communicate with all levels in the plant

Preferred Qualifications

• One year of supervisory experience

• Minimum of two years of experience in production and warehouse management

Position Details

• Location: Dayton, OH; Relocation assistance is not provided for this role.

• Schedule is a rotating schedule of 4 days on, 4 days off typically from 7:00am - 7:00pm. There are also some events that will require work outside of normal business hours.

• The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet

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