Plant Manager

Plant Manager

Location: Cabot, VT 05647

Must-Haves:

• 5-7 years related experience
• Food manufacturing experience
• Maintaining capital and operational budgets
• Continuous Improvement techniques
• Proficiency in operational finances, capital expenditures and industry standards

Nice-To-Haves:

• Dairy Industry experience

The Plant Manager is a leadership role responsible for providing direction and strategic planning to the plant in all areas of responsibility to include administration, production, processing, packaging, quality, maintenance, warehousing, shipping, purchasing, safety and environmental. This role serves as a liaison between the Cabot plant and corporate departments to include Operations, Sales, New Product Development, QA, Finance, Customer Service, Distribution, Procurement, and Human Resources, as well as to State and Federal regulatory agencies. These processes must be executed safely and with a focus that optimizes manufacturing costs while meeting company product quality standards.

What you'll be doing:

• Build relationships of trust and provide an informed and clear point of view gained by personal insight, business acumen, best practices, and industry trends.
• Responsible for fiscal operations of the plant.
• Maintain the facility in an audit-ready state for customers and regulatory agencies.
• Encourage a continuous learning environment for departmental leaders by staying current with the latest technologies and processes in the industry.
• Direct the overall manufacturing activities in the plant to ensure that customer orders are received, scheduled, and produced at the lowest possible cost to meet customer requirements, while maintaining defined quality standards.
• Analyze plant operations to ensure that the facility maintains a leadership position in the industry.
• Responsible for expense control, to include shrink, labor, and overhead costs.
• Develop annual manufacturing expense budgets in accordance with forecasted sales volumes and planned inventory levels.
• Develop and implement annual plant capital budget.
• Provide reliable and accurate information and support to the finance team to help ensure that end-of-month, quarterly and fiscal year closing schedules are met.
• Ensure that appropriate standard operating procedures (SOPs) are developed and maintained for all aspects of the business.
• Implement plant safety programs and ensure compliance with our and regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for the Plant SQF & Food Security Policy / Program to assess potential food security risks. Ensure that food security preventive measures are being implemented and routinely audited regarding the manufacturing, handling and storage of all food ingredients, as well as finished goods.
• Responsible for all corporate, customer and government audits to ensure compliance.
• Responsible for environmental health compliance at the plant level.
• Collaborate with other plant managers within our to share best practices.
• Ensure compliance with all our corporate policies and procedures.
• Provide supervisory and leadership responsibility in the areas of performance management, employee relations, mentoring, employee training and development, promotions, salary increases, corrective actions and terminations

What we are seeking:

• Ability to understand the vision and Mission Statement and translate it into specific plans and actions to achieve desired results.
• Must be a strong executor with the ability to assist with strategy development at all levels of the organization to drive business performance.
• Ability to adapt to changing organizational and operational needs, and lead people through change.
• Ability to work collaboratively with all departments, with various management levels within the company, and with external stakeholders.
• Ability to successfully and positively influence peers and senior leadership.
• Ability to assist in the recruitment of talent for current and future needs.
• Ability to recognize opportunities to simplify processes and create efficiencies.
• Strong project management skills to include capable presentation experience.
• Interpersonal Skills – Respectfully address the personnel issues that arise, focus on delivering the best business decision, maintain confidentiality and have high emotional intelligence for self-awareness and to recognize the feelings of others.
• Verbal Communication – Speak clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, listen and seek clarification, respond well to questions, demonstrate group presentation skills and participate in meetings.
• Written Communication – Research and produce professional business communications in manual and electronic formats. Ability to read, manipulate and interpret data in all formats.
• Computer Skills – Proficiency in office products such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Teamwork – Balance team and individual responsibilities, exhibit objectivity and openness to other's views, give and welcome feedback, contribute to building a positive team spirit.
• Business Acumen – Understand financial metrics used in the evaluation of the business, to include business performance and all finance and operational aspects that influence the health and success of the business.
• Ethics – Treat people with respect, keep commitments, inspire the trust of others, work with integrity and ethically and uphold organizational values. Support ethical sourcing initiatives and act as a responsible steward of the environment.

Please be ok with our environment- as time spent in the plant will involve exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, unpleasant odors and/or loud noises.