Manager Hatchery - Tennessee Hatchery (Lafayette, TN)

Hatchery Team Leader

The expectation of this position is to lead and direct a GP PS Hatchery team to provide quality products by meeting customer expectations and achieving financial and business objectives.

Essential Functions

• Provide quality products to customers globally.
• Achieve production and financial objectives.
• Develop and maintain effective communication with customers, shared services, and other hatcheries.
• Achieve HR and safety objectives that support hatchery facilities.
• Develop, evaluate, and implement new processes and technology.
• Maintain compliance with domestic and international entities regulating Cobb business activities.
• Ensure the team is qualified, trained, and effectively managed.

Core Competencies

• Interpersonal Savvy
• Drive for Results
• Directing and Leading
• Problem Solving
• Time Management
• Organizational Agility
• Ethics and Values
• Motivating Others
• Delegation
• Conflict Management
• Written Communication
• Developing Self and Others
• Listening Skills
• Peer Relationships
• Approachability
• Comfort with Higher Management
• Managerial Courage
• Business Acumen
• Decision Quality
• Decision Timeliness
• Informing
• Creativity
• Building Effective Teams
• Verbal Communication

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience (typically acquired through four (4) years of college-level education).

Experience

• Four (4) or more years of poultry management-related experience.

Computer Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals using standard computer applications.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Direct oversight of:
  • Two (2) or more salaried team members
  • One (1) management support position
  • Approximately 20+ hourly team members

Travel

• Domestic travel approximately four (4) times per year.

Biosecurity Requirements

• Work is performed in a biosecure environment requiring showering prior to entering the facility and possibly multiple times throughout the workday.
• Appropriate clothing and footwear are provided by the company.
• Jewelry is not permitted on the job site, except for medical ID jewelry.
• Must be willing to sign an agreement to avoid contact with avian species (e.g., chickens, ducks, birds).
• Must follow all company Animal Welfare policies and Cobb Farms Hatcheries Biosecurity Standards at all times.

Physical Requirements

• Must follow safe lifting techniques.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands and fingers, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, talk, and hear.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Must follow all required safety procedures and wear appropriate personal protective equipment when visiting facilities.

Relocation Assistance Eligible: Yes

Work Shift: 1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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Hourly Applicants ONLY - You must complete the task after submitting your application to provide additional information to be considered for employment.

The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.