Production Manager - 1st Shift

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ProductionManager

Your role :


A s Production Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring high performance execution of plant production activities across multiple shifts and/or departments to produce products that meet established quality, customer service, safety, innovation and cost metrics consistent with schedules and policies. You will ensure systems, processes, and resources are in place to provide optimal cost savings and efficient production of grain-based food products for our customers. To succeed, you must be able to :

• D eliver results in first-time situations by inspiring others and working to earn trust every day
  
  
• S erve others with un derstanding, respect, and care
  
  
• O perate with simpli city, clarity and transparency
  
  
• D eal with and drive change
  
  
• O rganize, prioritize and own multiple tasks while meeting or exceeding deadlines
  
  
• L earn and apply new technology, and share your knowledge with others
  
  
• Above all you will be expected to carry out all your activities with reliability, integrity, compliance and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner.
  
  

Your responsibilities :

• Drive safety initiatives to ensure injury-free performance including monthly safety training, observation audits, daily employee toolbox meetings, and near-miss / first-aid r oot cause and corrective action
  
  
• Develops/supervises and provides coaching to salary and hourly operation team members using the Ardent Mills core values and guiding principles
  
  
• Maintain compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, quality specifications, safety sta ndards and sanitation practices
  
  
• Develop and execute plans on a weekly and monthly basis to achieve cost efficient and accurate packaging, warehouse operat ions and bulk loading processes
  
  
• Maintain asset reliability by working closely with the reliability team on preventative care as well as t hrough operator care activities
  
  
• Develop, participate and lead process improvement initiatives including Centerlining , Preventative Maintenance, Pristine, 5S and ELEMEDS (Every Load , Every Mill, Every Day Safely)
  
  
• Drive improvement and efficiency through GAP analysis and metric based monitoring
  
  
• Participate in and lead team through customer issue follow-up and corrective actions
  
  
• Leverage computer systems and automation process a cross facility for production efficiency
  
  

Essential skills and experience :

• Bache lor's degree or High School diploma/ GED equivalent with 4 years of production experience
  
  
• Minimum of 2 years ' experience having leadership responsibilities in an industrial environment (milling, agricultural, food production, or equivalent)
  
  
• Demonstrated experience with leading others , including performance management, coaching, and development within a production environment
  
  
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to implement LEAN practices and tools to improve process es
  
  
• Experience managing projects and driving data - based decision making process
  
  

Good to have :

• 3 + years of production leadership experience
  
  
• Knowledge and experience in continuous improvement methodologies, tools, trends and best practices
  
  

Physical requirements and working conditions (with or without reasonable accommodation):

• Ability to perform work at a computer and other administrative/managerial tasks
  
  
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as is required by the operating areas (i.e. safety glasses, protective footwear, hard hat, hearing protection and, at times, a respirator or a harness )
  
  
• Ability to work a rotating schedule including nights, weekends and holidays
  
  
• Ability to work a machine - paced continuous process that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with conditions which include:
  
  
• H o t/Cold temperatures (inclement weather)
  
  
• Indoor/Outdoor environment
  
  
• Dusty environment (to include Wheat/Gluten allergens)
  
  
• Noisy environment
  
  
• Frequent moving/vibration/ or other motion of equipment/processes
  
  
• Elevated Places
  
  
• Ability to perform work safely which may require:
  
  
• Frequently standing, walking, rotating,bending/stooping, twisting, crouching, kneeling, balancing and reachingor lifting at varying heights and levels
  
  
• Frequentlyclimbing stairs and/or ladders
  
  
• Occasionally lifting, shovelingand/or carrying
  
  
• Occasionally pushing and/or pulling
  
  
• Working in confined or elevated places
  
  

Other considerations:

• Must be able to read, interpret instruction and technology and communicate effectively in English
  
  
• Must be willing to work alongside your team including long days (days, evenings, and nights) as well as weekend s or holiday work.
  
  
• Must be authorized to work in the Unites states without sponsorship now and in the future
  
  
• Except where prohibited by law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test and pre-employment background check
  
  

Team members must be clean shaven in order to perform tasks where respiratory protection is required and the use of a respirator (including N-95 dust mask) requires a proper seal for adequate protection.

The preceding position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this position. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this position. The description, duties, functions, and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of Ardent Mills.