Plant Director

Michael Foods Inc.

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food.

Michael Foods, Inc. located in the Village of West Jefferson, OH, is located just minutes from the western suburbs of Columbus and about 20 minutes to the west of downtown. We are proud to be Michael Foods’ most recent greenfield project, producing high quality protein shakes serving people all around the world. It’s our honor to continue our strong commitment to our employees, our community, and our environment.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Reporting to the VP Supply Chain Operations, the Plant Director of the Shakes Operation is responsible for the effective and efficient manufacturing to support the co-manufacturing operation for the Michael Foods (MFI) facility in West Jefferson, OH. The facility is a critical partnership with Bell Ring Brands (Premier Protein division, PNC) in providing the primary growth platform for the Premier Protein shakes business. Success in the role hinges on the ability to develop a capable and performance driven culture to not only produce contracted delivery rates, but also build an effective team to drive continuous improvement in delivering the value proposition for MFI.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Plant Performance

• Oversees the daily operations to produce quality products for PNC drinks business through ensuring Food Safety and Quality standards and procedures are effectively implemented and adhered to.
• Ensures a safe operating environment for all employees and contractors through policy and practice development to build a world-class Safety environment.
• Develops, deploys, improves, and sustains daily management systems to ensure the effective operational performance in meeting output (OEE/Schedule Attainment) requirements.
• Perpetuates a culture of continuous improvement utilizing the tools and methods of the MFI Manufacturing Execution System as related to daily operational cadence.
• Utilizes a data-driven approach to identifying areas of loss and opportunities for improvement.
• Works closely with the Director of Continuous Improvement to deploy TPM/Lean manufacturing strategies to optimize processes, reduce waste, and improve operational performance for the site.
• Ensures all personnel are operating in compliance with plant, company, customer, and regulatory standards and guidelines.
• Manages effectiveness of budgeting, production scheduling, and resource planning to meet the business targets and optimizes operational performance.
• Promotes overall focus on delivering Service, Reliability, and Productivity for the ongoing operations for MFI.

Leadership and Team Development:

• Provide overall leadership, direction setting, and coordination of plant operations.
• Provides and promotes visible floor leadership, interfacing with all levels of the plant organization to create a cross-functional environment.
• Develops a high performing leadership team environment to ensure consistency and sustainability of results across a balanced scorecard approach.
• Build, mentor, and inspire high-performing teams, fostering a collaborative culture of accountability, trust, and responsibility.
• Provides coaching and development of plant staff to ensure effective leadership and collaboration to achieve balanced KPI’s.
• Partner with Human Resources to ensure all employee capability and learning needs are met to provide an effective and sustainable operating environment.
• Participation as a member of the Supply Chain leadership team to support ongoing Supply Optimization of MFI

Collaboration and Partnership Management:

• Act as the key liaison between MFI and PNC leadership to ensure continuity and effective customer service.
• Develop ongoing capacity mapping to meet the growth needs of the customer with clear plans, objectives, and deliverables.
• Creates and executes strategic planning, both short and long-term, to sustain staffing and capability needs enabling improvement of operational performance and reliability.
• Work with MFI supply chain and financial leadership to ensure coordination of efforts to deliver the business plans for value proposition.

Expansion/Startup Management:

• Develop, socialize, and execute multi-year expansion plans in close coordination with MFI leadership and PNC growth plans.
• Partner with MFI Engineering resources to guarantee an effective build-out plan for future line expansion.
• Work closely with HR, SES, and FSQ to develop an effective staffing, commissioning, validation, and start-up program.
• Ensure clear and effective communication with Finance to develop and execute a business plan for business expansion.

Reporting and Documentation:

• Support the preparation and present regular reports on plant performance, process improvements, capacity extension, and plant optimization to senior leadership.
• Ensure the maintenance of accurate documentation of all activities, including metrics, action plans, and improvements.

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university, preferably in Engineering or Science discipline, Supply Chain Management or Business. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Ten or moreyears of related food manufacturing experience. Aseptic manufacturing experience preferred with clear USDA/FSIS exposure.
• Seven years of direct plant (single or multiple site) leadership experience.
• Management of co-manufacturing customer relationships is a plus.
• Excellent communication and listening skills, including the ability to effectively present information to all levels of the company from plant floor to executive leadership.
• Previous experience in leadership of teams, managing manufacturing processes, strategic planning, dealing with complexity, financial planning and strategy in a high-speed manufacturing environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills needed, including coaching, team-building and training.
• Excellent time management and organization skills.
• Strong attention to detail, problem solving, reasoning, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to analyze performance data and financial variance trends is preferred.

LOCATION AND TRAVEL:

Must live within commutable distance to the West Jefferson OH site (less than 1 hr). Relocation benefits may be provided to assist. Travel to support Supply Chain leadership events and meetings as well as PNC regular Top-to-Top meetings as prescribed by MFI leadership.

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