Plant Director

4 weeks ago


Louisville, Kentucky, United States Dawn Foods Full time
Job Summary

Dawn Foods is a leading global bakery manufacturer and ingredients distributor. As a partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights, and innovations. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values are all part of our recipe for success.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and develop strategies to manage and optimize resources (people, materials, equipment, money, and time) used to transform and produce food products.
  • Guarantee customer expectations on quality, volume, cost, and timing of service are achieved, and business results are aligned.
  • Manage industrial safety in the operation of the plant and warehouses to ensure a safe environment for all team members.
  • Manage security at Dawn sites and protect Dawn's assets.
  • Manage environmental sustainability and compliance with government regulations and internal rules.
  • Actively manage food safety to avoid microbiological, foreign material, or chemical deviations that could develop into a health risk for consumers.
  • Guarantee compliance with food regulations, GMPs, HACCP, and IFS standards, and Dawn Quality System.
  • Manage product quality, ensuring the Product Design is replicated continuously, and guarantee a delightful experience for customers and consumers with all Dawn's products.
  • Guarantee government, certification organization, and customer audits achieve positive results to keep the business at a competitive level in every market.
  • Guarantee production schedules are achieved in time and volume to protect the service to customers and the cost of goods.
  • Manage the maintenance of equipment, building, and Dawn assets in general to guarantee their productivity through time.
  • Manage inventory levels and warehouses in the plant to optimize inventory, maintain good service level, and protect cash flow.
  • Participate and be co-responsible for all capital investments, making sure they are the correct decisions to keep the business growth, and they are executed on time and on budget.
  • Actively participate and drive a continuous improvement program to improve the competitiveness of the business and its products, while improving safety, quality, output, and cost to World Class Manufacturing standards.
  • Coordinate a team of people, direct and indirectly reporting to him or her, making sure they have clear and aligned objectives, priorities, and values that unite them into one single effort, permitting a good level of collaboration.
  • Together with the People Team, provide support to the extended team, making sure proper training is provided to everyone to guarantee individual and team performance at every level, enhancing everyone's professional growth.
  • Together with People and Compensation teams, be responsible for hiring, promotion, discipline, compensation decisions in adherence to company policy.
  • Work with Research & Development and Marketing to create and launch new products successfully.
  • Understand and promote the philosophies and policies of Dawn Food Products, Inc.
  • Support the Circle of Excellence and the Dawn Philosophy of Team Dawn.
  • Plan, develop, and share information regarding his site; KPI reporting, budgets, project control, etc.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
  • Food science is highly desirable.
  • Master's Degree and/or Six Sigma Green Belt certification desirable.
  • 10+ years of directly leading people in a manufacturing plant environment, specifically from the highest level and/or a key decision maker within the plant; relevant experience in the manufacturing of food and/or bakery products is preferred.
  • Experience operating in a unionized labor environment is required.
  • Requires operational knowledge of computer software (Microsoft Office and SAP) or ability to learn these skills.
  • Requires excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills.
  • Requires analytical problem-solving skills, time management skills, and servant leadership skills.
  • Exposure to and experience with GMPs and IFS Standards, HAACP programs, USDA guidelines, and OSHA standards, food safety and plant safety programs.
  • Demonstrated history of continuous improvement, lean tools, and cost control.
Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Ability to work in a professional office/manufacturing environment. Travel required: Up to 10%.



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