Full-time Plant Manager

4 weeks ago


Melrose Park, Illinois, United States Kerry Full time

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Full-time Plant Manager to join our team at Kerry. As a key member of our manufacturing operations, you will be responsible for overseeing the plant's sanitation programs, processes, and systems to ensure that the plant performance meets and/or exceeds company-wide expectations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Supervise all activities in the plant, including weekend shifts, to ensure the safety of all employees and contractors in the building.
  • Responsible for supervising, training, and directing the work of the sanitation staff.
  • Coordinate with the heads of Production and Quality to assure proper follow-up on all customer and regulatory issues.
  • Assure plant-level preparedness for customer and regulatory inspections.
  • Lead, teach, and motivate all plant employees in pursuit of sanitation excellence and plant safety.
  • Utilize root cause analysis and preventative actions with respect to sanitation-related issues.
  • Support and enforce cGMP's, food safety procedures, and company policies.
  • Support production management in troubleshooting plant sanitation deficiencies and in identifying root cause and eliminating sanitation issues.
  • Responsible for coordinating, monitoring, and updating documents, forms, and logs in relation to cleaning/sanitation functions.
  • Maintain and log on all sanitation on Master Cleaning Schedules.

Requirements:

  • Minimum 5 years of sanitation experience with at least 3 of those years at a manager level.
  • Experience within a food manufacturing setting, but open to pharma/supplements manufacturing as well.
  • Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
  • SAP and Kronos are a nice to have.
  • Bilingual in Spanish is highly desired.
  • Availability to work weekends occasionally and flex working hours.

What We Offer:

The typical hiring range for this role is $89,175 to $134,984 annually and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, location, etc. In addition to your pay, Kerry offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase, and retirement contribution (all benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).

Kerry is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Please note that Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. Any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.



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