Business Unit Leader

2 weeks ago


Robinson, United States US Tech Solutions, Inc. Full time

Duration: 1 Month contract to Hire


Description:

  • The Business Unit Leader reports directly to the Business Unit Manager, serves as a member of the Plant Leadership Team, and is responsible for providing production leadership in assigned area(s).  
  • This role has full responsibility and accountability for all aspects of managing a Business Unit, including but not limited to people safety; food safety; quality; cost; service; people leadership; maintenance; and project implementation.
  • This role is also responsible for daily and long-term plant and company goals by providing proactive, efficient, and reliable leadership for one to three shifts in a seven-day working environment, while effectively collaborating at all organizational levels within and outside of the plant site. 
  • Demonstrated success in this role over 3-5 years can provide career advancement opportunity to compete for higher level roles within the Supply Chain, including Plant Manager at other facilities within The Company’s global network. 
  • Depending on size and complexity of the site, this role is usually directly responsible for approximately 100-200 employees as well as development, management, and delivery of approximately $100M-200M annual budget.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for ensuring a culture that places high value on employee safety and food safety. 
  • This also includes compliance to OSHA and FDA regulations.
  • Independently leads teams and executes projects to eliminate root causes of manufacturing failures.
  • Coaches, directs, facilitates, trains, and develops supervisors to work efficiently while supporting the manufacturing mission.
  • Effectively work as part of or lead cross-functional teams to deliver against business objectives.
  • Oversees the annual budget preparation, directs the implementation, and maintains strong budgetary control of direct, indirect, and unit costs.
  • Ability to make department assessments, identify problems, develop solutions, as well as articulate a plan to Plant Manager, peers, and direct reports that yields performance improvements.
  • Ensures effective employee relations, measured at least in part through the annual employee engagement survey results specific to the assigned Business Unit. 
  • Coordinates, organizes, and delivers communication activities, concerning objectives, results and plans within and between the department and all other plant functions.
  • Makes necessary judgment calls on specific goal alignment to achieve manufacturing excellence.
  • Accountable for performance management of salaried staff. 
  • Ensures appropriate employment decisions and issue resolution through proper investigation and involvement of key stakeholders.
  • Responsible for management, development and/or assessment of training plans that ensure all members of the department are aligned with company, plant, and department objectives.
  • Leads and maintains the team as a world-class organization.
  • Accountable for adherence to defined processes and systems.
  • Responsible for determining appropriate delegation of assignments, ensuring follow up and taking ownership of the delegated assignments.

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform major duties/responsibilities:

  • Ability to inspire and provide excellent leadership to broad and diverse workforce teams, including supervisors and large hourly teams.
  • Ability to overcome resistance to change, adapt to change, and lead change.
  • Ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
  • “Hands on”/lead by example type of approach to provide leadership and problem solving in a high-speed manufacturing, team-based environment.
  • Budget creation and application of cost controls
  • PC skills : SAP, Excel, Word, Power Point, social media, and other contemporary internet tools, etc.
  • SAP or other ERP system skills a plus.
  • Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), and OSHA standards.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline preferred.
  • 5 years of experience in manufacturing or equivalent work experience preferred.
  • 3 years in a leadership role preferred.


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