MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Education and experience equivalent to:
Education/Certification:
Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science or Engineering or a related area. Requires valid driver’s license in state of employment.
Experience:
15 years of progressively responsible food processing management experience in a complex food-manufacturing environment, including significant experience managing large groups of operations employees
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of (B/basic; J/journey; E/expert):
- Food processing concepts, principals and practices (E)
- Issues and concepts pertinent to a complex food manufacturing environment (E)
- Strategic planning and forecasting concepts and approaches (E)
- Project management concepts and techniques (E)
- Management/supervisory concepts and techniques (E)
- Budgetary concepts and procedures (E)
- Concepts and techniques related to a highly-developed team-based culture (E)
Skill and ability to:
- Serve as a respected strategic and management leader in the company
- Develop and implement successful liquid products operations strategic plans
- Achieve targeted cost, safety, quality results
- Recruit, lead and retain a diverse and highly effective operations workforce
- Direct and motivate employees in a team-based organization
- Prepare and deliver presentations to the highest-level management, customers, and other representatives of external organizations
- Use and direct the use of various PC-based word-processing, spreadsheet, analytical programs
- Work effectively in a general business environment, with a focus on high levels of quality and customer service
- Travel via airplane and drive an automobile
- Act in accordance with GSF Values and Creed
LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY
Direct, through subordinate management, operations staff of approximately 300 to 500 associates. Direct projects with significant financial and strategic impact. Manage critical, highly sensitive external relationships.
KEY PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS
- Meets or exceeds quality performance by managing waste/loss according to poan, with no product recoveries and with a high level of attention to sanitation
- Execute MAP plan, improving survey scores in Trust and Treating People Properly categories
- Control labor costs according to plan/budget (direct, indirect, overtime, temps)
- Achieve targeted KPI performance in yield, case output, and labor efficiency
- Improve recordable incident report
- Manage capital projects within approved budget
- Achieve EBITDA annual objectives in accordance with corporate guidelines and Conyers LP budget