Plant Manager

The Plant Manager ensures compliance with all plant GMP, SQF quality and safety, food safety, and biosecurity procedures. This role develops, maintains, and monitors a strong food safety culture within the department and builds, develops, and coaches the operations leadership team to foster facility-wide safety and meet Biery’s quality and food safety requirements.

The Plant Manager provides the resources needed to execute the facility’s strategy, supports effective decision-making, sets clear direction and high expectations, and leads and supports the operations management teams.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Align facility operations with Biery’s strategy and create an environment that supports achievement of critical metrics.
• Meet or exceed plant safety standards outlined in Biery’s Safety Policy.
• Ensure compliance with Biery’s and regulatory standards for personal safety, product quality, and food safety.
• Lead plant operations, including Operation Managers, Production Supervisors, and Warehouse personnel.
• Ensure materials, equipment, and supplies are available for daily production.
• Develop plant talent to build strong leadership at all levels.
• Meet or exceed staffing and competency requirements across all manufacturing processes.
• Manage plant capital spending with maintenance supervision, submit all capital requests, and ensure projects are completed on time and within approved budgets.
• Ensure products exceed customer and consumer expectations for quality and value by following Good Manufacturing Practices and the policies and procedures in Biery’s Safe Quality Food Program.
• Collaborate with Sales and Quality Divisions to develop new products from concept to market.
• Partner with Supply Chain to strengthen supplier relationships and improve supplier quality.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned by management.
• Ensure all staff understand their responsibility to report food safety concerns to management.

This list is not exhaustive and may be amended as needed to provide customers and consumers with Biery Cheese products that meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and security.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 3+ leadership experience in a dairy manufacturing facility or 7+ years leadership experience in a closely applicable manufacturing facility
• Previous SQF experience preferred
• ERP knowledge and experience are required. RedZone experience is a plus.
• Must have the ability to plan, set objectives and goals, prioritize, measure performance, provide direction and meet deadlines.
• Decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Positive and goal oriented, willing to accept the challenge of new assignments and be able to work well with others.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, with emphasis on teamwork, customer service and safe working practices.
• Compatible with company culture and core values.
• English language skills (reading, writing, comprehension).

Commitment to Food Safety:

Biery Cheese will continuously train our team members in food safety, food quality and maintaining regulatory requirements. Biery Cheese team members will be encouraged to improve their work process to produce/ packaged at the highest quality under the guides of food safety and quality.

Our team members are to conduct themselves appropriately while at Biery Cheese and manage the production area in a safe manner to avoid injury to themselves or co-workers.

Work Environment:

The work environment involves moderate risks or discomforts which may require special safety precautions working around moving machines in production facilities, protective clothing or gear such as goggles, gloves and shoes may be required. May be able to work in a cold environment.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl.
• Ability to use hands/arms to reach, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls.
• Ability to work in multiple areas of the plant and may be exposed to wet and humid conditions.
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs.
• Ability to use distant and peripheral vision, identify and distinguish colors, and adjust focus.
• May work near moving mechanical parts, high and/or confining places.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

We adhere to the amfori BSCI Code of Conduct and expect all employees to uphold principles of human rights, fair labor practices, and environmental responsibility in line with international standards.