Production Manager - Night Shift
Transparent Search Group
- Norfolk, NE
- $65,000-85,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Coordinate activities across all manufacturing functional areas to align with plant goals, effectively communicating priorities as needed.
- Establish Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all production processes to ensure consistency and efficiency.
- Maintain production capacity in line with sales volume requirements, developing contingency plans as necessary.
- Develop and monitor the annual operating budget to measure progress towards objectives.
- Enhance the quality of plant assets, both current and fixed, through continuous improvement initiatives.
- Foster the development of technical and manufacturing management skills among plant personnel.
- Implement performance standards for all supervisors, maintaining up-to-date job descriptions and improvement plans.
- Establish appropriate scheduling and employee work schedules based on customer orders and plant performance requirements.
- Collaborate with the Purchasing department to establish quality specifications for incoming raw materials and monitor compliance.
- Partner with Quality/R&D to develop and improve products/processes, overseeing experimental and test runs and reporting results.
- Manage inventory of off-spec materials, including scheduling and reworking products as necessary.
- Maintain formulation data system integrity by accurately entering all new product formulations.
- 5-7 years of previous management experience in a food-grade operation, with a background in dairy, evaporators, and/or drying technologies.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
- Proficient knowledge of plant operation procedures and business system software applications.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Previous supervisory experience is required.
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Ability to work a night shift schedule on a 2-2-3 rotation from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM.