Assistant Production Manager

• ◆Execute daily management activities, complete Leader Standard Work, and follow through on operating team priorities and open actions.
• ◆Provide leadership across operating teams and production areas as assigned, including leadership needs created by vacations, scheduled days off, vacancies, training, and other operational requirements.
• ◆Demonstrate flexibility to work across varying shifts, days, and hours, including nights, weekends, holidays, and other off-hours, based on business needs.
• ◆Champion the department daily plan and participate in Daily Direction Setting (DDS) meetings and shift handoffs to ensure priorities, risks, and actions are clearly communicated.
• ◆Be accountable for daily operations and team performance in safety, quality, reliability, cost, and organizational capability while leading assigned areas.
• ◆Execute and document Leader Standard Work, including floor presence, employee engagement, confirmation of critical standards, escalation of abnormalities, and follow-up on corrective actions.
• ◆Role model our Basic Beliefs, Our Commitment to Each Other, and Emotional Intelligence to build resonance.
• ◆Partner with operating teams to identify, escalate, and resolve safety and quality concerns in a timely manner.
• ◆Drive department issues to root cause and support a zero-loss and continuous improvement culture.
• ◆Partner with line-assigned Area Leaders and the Department Manager to execute performance management, staffing, training, and capability-building priorities.
• ◆Ensure essential business information, shift expectations, and follow-up actions are clearly communicated and understood during transitions between leaders and shifts.
• ◆Develop and coach the operational and leadership skills of Supervisors, Team Leaders, and Technicians through Operations Excellence (OpEx) tools and design principles.
• ◆Lead and support key technical and organizational projects while building OpEx capability across the organization.
• ◆Collaborate across departments, pillars, and leadership teams and serve as a technical and operational resource for operating teams.
• ◆Demonstrate the flexibility and capability to transition to a line-assigned or flow-to-the-work Area Leader schedule as business needs evolve.

• ✓A Bachelor’s degree is required (preferably an Engineering, operations, business, or related field degree)
• ✓2 years of manufacturing operations experience
• ✓2 years of supervisory or people leadership experience

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

• ✓5 years’ or more years of relevant manufacturing leadership experience preferred.
• ✓Demonstrated experience coaching, developing, and leading others.
• ✓Experience planning and executing projects.
• ✓Experience leading teams in a high-performance work environment.
• ✓Experience in food manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, engineering, or a related manufacturing environment.

Work Environment: This position operates in a 24/7 food manufacturing environment and requires regular presence on the production floor. The noise level in the work environment and manufacturing sites can be high.