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Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Take all measures to ensure distributor/customer total satisfaction.
• Supervise daily operations of 1st shift manufacturing operations for the plant.
• Directs subordinates engaged in production, sanitation, cooking and chilling.
• Build and maintain an effective supervisory team.
• Exercises good leadership and communication skills.
• Ensure effective production teams and team building.
• Ensure all production requirements are met.
• Analyze operation on a continual basis to improve costs, quality and service.
• Build an effective relationship with internal and external customers.
• Actively participate in the research, justification, and implementation in long-range planning of the facility.
• Establish goals for yourself and the operation.
• Actively participate/support in the management of department functions that include the following: Production Scheduling, Purchasing, Shipping and Receiving, Area Sanitation, Heat Processing, Product Chilling and other duties as assigned by the Plant Manager.
• Assist in the training and development of all employees in area of responsibility, specifically Supervisors and Lead Persons.
• Ensure all sanitary, quality and consistency requirements are met in area of responsibility.
• Participate in the development, implementation and maintenance of Total Quality Management (TQM) process.
• Ensure goal attainment in area of responsibility.
• Direct and enforce the Safety Program in area of responsibility.
• Actively participate in capital expenditure requisitioning process, budgeting and goal setting.
• Ensure required preventive maintenance is being performed on all department equipment.
• Ensure all rules, policies and regulations of Company are enforced.
• Oversees the 1st shift support groups such as security, human resources, quality systems, maintenance, distribution and first aid to ensure that there are good working relationships.
• Approves 1st shifts time keeping and distributes payroll.
•  Responsible to work with the 2nd Night Manager on control of chemicals and the dollars involved.
•  Attend the staff meeting on a daily basis and be a part of conducting the daily Supervisors meeting.
•  Ensure smooth transition and communication system is in place between shifts.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or knowledge equivalent to such degree is required.
• Five (5) to seven (7) years related industry experience required, preferably in food plant sanitation, smokehouse operations and meat-processing production
• Exposure to and/or experience in Quality Assurance, Total Quality Management (TQM), Hazard Analysis Control Critical Process (HACCP) and Safety are a plus.
• English/Spanish bilingual would be a plus.

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