Production Manager

The Production Manager has the responsibility for directing the facility to support overall business objectives including managing all aspects of daily production, including inventory accuracy, maintaining sanitation, and assisting the EHS manager with the implementation of the Safety programs and policies.  The Production Supervisors will report to the Production Manager. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop key manufacturing plans and programs toward budgeted unit cost and output objectives. Develop strategies and specific programs to meet both long-term growth and short-term manufacturing costs and product quality goals. 


• Coordinate activities of all manufacturing functional areas to assure continuity towards plant goals, communicating priorities as necessary. Develop SOP’s for all production processes.


• Sustain production capacity that is synchronized with sales volume requirements, developing contingency plans as needed.  Undertake ongoing programs to minimize inventory levels. 


• Develop and track annual operating budget for measurement towards objectives. 


• Maintain and improve the quality of the plant assets, both current and fixed. Develop plans and execute the capital improvement program to maintain/improve existing assets, to improve operating efficiencies and/or to meet expanding volume needs based on OEE. 


• Recruit, develop, coach, lead and motivate personnel, constantly raising the standards of performance. Develop and improve technical and manufacturing management skills at the plant. 


• Maintain effective communication with proper government agencies where required. 


• Develop and implement performance standards for all supervisors maintaining current job descriptions and improvement plans.   


• Establish appropriate scheduling and employee work schedules in line with customer orders and plant performance requirements. 


• Work with Purchasing to establish quality specifications for incoming raw materials, monitoring these raw materials to ensure that specifications are met. 


• With Quality/ R&D, develop new products/processes and improve current products/processes. Establish procedures and supervise all experimental and test runs, reporting all results. 


• Manage inventory of off-spec materials, including the scheduling and reworking of products as needed. 


• Maintain and improve all production log data and keep the OEE system updated. Work with operations, maximizing OEE through World Class, Six Sigma and other appropriate tools. 


• Responsible for maintaining formulation data system including entering all new product formulations.  
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
  

Position Requirements:

• 5-7 years previous management experience in a food grade operation.  


• Background in packaging facility.  


• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.  


• Excellent knowledge of plant operation procedures and business system software applications.  


• Strong analytical and organizational skills.  


• Previous supervisory experience. 
  
  
  

Actus Nutrition prides itself on advancement opportunities for our current workforce to promote from within.  We offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as a healthy 401(k) company match program.  The starting annual base salary range for this position is between $90,000-$100,000 USD with initial eligibility consideration for our Discretionary Incentive Plan. Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to education, skill set and depth of experience. Additional Compensation offered to eligible employees: Mobile Device Reimbursement and Travel Reimbursement.