Senior Production Manager

Job Purpose and Impact

As a Production Manager you will be a part of a business operations leadership team that oversees production of animal nutrition products as efficiently as possible across multiple manufacturing locations while meeting all of Animal Nutrition and Health, Cargilll corporate and government guidelines. This will include your involvement in promoting and maintaining a culture of safety, leading production management practices,  personnel management, setting performance standards, establishing budgets, managing costs, employee relations, assisting with the management of capital projects , and implementation of reliability, continuous improvement and customer service excellence. 

Key Accountabilities

20% Environmental Health and Safety; Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory
•    Influence and support a culture of safety.
•    Support implementation of safety plans.
•    Support activities to ensure EHS audit compliance. 
•    Support implementation of food safety and quality plans.
•    Support activities to ensure food safety and quality compliance.

30% Leadership;
•    Lead through cause analysis to address root causes.
•    Leading continuous improvement projects/programs via both direct and remote influence.
•    Champion key initiatives across multiple manufacturing locations. 
•    Temporary fill in for plant manager transitions as needed.

50%  Manufacturing Excellence
•    Support execution of continuous improvement/production efficiency/reliability projects across multiple manufacturing locations.
•    Support execution of assigned capital projects. 
•    Work on projects involving other functions of the business or other plants as assigned. 

Qualifications

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years supervisory/management experience in a operations environment


• Demonstrated strong leadership skills.


• Demonstated knowledge and experience with people management.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree


• Demonstrated success in EHS compliance management (environmental health and safety)


• Strong computer skills


• Demonstrated maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.


• Strong problem solving and decision making skills