Plant Manager - Byron, MN

Role Overview: The Plant Manager position directs and manages all plant operations with overall responsibilities for production, maintenance, quality and other production-related activities.   

Reports to: COO

Principal Duties as Plant Manager: 

• Direct and manage plant operations for production, maintenance, quality and shipping and receiving.
• Coordinate plant activities through the planning with departmental managers to insure the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost effective manner.
• Develop and control operational budget.
• Implement cost effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, manpower, wages and salaries.
• Establish and monitor overall plant performance for production and quality standards.
• Control and minimize labor overtime, premium freight and repair expenses.
• Maintain existing plant facilities and equipment; replace, or make adjustments to plant facilities and equipment when necessary.
• Provide leadership and training to accomplish the company goals and objectives.
• Incorporates production floor organization and plant cleanliness among plant personnel.
• Provides direction, development and leadership to production manager and supervisors.

Qualifications/Requirements include:

• Bachelor's degree in related field or 5 years plant/general management experience in a manufacturing environment supervising a production work force, with food companies, and ideally cheese companies.
• Knowledge of State and Federal regulations as they pertain to cheese production.
• Knowledge of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point applications to a food production facility.
• Excellent verbal, analytical, and organizations skills
• Ability to multi-task effectively.
• A demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others.
• Measurement of performance to goals and standards.
• An ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost and employee relations.