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Pay: $110,000 - $135,000 per year Direct hire
MUST BE BILINGUAL IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH
MUST HAVE 10+ YEARS OF PROGRESSIVE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Job Description
JōbSource is hiring a Production Manager for a food processing company in Vernon, CA. The Production Manager is responsible for the overall management and direction of department processes, ensuring manufacturing performance, volume, and quality goals are met through efficient methods and appropriate staffing and labor cost levels. This is a hands-on leadership role, spending roughly 80 percent of the time on the production floor, managing 1st and 2nd shift teams and coaching leads and supervisors. The role coordinates manufacturing with other departments including Marketing, R&D, Shipping, Procurement, and Maintenance, as well as with vendors, and manages execution of time-sensitive production against deadlines with the flexibility to adapt as customers' needs change.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage plant operations in all areas of responsibility across 1st and 2nd shifts
- Establish production priorities to produce product efficiently and within cost parameters while maintaining safety, quality, and sanitation standards
- Create processes, procedures, and SOPs that align operations with company expectations
- Review and analyze production, quality control, and operational reports to ensure compliance with product specifications, customer requirements, and USDA/FDA regulations; report non-compliance immediately
- Coach, mentor, train, and develop Supervisors and Leads, with ongoing feedback and individual development plans
- Build a cohesive team within production and with cross-functional teams in other departments
- Promote a continuous improvement culture; analyze manufacturing data to identify trends, variances, and opportunities to reduce waste and labor cost
- Manage or support operations, customer, and government audits to ensure compliance
- Prepare manufacturing reports and present them to top management, including corrective actions; explain variances in labor costs and productivity
- Maintain safe working conditions and compliance with all company, state, and federal health and safety regulations
- Follow all USDA/FDA and GMP requirements, consistent with company food safety, quality, and sanitation standards
- Ensure successful completion of department initiatives such as capital projects
- Partner with HR on employee relations issues and support a safe, positive work environment
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive management experience with a stable work history
- 8+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably food and/or beverage manufacturing
- Bachelor's degree in related curriculum
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- Hands-on leadership style, comfortable spending 80 percent of time in production
- Strategic and visionary, with a proactive rather than reactive mindset
- Continuous improvement mentality
- Proven track record of improved results in quality, safety, service, and cost
- Proficient in budgeting, cost control, and the Capex process
- Proficient with Microsoft Office, especially Excel
- Able to stand for 10 hours, move quickly, and lift up to 40 pounds
- Extended or off-work hours may be required
- References required
Company Description
There are no fees or costs at any stage of the hiring process for applicants or employees.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
JōbSource connects qualified candidates with the country's top companies. It's our mission to find the right fit for applicants looking for temporary, part-time, or full-time jobs, as well as companies in need of the right employees to make their business a success.
JōbSource partners with well-known companies throughout Southern California to help them find and place exceptional candidates like you! We invite you to take the JōbSource challenge; start your next job search with us and find the best position for you.
Company Description
There are no fees or costs at any stage of the hiring process for applicants or employees.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
JōbSource connects qualified candidates with the country's top companies. It's our mission to find the right fit for applicants looking for temporary, part-time, or full-time jobs, as well as companies in need of the right employees to make their business a success.
JōbSource partners with well-known companies throughout Southern California to help them find and place exceptional candidates like you! We invite you to take the JobSource challenge; start your next job search with us and find the best position for you.
Company Description There are no fees or costs at any stage of the hiring process for applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. JōbSource connects qualified candidates with the country's top companies. It's our mission to find the right fit for applicants looking for temporary, part-time, or full-time jobs, as well as companies in need of the right employees to make their business a success. JōbSource partners with well-known companies throughout Southern California to help them find and place exceptional candidates like you! We invite you to take the JobSource challenge; start your next job search with us and find the best position for you.
